Adventures with Zack and Shelby, December 10-15

Before I get into what our silly elves have been up to, I have to post some new pictures of the girls. They are truly growing up right before my eyes! I honestly try to treasure every moment with them because I know I will blink and they will be going off to college!!!

Now, on to the elves, Zack and Shelby!

December 10, 2011

Zack and Shelby were found in 2 of our stockings.

December 11, 2011

Zack and Shelby made a huge mess in the kitchen. They were sitting on top of some Christmas decorations and they had pulled out the flour. They made a snow angel in the flour and wrote "Be Good" in it.

December 12, 2011

Zach and Shelby were full of mischief today. The teamed up with Dalton and Cami's 2 elves next door. They had pulled Elia's bike out of the garage and tried to ride away with it. They didn't get very far which is good. The funny thing is that we couldn't find them anywhere until we pulled out of the driveway on our way to school.

One elf was sitting on the seat of the bike while 2 elves were trying to steer it with the handle bars.

The 4th elf was trying his best to pedal the bike.

December 13, 2011

Our elves were found hanging from the light fixture in the kitchen.

December 14, 2011

Zack and Shelby were in the fridge. They were trying to get to the cheesecake that was leftover from a Christmas party.

December 15, 2011

Zack and Shelby made their way into Ava's room. There both in the Barbie dollhouse. Shelby was in the Barbie bed, and Zack was sitting on the Barbie toilet. I guess elves have business to do too!

Stay tuned for more adventures of Zack and Shelby!!!

December 7-9

December 7

The girls woke up to find Zack and his girlfriend, Shelby, sending an email to Santa.

Elia and Ava got a little concerned when they read the half-finished email he was sending. Here is what it said:

December 8

Zack and Shelby were up to no good this morning. We found Zack with his face in the cereal box.

Shelby looked like she had already helped herself to some Trix.

December 9

Elia had a very rough morning yesterday so Zach's message this morning was a wake up call to her. We found Zack and Shelby in the girls' bathroom. Zack had written on tons of post-it notes and stuck them all over the bathroom walls and mirror.

The message Zack told the girls was " Be careful not to end up on Santa's naughty list".

I think Elia took Zach's message seriously because she immediately got dressed and made the bed even though it was Ava's day to make their bed. Too bad Zack can't stick around all year!!!

Zack, the Elf, December 4-6

December 4

We found Zack playing Pictureka with some of the girls' webkinz. He was even holding one of the game cards.

December 5

We found Zack in Miley's doggie door. I am not sure what Miley thought about the strange little red guy sitting in her way of getting outside and doing her business.

December 6

The girls woke up to discover Zack brought a "new friend" with him from the North Pole. We assume is must be his girlfriend since they are holding a sign where Zack wrote "love". Ava decided to name her Shelby.

December 1-3

We are only into the 3rd day of December and we are already very busy. It is a good busy though, and I wouldn't trade it for anything!

The first exciting thing that has happened this month is our elf, Zack, came back on December 1st. He made his grand appearance by ringing the door bell at 6:30 in the morning. The door bell woke up the girls. They ran to the door and here is what they saw:

Zack was in the Barbie car full of candy canes. He was pulling a tub of things behind him. In the tub was a note, a lego advent calendar and a Christmas book for the 1st day of December. (We always wrap up 24 Christmas books and the girls get to open one each morning counting down the days until Christmas. They also get to open a door of their advent calendar each day.)

On the 2nd day of December Zack was back again. This time he had wrapped toilet paper around the Christmas tree. He made himself a little hammock and was laying in it with a stuffed monkey. Elia had left a note for Zack wanting him to write back. They girls laughed at Zack's notes because he cannot write very well.

This day also happened to be the 70th day of school so everyone dressed in their 70's attire. Here is Elia in her 70's outfit:

At night we went to the Collierville Christmas parade. Kevin's FFA club had a big float in the parade. The girls and Dalton rode on one of their floats with them. Carol and I got to relax and watch the parade.

They had so much fun that poor Ava was worn out and passed out at the end of the parade.

Zack was very naughty the 3rd day of December. The girls woke up to find him trying to hide behind a pillow on the bench in the entry hall. He had found the 3rd Christmas book and had started to unwrap it.

That night we went to the Arlington Christmas parade. When we first got there I tried to take a picture of the girls. It didn't go over so well. Ha!

Here are some pictures from the parade:

Of course, you cannot have a Christmas parade without Santa and Mrs. Claus!!!