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You're The, The, The Grinch

One of our all time favorite Christmas movies is THE GRINCH! We watch the Jim Carrey version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" every year and it never gets old! We each have our favorite parts, and know every word to each song! This year my friends and I decided to throw a Grinch Night for our kiddos and it was an absolute BLAST! We got last minute decorations at Hobby Lobby and the Dollar Tree, I ordered cake pops from our local baker, Sweet Honeybee's, and of course they were a perfect festive and yummy treat that we all enjoyed! Laura made corn dogs and french fries for the kids, and brought a craft and experiment to do after they watched the movie and Tiffany brought Grinch coloring books for them to keep busy! I think we were all surprised at how the older kids sat for a while coloring and working on their ornaments for the tree! https://ltk.app.link/BF4vvfhNL vb Laura's Grow the Grinch's Heart experiment was a huge hit! The kids thought it was so cool! Thi

Elf On A Shelf

 A few years ago we decided to adopt a family elf and our boys think he is the absolute coolest! They named him "Elfie," I know, very unique right? ;) To be entirely honest it was much easier when they were younger to have Elfie around because I only moved him every couple of days, and I think there was a time he might've moved weekly LOL! Now that Cayden and Coby are older and their friends have elves who do cool things (they have awesome parents who aren't as forgetful as I am and who are way more creative than I am, haha) I am trying to be better about remembering to move him each night in December! This time of the year is crazy busy and stressful for everyone, so I have come up with some ideas that I am hoping will help everyone who has an elf as much as it helps us!      #1 It doesn't have to be fancy I have to admit I used to drive myself crazy spending WAY too much time looking for the perfect idea for our elf, but at the end of the day my boys could care