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It's been a long time since i've blogged. Sorry to all who actually read this. We've been really busy with Halloween and then Josie's birthday. I'm so glad both things are over. Our Halloween candy is all gone (because i was so tired of the kids asking for it and then getting crazy if i said no). I sent it ALL to work with Mark one morning. A few days later, jakob asked where his suckers went (in his super-cute way of asking anything). I told him i threw them away because they were crying about it too much. Then he started to cry, so i said "see--that's why it's gone". He stopped crying & that was the last i heard about the Halloween candy. Josie didn't say much, thank goodness. She's so incredibly candy crazy!! She wanted to spend all her birthday money on candy. i didn't let her, of course. She spent it on a new webkinz & an over-priced wedding dress for her webkinz. We made her put half in the bank, too. She was fine with saving half, but i had to convince her that she should put it in the bank instead of in HER bank. At least she's starting to get the concept of money.
So, i have a cute Josie story i'm going to share. It's so funny! She has her moments of being sassy/mean (especially to jakob). A few days ago, her & jakob were being really, really good. The day before she had been quite sassy. So, i told the kids that i was so happy that they were playing nice & i hoped santa or an elf was watching them play nice. Then, i looked out our kitchen window (i was just innocently looking at all the leaves in our backyard). Josie said "mom, what are you looking at? Do you see an elf?". So, i thought i'd play it a little & said "yah, i thought i saw something by the tree." Josie ran to the window yelling "which tree, which tree?!" I told her i thought i saw something by the hammock tree (that was kind of vague, since there's 2 trees to choose from).
Then i told her that i was probably just seeing things, since the elves hide from people & aren't supposed to be seen. All of a sudden, josie said "mom, i see something. I see his hat! Was it green?". So i told her i thought so. She just couldn't believe what she was seeing. She was soooo excited! Then she decided that she needed to give the elf & santa a treat. She wrote him a note (and kept running back to the window to make sure he was still there) and gave him some ritz crackers. Then gave him a silver bead necklace. I kept telling her that she was going to get the elf in trouble, cause he wasn't supposed to be seen. I said he must be an elf in training. She put the treat & note outside & looked at his "hat" again. Then she kept running outside to see if it was gone & looking at the tree, of course, to see if he was still there. Finally, it was time for her to go to school. We looked to see if the elf took the stuff one last time (he didn't). Then she looked at the tree, while we were outside & said "oh mom, i think it's just a branch, not his hat". I suggested maybe the elf switched the hat to a branch to try to trick her, but she was pretty sure that she had been looking at a branch the whole time. While she was in school, i took the stuff & left her a little note from the elf. As soon as she got home from school, she ran to the back of the house to see if the goodies were gone. Oh my gosh, she was sooooooo excited that the elf left her a note. And that crazy elf stuck a pinecone on it (so it wouldn't blow away). Now we're having fun looking out for the elf. I should really buy a green hat to stick out of the top of a tree. Josie is a hard girl to trick on stuff like this. She even said to me "you know mom, that's not the real santa at the mall, it's just someone dressed up like santa". I think "Basil Elf" will have to leave her some more notes. Maybe it'll keep her in the nice list more than the naughty list. Whatever works!
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