Candys Troubles Are As Sweet As Her Name

So it's been another crazy week in the Ruvi house...  With major deadlines at work, tons of crochet hat orders to fill, and a craft fair it's all starting to blur together as if we've fallen into a weird time loop vortex in an Alfred Hitchcock movie.  I can see myself spinning as I fall through a black and white swirl where the edges of the frame get all distorted and some ominous music plays in the back ground.

However, I've managed to keep up with Candy Cane, our Elf, quite successfully and creatively through it all.  Here are photos to inspire you with your elf stories perhaps...

First daddy even got in the fun by helping hang Candy from the ceiling...

The girls had a lot of fun finding her...

Then Candy Cane found the chocolate advent calendars that Grandma had bought for the kids, Candy tried to wrap them, opened and ate some, then got tangled up in the tape!

Then Candy Cane continued our annual paper chain tradition.  We hadn't assembled one yet, and normally I wouldn't spend money on something we could do for free at home, but it was late, I was out of inspiration for that evening, and was wandering aisles at our local Target, when in the $1 bins I found pre cut strips of Christmas paper specifically for paper chains.  In my mind $1 was worth my sanity.

But last night was great, Candy made mom a little mad because she got into the good make-up.  Then, not only did she use mommy's new lipstick, but after applying the lipstick, Candy Cane kissed daddy all over his bald head!

I was pretty proud of myself for relying more on my own creativity than those inspired by Pinterest.  Hopefully I can keep up the magic a few more days.  As my kids so kindly remind me every three minutes or so...

Only 16 more days left!

Elf Trouble!

Candy Cane has been in some big pickles this past week and momma is not happy with all the messes she leaves behind.  It's been a busy week and the postings haven't been as constant as we had originally planned.  But Candy has been on the move, no doubt about it.

We'll catch you up on the latest happenings...

First there was the Monopoly game, Mickey & Minnie were able to score Disney World as their first property

  

Then there was Elf Graffiti...

Then Candy was roasting s'mores

 Then she was losing BIG TIME in Mario Kart Wii, it's hard to see her in this picture...

Miss Candy Cane must have gotten cold on those nightly trips back to the North Pole to report on all to the Big Guy so she crochet herself a scarf! 

Then both of us over did our selves friday night and completely forgot!  (Oh No!)  Mom woke up early Saturday morning in a panic and with little creativity so early she just stuck elf at the top of the tree since we hadn't trimmed it yet and there was no tree topper.  

However, tonight we made up for it, and our creative juices were flowing!  Candy Cane is wearing Santa's boots and she's walking on the ceiling!  

Dad even joined in the fun tonight, making sure mom had used enough duct tape!

People have been sending us other creative ideas that we're looking forward to trying out real soon!  Remember, if you have any good ideas, please comment and leave them below, if we use your idea we'll feature it.

Only 23 more days!

Night 4: Elf Graffiti

So the other night little Candy Cane got very naughty and was tagging.  We actually had alot of fun using white-board, dry erase markers to graffiti all over the bathroom mirror.  We saw this idea on pinterest originally.  My mom drew a Santa beard and moustache right above the sink, so when you stand there it looks like it's on your face. 

Notice I am on the naughty list with my two older sisters and yet Miss Scarlett is the only one on the nice list?  My mom did that, but I protest, it should be the other way around!  My dad got a laugh over the Santa beard though when he went to wash his hands because it lined up perfectly. 

 

My mom put on a big show in the morning proclaiming that Elf needs to start cleaning up her own messes. 

Night 3: Candy Cravings

I'm sorry. I tried to get this out yesterday, but today was the first day back to school and I needed some sleep. We figured that elves like to eat candy, because of the traditional Christmas candy, candy cane (kind of ironic due to the fact that our elf's name is Candy Cane). So we had Candy Cane diving head-first into one of our gigantic decorative vases for some candy.

Unfortunately, we did not have any candy canes so we just used some of my sisters (hehehe) Halloween candy. I made this quick because I was tired, but hopefully, I will get back into the swing of things and go all out on wrecking havoc throughout the house. My mom will blog the results soon and I'll blog the next hiding spot at about nine or nine-thirty tonight. 29 days remaining!

Night 2 - Mission Impossible

As stated in my mom's blog earlier, my cousins are spending the night. It was very hard to even talk about setting up the elf, but we managed to do something anyways.

My mom went into the front room, away from the living room, to set up the elf. My two cousins Isaiah (12) and Noah (7) were luckily both intensely focused on fighting zombies, so they did not notice her. Little Candy Cane is now fishing in our fish tank. We have seen pictures like this before, but in a toilet with goldfish crackers. We went authentic and used a real guppy fish.... the pole however is, in fact, a pencil with a curly ribbon attached to the eraser with a push pin. Candy Cane is not the greatest fisher in the world because she caught a rock which is no where near the guppy. Tomorrow will be more eventful and thought out, because by then it will just be me, my mom, and my dad. I'm just glad we were able to do the impossible mission. My mom will blog my sisters' and cousins' reactions. Good night. 31 more days and counting.

The Arrival

Since we started the tradition today, we decided to have a semi-big arrival. Obviously last year was little Candy Cane's first year on the job, because she/he was not very creative. Sadly we think my sisters have forgotten all about Candy. Well, apparently out little elf learned new tricks as stated in her letter.

Candy Cane came in a little cardboard box from the North Pole with a little letter attached. My mom wrote the letter with her left hand to make it sloppy, because come on, how is a small elf supposed to hold a pen let alone write with it? There were little marshmallows, or snowballs, along with the two other items.

Candy Cane has not started her new little pesky tricks... Yet.  Hopefully the official Santa stamp helped get the elf here safely. Now the box is to me and my sisters, because I must act surprised to keep the Christmas magic going.

When we all wake up tomorrow morning, my dad will take the box from the garage and go out through the back, ring the door bell, and then rush back inside. My mom will then tell my sisters to answer the door for our little guest. My mom will blog the reaction along with a few pictures tomorrow.