::Weekend Recap:: On the Up & Up and North Pole Breakfast

I'm happy to report that the Douglas House is finally on the up & up. You have no idea how good a stomach bug & pneumonia free house feels. The past several weekends we spent sick, so with all of us being well for this one, I decided it was time to celebrate...

There is nothing that makes this little girl any happier than decorating her tree.

So, I know it's early, but a little joy a little early certainly won't hurt.

It was a family affair.

When the kiddos woke up on Saturday morning, they found this...

The elf was back! If you look really close, you can see that he dropped marshmallows along the way.

I wish I could take credit for this super fun idea, but I can't. I totally copied my "blogger friend" here. It seemed too fun not to copy, don't ya think?

We've done the "elf" thing for several years now, but we didn't have the book, so I broke down and headed to Hallmark to buy it. I decided if we were going to do this tradition, we needed the book and all.

Our elf wrote Miss Emma a letter...

And wrote Carson one too...

And to make it even happier, he brought breakfast!

Snow covered donuts and floating glacier hot cocoa...

Emma loves hot cocoa!

Our elf sent each of the littles a pair of socks too. You know it's awfully cold at the North Pole. Since you can't touch the magic elf, he sent along an elf for each of the kiddos to play with. Emma got a little girl elf, and Carson got a little boy elf....elfmates :)

We had a happy morning...

Carson was happy too! Thank goodness he's a well baby.

It was a whole lotta sugar for breakfast!

More marshmallows!

Since he's feeling better, he's become quite the family clown. It's so nice to have a baby that's laughing, playing, and asking to "eat, eat."

After breakfast, they put on their North Pole socks, gathered up their elves, and we headed out to find the geese.

They land by the 100's in the fields around here. I guess it's a migration pit stop? Not really sure, but it's fun to watch.

Later that day Emma had a birthday party at an inflatable zone. It was so fun! I even joined in...which was quite the workout.

We got the rest of our Christmas stuff out too. So, we just have the outside and the tree left. Just. geez.

Oh well....we managed to shampoo our carpets too, which is the best. feeling. ever. I love clean floors.

I was so thankful for my children being well this weekend. Weekends can be so fun when your hubby & kiddos aren't sick.

Cheers to Thanksgiving!