Everyone has an elf, right? Our Elf's name is Snitch. However, unlike his name implies, he really isn't a snitch. He just shows up in a different spot each morning with a small gift for the girls during Advent. Usually. At least until this year. Apparently Snitch has been a little lax in his duties this season. Lax as in four mornings of no-show. Oops. We assured the girls that Snitch is most likely just tired (maybe sick?) and maybe they could do something nice for him instead. So they wrote him a nice note hoping that he gets better soon. He did.
Luckily the only ball that has been dropped has been by Snitch. We managed to bake our Christmas cookies and get them, along with the presents, out to all the teachers. Some teachers (as in Quincy's ballet teacher) even got a special, non-Christmas note tucked into their Christmas gift. Oh, Quincy. *heavy sigh*
The girls had their first official sleep-over at one of their BFF's, Emma Rae, house while mommy and daddy went out and played with their BFF's!
And now that the break has officially arrived, the slow-down has finally come (*heavy exhale*). Which means lots of reading and game-playing for the Maleys---yay! Ellie has picked up the Nancy Drew series and Quincy will read anything that is put in front of her. She just finished Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. For the second time.
Our new current favorite game is The Game of Life.
