Peer Pressure got to me....

"Ya gotta get on Facebook". "Everyone is one Facebook". "Why aren't you on Facebook"?
I got tired of hearing it, so now, I am on Facebook! I look pretty pathetic with a measly 23 friends, so if you are reading this and are on facebook I wanna be your friend!

The Elf on the Shelf

We started a new tradition with the kids this year - "The Elf on the Shelf". Our elf, "Alfie" came to us on November 29th. He is a small red elf and came with a story book. The story tells about how the elf will keep watch over the kids during the day (he even sees what goes on at school!) and by elf magic he goes back to the North Pole each night to visit with his elf friends and report to Santa. In the morning, he is sitting in a new spot to keep watch!

The kids are LOVING this! They love searching for Alfie each morning, and they love reminding each other that he is watching - he watches both the naughty and the nice! Alfie has been spotted in many different hiding palces in the last 13 days. We'll miss Alfie when he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve, and we'll anxiously await his return next year!

Perched in a wreath

Riding with Santa!

Hangin' with the Nutcrackers!

Swingin' like a monkey!

Name Change!!!

I never really liked the original name of my blog. So....time to change it! This title is very fitting of most of the content that I blog about and, it's also a nod to my favorite singer of all time - Billy Joel! "And So It Goes" is a song on Billy Joel's Stormfront (1989) album. So, there is the new name for now, we'll see how long it lasts :)