What happened?

It started with this. The Elf on the Shelf. A lovely pre-Christmas daily hide-n-seek tradition for the children. But, every year, when the Elf comes out things get a bit nutty with all the shopping and wrapping and cooking and prepping.

(and now that I really see this picture, goodness is that dirty. is it less bothersome if you know it is the really high-up windows that you can only reach with a tall ladder or standing tiptoe on the back of a couch?)

Well, it didn't stay dirty for long. Because the Christmas mayhem was immediately followed by the ice dam drama (the elf ledge was more than a little flooded). Then a birthday, and a death day, and FIVE grant submissions, another birthday, and most of a basketball season.

and, WHAT?? it's April?? and we've been in the house a YEAR?

Still love the house. Despite all its drama.


(hi Jen, thanks for the nudge).