Spring Break- evening one/morning one

It may not be 80 degrees but there is something to be said for the sight, sound and smell of the beach that just makes the 12 hours drive worth it. I am about to finish my 2nd book already and girls have already been swimming and are dying to go for a walk on the beach. I am going to try to get video of Ashlee swimming, some of you will be very impressed. I am thinking she might need to think about swimming as a sport, she has amazing leg power!

The Elf is back.........................

Well, Jonathon the elf is back.
For those who do not know the history- Allysa's best bud Julia has an elf named Christopher who would visit around Thanksgiving and leaves Christmas Eve and his sole purpose is to report back to Santa if the children are behaving.
Of course, there is more.. Jonathon moves around at night( he is magical) so every morning they come looking to see where he is and hoping it is not in their stocking( that is not good)... So, Allysa fell in love with this and last year she and Julia started writing Santa that Allysa needed an elf too... Obviously, Santa sent an elf.
The girls wrote their note to Santa when we got back from Thanksgiving this year for Jonathon to return. As you can see he is here. There are rules, they cannot touch him , he only flies at night and they can only talk to him but of course they have now taken to writing notes to see if he will answer.
Just a warning for anyone who may choose to do this- have a good story when the elf does not answer a note or move :).
For more information on this started you can visit this link, it really is a cool tradition even though I give Julia's mom a hard time....http://www.elfontheshelf.com/#/about-us or http://www.imaginatives.com/christophers-story.php