Did you hear about the Elf on the Shelf? They were pretty popular this year it seems. Basically you adopt this elf who comes with a book explaining the elf and his magic. The elf sits on your shelf and watches over you, and every night after you go to bed he flies to the north pole to let Santa know if you're being naughty or nice. Can I tell you that this elf is FREAKING MAGICAL? The first thing the book has you do it name your elf, so we named ours Marshall, although Eleda called him Markle about half the time. As soon as she started mis-behaving, we just pointed to Marshall and all was well. Magic, I tell you. The most fun was every morning when they woke up, the kids would search the house to see where Marshall landed when he came back from the north pole (a different spot every day). I wish I'd taken more photos, but I worked almost every night leading up to the holidays and just didn't have it in me. Anyways, here's Marshall/Markle getting up close and personal with our pickle ornament.
I've been reading about some of the photography skills I'd like to master, the big one for this time of year being Bokeh. This was my first semi-successful attempt, and while the photo has absolutely zero composition or interest, I had to show off my first success ;)
We attended the Argyle Business Improvement Association's breakfast with Santa. It was quite well done with lots of free food & coffee, games, a magic show, and a chance to sit on Santa's knee and get a book.
Here's my superhero of a husband with both big, heavy kids.
I was desperately trying to stay away from any of the auto modes on my camera, but switching the ISO every time I turned (vast difference in light levels) didn't go so well, so these photos aren't great, but at least I'm learning lol.
I promise he wasn't sad... he was actually happy to see Santa, although a little apprehensive. I don't know what the adorable sad face is all about.
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