Christmas eve Surprise

Hello Hello! Its the last Toddler Tuesday before christmas eve!!! Its also 6 whole months since we started our blog!! Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement everyone has given us over the past 6 months! We love our little blog and we are so happy lots of you do too!

So today I'm going to talk about a christmas eve surprise box! Some of you may already do this, i usually have just new pi's for all of us to open on christmas eve but i saw this idea floating around Facebook and loved it!

Its basically a box with new pj's, a film, popcorn and hot chocolate with the idea that you all watch a family film before bedtime on christmas eve! Its a lovely idea and a nice easy tradition to keep up!

So in my box for christmas eve will be 

GAP pj's both £19.95

a christmas carol in 3D £9.99

They have started selling this in the American section of my Tesco and i have always wanted to try it! 

I'll get a selection of American treats cause they are just the best!!

There will also be a couple of personalised mugs for hot chocolate along with a pen and paper to write our wishes to santa! 

We always write them on christmas eve and leave them in our stocking which we hang on the door before bed!

What will you be up to on christmas eve?? Im soooooo excited!!

Elf on the Shelf

Ok so don't hate me but its 4 months today until Christmas day!! And in the Tsamplakos and Andrews houses we LOVE Christmas!!!! 

One of our ways to build excitement and good behaviour in our homes is "Elf on the Shelf"  Ours is called Elvis and Lee's is called Buddy. 

So our Elf's arrive on 1st December from Lapland - sent directly from the big man himself Father Christmas! Elvis flys off to Lapland every night once the children go to sleep to report on their behaviour and inform Father C of any naughtiness. Elvis then flys back to our house in the early hours of the morning and causes havoc in our house!! The children then have to find him the next morning! On Christmas Eve the children say goodbye to Elvis and hope they made the good list and Elvis goes home - to return the following year! 

Its all about mummy survival and childrens imaginations and the excitement on their faces! The simple words of "Elvis is watching you" makes Honey instantly rethink being naughty haha!!! 

So the world is your oyster when it comes to creating fun scenarios for your elf!!! 

Here are a few of mine from last year

We've seen that theres going to be a Birthday Elf which is released in October!!!! We can't wait for that!!! 

Do you have any fun traditions that you do with your children?

Have you already got Elf on the Shelf - share your best pics xxx

Happy 4 months to go 

Love J xxx