Christmas Eve Fun!

Daniel & Arianna~ We can't believe that Christmas Eve is already here!! We know you have been waiting for this night for what seems like a really long time! The only sad thing about tonight is that it will be our last night with you and your family!! We have really enjoyed staying with you and learning all about you and your family! We are looking forward to seeing you again next year!! As sad as we are to leave you, we are very excited that we will get to see Santa and all of our friends back at the North Pole!

Tonight is going to be a special night at your house! We hear that you are having some very yummy Mexican food for dinner- your Mama has been working very hard on the homemade food! After dinner, you all are having "movie night"!! We thought this stuff would get you all in the mood for tonight! We have popcorn, cookies and candy for snacks! We also gave you a little movie that you can watch tonight or another time! Hope you really enjoy the movie tonight~ we'll be watching as well!! We also left you a bag of "Reindeer Food"... tonight before the movie, you'll need to go out and sprinkle this in the yard! The glitter will guide the reindeer to your house and they will munch on the oatmeal for some energy!!

We hope that you have a wonderful Christmas and a very good new year! Be on your best behavior because you never know when we'll be stopping in to check on you!! Merry Christmas!! ~DJ & Tinkerbell



While we were sprinkling the reindeer food outside, the Elves were busy in the house..


Looking cute in their new pajamas, they are ready for a movie and waiting for Santa's arrival!!

Cookies, cookies and more cookies!!!

Daniel & Arianna~ We know that you have been very anxious to make cookies and we thought today would be a great day for that! We thought we would help out by getting all of your ingredients together for you. So, now you just have to measure, pour and mix!! We put together ingredients for Snickerdoodles, Peanut Butter Cookies, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Oatmeal cookies and of course Sugar Cookies!! That sounds like a lot of work, but we know that you will have a great time!!! Don't forget to leave some Sugar cookies for Santa...those are his favorite cookies!!



Caught red handed....

Let's decorate!

Daniel & Arianna~ We thought your tree was a little bare, so we found these ornaments for you to make. We aren't allowed to use the spray paint, so you'll have to ask your Mama to help! Hope you have fun with these!! Have a good day!
~DJ & Tinkerbell



Today was unusual...the Elves made an appearance during nap time!

Daniel & Arianna~ You did so good with the ornaments and helping your Mama wrap presents that we thought you would like to decorate a rice krispy house!! Make sure you give your Daddy the leftover scraps...but don't eat too much and spoil your appetite for dinner!!! Have fun and stay warm!
~DJ & Tinkerbell

Party at the Mata House!

Apparently there was a lot of activity in our household last night!!

Daniel & Arianna~ We hope that we didn't wake you up last night with all of our fun! We had a lot of energy last night and couldn't settle down!! First we decided to work on some of your activity books and cut up some paper- do you think that you could help clean up our mess today?


We noticed that you are running low on snickerdoodle cookies, so we left a note on the oven for your Mama...maybe you can help her make some more cookies today!!


We made it up to the playroom and had a lot of fun with Mickey and the gang!! We got a little crazy and made another big mess! We hope you don't mind helping your Mama clean up there today!


Finally, we decided to wind down a little playing some video games! That new Wall-E game is really fun- we're sure that you will like it..even if you only watch Mama and Daddy play!!


We had a lot of fun tonight! Thanks for cleaning up after us!! We hope that you and Arianna have a fun day today with your parents! Be extra good and have lots of fun!!

~DJ & Tinkerbell


Daniel had so much fun finding the Elves and seeing what they did last night. He thought them doing his activity books was silly, but he didn't like cleaning up after them. He laughed about the writing on the oven and then asked for snickerdoodle and peanut butter cookies...I'm sure we'll be making cookies later today! About mid morning, he made it upstairs to the playroom. He turned on the light and boy was he quiet!! I think he was debating on whether he should tell us or clean it up. I heard "Ummmmm... Mama, can you come up here and see what my Elves did?" While he thought is was very funny and silly, he wasn't too thrilled about cleaning up after them- especially since he cleaned up after himself before bed!! He said that they should really have to clean up after themselves next time! After we got that cleaned up, we went back downstairs and he saw them playing the new Wall-E game on the Playstation. He slapped his forehead with his hand and shook his head and said "those silly Elves!". What a night....

Mmmmm...cake!

Looks like the Elves had a quiet night...

Daniel & Arianna~ Thanks for our snack! We were a little hungry though and found some cupcakes..they were yummy! We thought about icing your sisters cake, but we didn't know how to make icing!! We'll have to leave that up to you and your Mama!

We know how much you liked Meet the Robinson's, so we found this activity book for you- we hope you like it!! So, was the zoo a lot of fun yesterday? What was your favorite animal to see? We like the monkeys! Did you get to see our Penguin friends? They are so funny!! Have a great weekend with your family!!

To Infinity and Beyond!

Apparently Buzz Lightyear was running the show last night...

Daniel & Arianna~ Thank you for the snacks last night! Those cookies your Mama got are really yummy!! It sure did get warmer here the last few days- it doesn't even feel like December! We hope that you get some cooler weather soon...you would have so much fun if it snowed! I hear that you are waiting for snow to get your Mama back with snowballs!!

Last night, we ran into Buzz Lightyear and he was teaching us how to fly into space. I think we need to work on it a little more! It was fun trying, but we didn't get very far at all!! Have a good day today and be super good!! Make sure your Daddy gets some work done since he's working from home today!!
~DJ & Tinkerbell





Daniel found Buzz and Tinkerbell easily, but he kept saying he couldn't find DJ. I told him to look up a few times and when he finally saw him, he fell on the floor laughing! He said that silly elf thought he could fly!! It was cute!

Go Fish!

Daniel & Arianna~ Hope you are having a good week! Looked like you all had a good time for your Mama's birthday! We could tell that she loved the gifts and spending time with you all! We hear that you are taking her out to eat this weekend- that should be fun!!

You've been really helpful to your Mama this week, so we thought you could use something fun today! Your Mama told us that you have been wanting a fishing game to play with. We first got you a fishing pole for the bathtub, but we realized it was a toy for little kids like Arianna. So, your Mama can keep this toy for when Arianna gets a little bigger.


We thought you would like this a little better- we hope that you have fun playing this game with your family! Remember to take turns and play nicely!!


Keep helping around the house and learning lots of things! We'll be watching you and taking notes!! Have a great day!
~DJ & Tinkerbell