New Years Resolution

Okay, so I promised I was going to be better about blogging and now its time to put that plan into action. So much has changed since the last time I posted that I don't even know where to begin. Its almost Christmas which has been extremely challenging to explain to Jack. We went and saw Santa at Bass Pro (the boys did great!) but its so hard for him to comprehend that now Santa won't come bring him presents for a while. I've tried the whole "Elf on a Shelf" thing. I thought (and still do think) that it is the cutest idea to keep kids in line (let's not kid ourselves, it is truly made for parents to get better behavior out of their children for atleast 2 months out of the year.) For those of you who don't know, The Elf must not be touched by the children but they can talk to him and tell him things they want to tell santa. Each night the elf "flies off" to the north pole to report to Santa if the kids have been naughty or nice. Great idea, right? Well my brilliant eldest son (after finding our elf this morning in the chandalier in the dining room) asked me "daddy moved elf last night after I went to sleep?" I give up. This kid leaves no stone unturned.