Scout Arrives and The Party

 Well we broke out the Elf on the Shelf book on December 1st in the hopes that our elf "Scout" would keep the kids behavior in check. A bad report to Santa is usually all the motivation we need for a major behavior modification.

While we have grown fond of Scout over the last couple of years, we need a more menacing elf! Scout is just not getting it done. The kids enjoy finding where Scout appears every morning after his journey to the North Pole to update Santa on their behavior, but they don't seem to think that they are in any danger of receiving coal for Christmas. 

Jackson had to wait a couple of weeks to have his birthday party because the soccer season prevented almost everyone from attending in November. Good things come to those who wait! Jackson and his 18 friends had a grand time at Q-Zar laser tag.

The party was for eight people. We sent Jax to school with his eight printed invitations to hand out to his agreed upon friends. Well, in typical Jax fashion he started hand writing invitations and handing them out to "the rest of his friends"! As we always say..."the more the merrier"!

The custom Lego cake that we had made was a big hit!!!

A rare picture with Mom, Dad and the Birthday boy. Catie was at a friend's house and Abby stayed home with Grandma Sandye and Grandpa Jim.