Six reasons Marley will be getting coal this Christmas-

1)      Swiping pizza right out of Luke’s hand at the kitchen table.  A whole big piece.  I did pry his mouth open and get it back. Who ordered dog slobber on their pizza?

2)      Jumping up and eating marshmallows that Maxwell the Elf used to write out notes to the kids.

3)      Throwing up on the Christmas rug.

4)      Going out to go to the bathroom and forgetting to come back in through the same door and crying in the cold dark at a DIFFERENT door until he is heard and the door is opened for him.

5)      Snoozing on the couch when no one is around & not jumping down before he is caught.

6)      Worst of all….Eating our entire gingerbread house, a gift from Maxwell, a mere 23 hours after the family created it.  I will say Marley really outdid himself with this one.  He was pretty sick after the 658 grams of sugar he consumed in 7 minutes but no one felt a bit sorry for him. 

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UPDATE:
Santa did not bring coal but something just as bad.  Marley got a letter straight from the big guy explaining why he got nothing in his stocking this year.  Better luck next year Marley.

 

Our (short lived) Gingerbread House -

Our elf, Maxwell, was nice enough to give us a gingerbread house to decorate and enjoy this Christmas season.  We received it on Sunday morning.  We had a great time decorating it Sunday morning.  24 hours later it was gone, it became a victim to Marley and his very bad behavior.  He basically ate the entire thing.  If Angie wouldn't have caught him, I have no doubt he would have eaten the whole thing. 

 

Decorating fun -

 The finished product -

 After the ambush.  I did not clean this up, he literally ate everything -

 Sugar hangover.  Marley laid on the kitchen floor for hours, basically immobile.  No one felt a bit sorry for him though.  We just walked over him sometime yelling things like "Santa is definitely going to be mad at you for this!", "You are getting coal for sure this year, Marley!"

By the next day Marley was back to his old self, looking for food to swipe from the countertops.  GGGRRRRRRR.......

Maxwell the elf -

Maxwell found us at our new house in Holliston.  As always, we seem to have one of the silliest elfs out there.  Here is a sampling of his shenanigans this season:

We got Maxwell a sweater to keep him warm this season -

Maxwell seemed to like finding pretty ladies about his size, spending some time in the Barbie Dream House -

 

 He can write -

Being silly -

Zip-lining in the dining room -

 

Having a moment on Santa's lap -

 

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Maxwell was very generous this year, he got us a gingerbread house to decorate - 

Checking out the nativity -

 

He made us our very own Olaf with things he found around the house, very crafty elf -

Wine-o -

 

Happy birthday message to Paige -

 

Thanks for hangin' around with us another year Maxwell.  We will miss you, see you next year.....

Holiday Fun....

We had fun celebrating this Christmas season.....

 

Paige and Elsa -

 

Rudolph??

 

Gingerbread cookie decorating party -

 

Our beautiful tree -

 

Meeting up with Santa and Mrs. Clause at the Elm Bank in Wellesley-

 Spending time with friends -

 Checking out the beautiful train display -

 Making Christmas cut out cookies for Santa -