the elves this year....

Some of what the elves on the shelves were up to this year at our house....

a tea party with Mogie's fine china

 some hanging around....

 snow angels with flour....

 they did some laundry....

 they changed the calendar for us....

 they stole Barbie's pink Corvette....

 they had a marshmallow roast....

 they hung around some more....

 turned the milk green....

 hung around a little more....

and more....

They had many more escapades,

but those are just some of the highlights.

I am looking forward to their return and

the look on Mogie's face each morning when she found them.

The girl's trip to see Santa....

We went to see Santa on Christmas Eve.....

apparently Santa goes back to the work shop

on the 23rd of December,
not the 24th.

So, this will always be known as

the year we missed seeing Santa.

However, we crossed the roped off area

and sat in Santa's chair anyway,
which as it turns out was good enough.

You can see how thrilled Katie is to be there....

this is the picture taken after I said,

"The sooner you give me a good picture,

the sooner we are out of here."

 Mogie had no problem with being there....

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

I know we did!

Christmas morning....

What Christmas morning looked like at the Cottage on Covington....

It all started with the cookies and milk we set out.

A bottle of "Mogie's milk" that was left over from Mogie's birthday party

and some home made chocolate dipped oreos and peanut butter and crackers.

this is Mogie not understanding

why she can't open pictures

until mommy gets the camera out.

But eventually the girls woke up to sparkly Tom's....

 some Taylor Swift perfume....

 a pogo stick....

 strawberry shortcake doll

 Taylor Swift poster....

 some Crest 3D white tooth paste....

 a nook tablet....

and for me,

a floppy hat, a mustard scarf,

some Coco Chanel perfume, and an I-pad.

We must have been VERY good this year!

P.S. hubby got way more than some tooth paste!

It is just all I got pictures of.

{now for the bills}

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Cottage on Covington....

Merry Christmas

and

Happy New Year

from the Cottage on Covington....

christmas around the home tour...

A Christmas home tour

at the Cottage on Covington.

I am also linking up with

 my friend Tammy over at Interior alternatives

and her daughter Amanda Persinger at Family of Four

So, go check those blog home tours as well!

The formal living room.....

this table divides the formal living room

 and the dining room.

the dining room....

 the tree....

 the family room....

 the kitchen....

 the sun room....

Hope you enjoyed it!