Candy, Fairies and Gymboree...Oh My!

I'm having one of those moments. You know the kind where you come up with an idea and it works so well you feel giddy. The girls scored an insane amount of candy during Halloween. We're talking 2 trick or treat buckets, a backpack and a wagon full of candy. Way too much for any kid let alone a 2 & 4yr old. Not to mention that hubby & I already raided the stash for our annual bounty payment of sugar and salt, so the good stuff was already gone. All that was left was a huge bag of misfit candy and rockets.

As luck would have it, Gymboree released their Fairy Wishes line recently and my girls LOVE fairies. So I told them the Candy Fairy would come while they were sleeping and replace their candy with a special treat.

Cue in the fairy clothes.

It worked and the girls were ecstatic with their candy replacement. Can I just say how happy I am that my girls love clothes and find it an acceptable replacement for candy!!!  Woot!

Now they're telling everybody their candy flew away and left the fairies behind.

I love that every time my girls see an elf they call it Buddy. Last night I was on the hunt for Gymboree's latest Christmas Gymmies. Super cute elves with matching elf slippers. The girls saw them this morning and thanked Buddy for bringing back a gift from his visit with Santa last night.

Tonight they were begging for bedtime so they could have their evening bath and put on their elf gymmies. Hey, who am I to say no to getting ready for bed at 6:30pm! They were even in bed and asleep shortly after 7pm. I'm having a blast this year with Christmas. My girlies are at such a precious age where there's so much wonder and awe and getting to experience everything through their eyes is the best part.



Speaking of Buddy...he's on the move again. Tonight he's found a spot to perch on near the main Christmas tree. Yes, my tree is up. No, I'm not insane. Yes, I said main Christmas tree as in there is more than 1 tree. I've got at least 9 trees going up this year (plus the one in my office at work) but currently only have 4 up. The rest of the trees and the garland over the doorways and on the banister will be going up this weekend, but that's another post for another day. lol

Buddy hiding on the curtain rod.