Well… Ralphie and Cecil have officially made up for all of chaos they’ve cause over the past few weeks. This morning, we found them working on the Year End Slideshow. There’s still a lot to do, but I appreciate all of their efforts.

Since this will be our last night with them for 2011… We are going to send them back to the North Pole with our love and best wishes. We can’t wait to welcome them back in 2012!

Sierra and Steel woke up this morning to messages from Cecil and Ralphie written on the bathroom mirror. “Better Not Pout” and “Better Not Cry” were their warnings… I’m sure they came straight from Santa himself.

This is where we found Ralphie and Cecil this morning. I’d love to know if Ralphie volunteered for this, or if Cecil talked him into it… Either way, it’s a pretty good idea.

It’s a good thing Christmas is almost here. I think Santa needs to keep a closer eye on these two.

This morning I caught Ralphie and Cecil trying to sneak back into the house. I don’t know what kept them away last night, but they weren’t back before I woke up.

Ok… this is getting ridiculous. I think I’m going to have to write a letter to Santa Claus and let him know what his elves doing. I thought they were supposed to be keeping an eye on OUR behavior. These two are really having a lot of fun pulling pranks on this family.

I found Ralphie riding poor little Daisy around like she was a pony. He’s one lucky little elf. If she had got a hold on him, she would have shred him to pieces.

And Cecil is no better. Not only was he going for a joy ride… he put an elf hat on Charlie and tried to recruit him into his gang. Charlie is (obviously) not too happy about the whole situation.

There is only one thing worse than one mischievous elf… and that is 2 mischievous elves! Now I know the truth. Cecil isn’t trying to keep Ralphie out of trouble… He’s here to get him into trouble!

This is what I woke up to this morning. Ralphie and Cecil had used toilet paper to “enhance” our Christmas tree… and a nutcracker (not shown.) It’s a good thing Christmas is almost here… I don’t know how much more of their silliness I can tolerate!

Oh no! Apparently, Ralphie is in a bit of trouble with Santa. This morning, we found Ralphie zip-tied to the candle stick with a new elf-chaperone. I don’t know what kind of shenanigans he’s been up to, but Santa has sent Cecil to keep Ralphie in line. I sure hope Cecil will take Ralphie to the North Pole for tonight’s report.

Can’t we all just get along?

We found Ralphie stacking Dominoes on the counter… I’m not quite sure what he was trying to build, but it looks like the decided to take a break and nibble on one of the mint candies. That elf sure loves CANDY!

We’re really getting to know a lot about Ralphie… and one thing is obvious. He loves chocolate.

This morning, we found Ralphie all buckled in the back seat of my car ready to head to Sacramento to pick up Steel at the airport. Ralphie is very excited about Steel’s Christmas break. I sure hope Ralphie has nice things to say about Steel to Santa!