Elf on the Shelf Days 7 thorugh 10 and some tough questions for me...



Elf on the Shelf, why have you failed me? It's been a tough weekend here! I think my babies have been overly tired and maybe a little stressed too. Maybe they're looking forward to Christmas so much that they could care less about Santa's Elf watching them. Anyway, behavior got so bad that Aiden the Elf didn't even go see Santa on Sunday night. His ass stayed snuggled up next to Frankie Stein. I'm hoping that was a one time deal. Aiden wasn't too keen on listening to Bella's tantrum we figured. So, he just didn't bother telling Santa anything that night. Ah well.. let's see how the rest of the week goes for us, 

As for me, I'm trying desperately to finish my family history book as a gift for my grandparents. I think I am finally at a half way point. I think I had so much stuff in so many places, it was hard to organize. I also am being selective about what I include. We have such a huge family on paper, I'm sticking to immediate family, for the most part. The only thing is when it comes to my lineage, I didn't really research my biological father. He died before I was born and his family never reached out. I don't know a single one of them, thus, making them not truly part of my family. I actually included my step dad as my dad in my family tree. I've known him since I was very little and he is my dad after all. Not sure if this is a strange way to look at my family history since I'm not connected to my biological father. I don't even know if I would care to find out anything. It just doesn't interest me. I'm struggling to see that as a bad thing or good thing or anything. *sigh* I guess I'll never really know until I need to face that part of me. I'm comfortable with not caring. My step dad is my dad as far as I'm concerned. He's Bella and Logan's Papa after all. 

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