Movie Night: An Elf's Story

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This guy.  I feel like he's a polarizing figure.  Am I right?  Moms either love him or boycott him.  Or bemoan dealing with him all December long.  Well, I think he's a good time.  We love our elf, Percy.   He doesn't get into extravagant mischief or get discovered having romantic interludes with Barbie.  The kids just have fun finding him each morning and that's the extent of it.  So, yes, I am pro-elf!  

Our first movie night of the Christmas season is usually An Elf's Story to coincide with the little guy's arrival.  I also love ALL THE ELF MERCH.   

The plates are from Pottery Barn Kids and the other stuff is mostly from Zulily.  I periodically search "Elf on the Shelf" on Zulily just to see what's shakin'.

We had kind of a "fakesgiving" meal of turkey breast, cranberry sauce and apple dressing.  For dessert I dug into my stash (see?  I love the merch) and made cupcakes with these. 

The icing was kind of a fail but hey, you can tell they're homemade.  I usually find the Elf on the Shelf baking supplies at Target.

Speaking of merch, last year I bought this elf door and it is seriously the cutest thing going.

Get in on the fun with your own elf here!

An Elf's Story is a sweet, fun little movie to kick off the holiday season... a season with so many favorite movies ahead!

Movie Night: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

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This time of year we watch all the Charlie Brown cartoons.  They are sweet, safe and short.  (Can I get an amen that sometimes you want the kid movie to be short?)  Plus there's one for every holiday... like Thanksgiving!

I found these darling turkey napkins at Swoozies, put them on my mustard yellow plates and called it a day.  They are super cute!  The foil just makes it.

Don't be jealous of my amazing chalk art skills.  Ha.  I love my pumpkin-shaped chalk board from Chalk Ink.  I have a Texas one too!

For dinner, I wanted something easy at the end of a long week.  I mentioned picking up Honeybaked Ham and my husband and son got super excited.  So there ya go.  I picked up some ham and two of their super-easy heat-and-serve sides.  Done.  It's a treat for us, but so hassle-free at the same time.  Plus, it's the kind of meal you tend to enjoy during the holidays.

I hope your Thanksgiving week is also hassle-free, full of good food and lots of time with people you love.  I'm thankful for each of you who read here!

Movie Night: Freebirds

I feel like my finger is hovering on the trigger of a cannon of all things Christmas.  I'm almost ready to unleash the most wonderful time of the year at my house, but first a little Thanksgiving fun!

Freebirds is a really cute little movie that's perfect for November.  It offers plenty of laughs for both kids and adults.  Read about its content here.

I was tickled to spot these turkeys and they inspired my whole look for the table.  I LOVE the touches of pink!  I look forward to putting them out year after year.

Also, let's talk about how much mileage I'm getting out of these pumpkins.  They work September through November!

I added these dinner napkins and put these under the glasses.  When I buy a pack of fun napkins for movie night I always use the extras throughout the following week for dinner and packing lunches for the kids.

The place cards are just the cutest. 

For dinner, we are having enchiladas.  Because we just are.  If you wanted to play off the theme, you could do a toned-down thanksgiving-type meal or turkey/cranberry/dressing/cream cheese sandwiches.  The main character in this movie, Reggie, is a turkey who learns how to order pizza so you could do that too!

If you haven't already, give this silly little movie a try!