How May I Help You?

Phillip took a page from Lucy and the Peanut's gang and decided to offer some holiday help.  Thank God!!  I need a lot of help this year, and since it's only $.05, Phillip and I are going to become close friends.

This Is The Voice!

Next up, meet Phillip J.  He is a 25 year old aspiring singer who hails from the North Pole.  Give it up for Phillip J.!

"Mom...I think Phillip is in a competition."  You would be correct sir.  Good job figuring that out since you have never seen the show. I sure am glad that at least the superheros want to compete to have Phillip on their team.  Go team Vader!

Your first thought might be...wow...mom has a lot of time on her hands.  And maybe I do.  However, I made sure I had that time to hand craft the little chairs, make the stage and microphone (complete with Aerosmith scarfs), be aware that we need to have a glittery backdrop and yes...if you noticed the spotlight on Phillip...no details were spared. I have such a fun time doing stuff like this and hopefully it won't be wasted on Colin.  Hopefully years down the road he will say, "Mom, remember when you were a dork and made a complete Voice re-creation for Phillip?"  I sure do honey...now lets finish applying the black goo to your Helix costume for Comic-Con.  You don't want to disappoint anyone.  Maybe this becomes the point where people think the Elf is creepy?!  I'm still trying to figure that out.

May The Force Be With You

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

Mr. Phillip decided last night he would become the captain of the Millennium Falcon and make Han Solo his co-pilot.  Ouch!!  I also noticed that Colin has kind of been sporting pj's that correspond to what Phillip has been doing.  Oh dear God...please let me not keep that up!  Especially for some of the up coming themes that are not quite appropriate for Colin at his age, not to mention the stress put upon myself to keep that up.

Oh well, I hope after tonight Han gets his ship back and can make his voyage to Tatooine or Alderaan.

Spider Elf, Spider Elf...

We had a little bit of super hero action going on this morning, and coincidentally Colin was wearing an appropriate shirt!

Not too much to be said of Phillip and his spidey senses today but Colin sure did think it was funny.

Connect 4!

One of my fondest memories of the game Connect 4 was sitting in Arby's with my best friend Wendy having Connect 4 tournaments.  We would sit there for what seemed like hours playing the game to see who would be the ultimate champion. We were good.  I mean REALLY good. Most of the games ended up in draws.  Ah...good times!

So when Colin received this game as a birthday gift, no one was more excited than me.  Granted playing with him is not as challenging, and I'm always reminding him the object of the game is to connect "4", not 3 or 2 or bingo. So I guess Phillip decided it was time for him to practice the game if not to play with Colin, but to play with a Connect 4 pro!

I wonder if there is a way to make money playing this game?!

He's Baaaack!!

It's that time of year again, and for all of you who think Elf on the Shelf is creepy...CLOWNS are creepy. China dolls in your grandma's doll case are creepy. Telling your kids an old, fat man who watches you every year and sneaks into your house and leaves you things...WTF?!
But stick with me!!  I promise a few surprises that will appeal to all the grown ups. After all, I wasn't planning on doing anything this year with Phillip, but for some reason I went all out. Let's just say there is a home made lamp and a hand stitched costume.

Anyway.  Colin LOVES his little elf Phillip, and that's all that matters to this mom. And boy did Phillip arrive this morning.  What do you get the kid that loves Legos, Star Wars and Christmas...A Lego Star Wars advent calendar of course.  Colin could not have been more surprised or excited to see this.  I'm not sure what Phillip was thinking giving this kid a present WAY before Christmas, but I think it will be fun for him.

So check back often for the daily hi-jinx of Phillip J. Elferson.  Let the holidays begin.

Happy 5th Birthday To Me!

This year for my birthday I went to Jump Around Utah.  It was SO much fun!!  They have lots of things to bounce on, they have a really cool "hurricane" machine and a jungle to climb around in.  I had so many of my friends show up to the party.  They are the best.  I had a Star Wars cake and ended up getting lots of Star Wars Legos, some really fun games and some remote control cars.  The first picture above is now a funny story for mom, but it didn't start out that way.  While she was getting my balloons out of the bag, she went to catch my Darth Vader balloon, and the rest of them got loose and floated to the top of the building.  Dad "MacGyvered" a broom handle and some tape and very carefully he was able to reach every balloon except one.  He saved the day and mom's sanity...as always.
Thank you mom and dad (and all my friends) for such a fun 5th birthday!