Elf on the Shelf wants to be a Time Lord

This Christmas was our family's first year having an Elf on the Shelf. Up until this year my littles have said the elves were "creepy" (my daughter's word), and I was inclined to agree with them... really, if you think about it... they sit in your home and watch your behaviour, then fly back to Santa each night to report on you, and like the Weeping Angels, they only move when no one's looking at them! They're little quantum-locked Christmas spies, heheh.

While I've laughed at some of the elf antics other people have shared, I haven't minded my sproutlets not wanting an elf in our home. But this year my 5 year old said she wanted Santa to send us one. I'm fairly certain this change of heart was precipitated by her coming across a tiny pilot outfit in the "Elf Adoption Centre" area of the department store. She was Amelia Earhart for Hallowe'en this year, and she loves her aviator goggles:

   

So when she discovered the Claus Couture aviator jacket & goggles, she asked me to help her email Santa this request:

Dear Santa, 
If you would please send us an Elf on the Shelf this Christmas I promise I won't say he looks creepy, & I even got him a pilot jacket to keep warm & goggles to see in the clouds. And mummy & me will bake you gluten-free brownies too!
Love, Kate

So, we got a scout elf of our own, who my little girls named Cocoa Earhart. Our elf didn't get up to many shenanigans, mostly just moved from room to room, hiding just enough so that the kidlets had to look around for a few minutes, but some days he was found doing something funny, like swinging from the ceiling fan, and reading a story to the toy dinosaurs, and once, pretending to be the Eleventh Doctor:

He was sitting in front of a little TARDIS, wearing a felt fez instead of his usual elf hat, holding a tiny sonic screwdriver, with our copy of "When's The Doctor" open to the New Earth page, which has cats in pilot hats & goggles - I think one of them is Brannigan from "Gridlock" :)

Do you have a Whovian scout elf, or know of another one? Share in the comments!

Nearly down to 2 weeks left!

No, not until Christmas... well, yes, until Christmas, but more importantly, until the Doctor Who Christmas Special! ♥♥

This is not new, but I love this station identification short with Number Ten :

Hold on tight and pretend it's a plan!

I think that's my new favourite Doctor Who-ism. Well, second favourite, after "wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey". Well, but then there's "the angels have the phone box". And, well, never mind, I have too many to pick a favourite. But it's one :)

Speaking of Doctor Who-isms, LOVE this:

Not perfect, but perfectly brilliant  ♥
Trockopella. Timelord Rock A Capella. Heh :)

Now then, back to tonight's Doctor Who Christmas Special, “The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe”...

I really really liked it. And, I cried a bit. I love Steven Moffat's episodes. I'm not going to bother with a synopsis, because if you're a Who fan, you've either seen it and don't need one, or, you haven't yet, so no spoilers! I didn't like the monkey painting in the childrens' bedroom though, I thought it was creepy. That's nothing to do with the plot though, just an observation...

Also, I've grown to love Matt Smith's Doctor more and more  ... but I don't feel disloyal to David Tennant's Doctor anymore, because I still love him just as much. It's like having more than one child; I don't love them the same, but I don't love either any more or less :)

"Hold on tight and pretend it's a plan." Words to live by :)

Christmas Countdown, Allons-y!

It's December! Where's my TARDIS Advent calendar? Why does this item not seem to exist? Ah well, this will have to do:

At least it's TARDIS blue :)