Elf on the Shelf

We started a fun new tradition this year - Elf on the Shelf. We put in a special order and this super cute guy came to us from the North Pole... by way of Amazon.com.  Every morning when the kids woke up, they got to search for where our elf had hidden during the night.  Sometimes they found him on a shelf or perched high on top of furniture, but other times the girls found that he'd been a little michevous during the night.

One morning he was hanging from the ceiling fan and had made snow angels out of flour.

Another day they found him on top of the refrigerator having a marshmellow snowball fight with some other Christmas friends.

One night he had been busy making paper snowflakes.

The girls laughed their little heads off  (Bailey was even a little freaked out, to be honest) when they found that the elf had gotten into the clean laundry basket and decorated the tree with unmentionables.

 Another night he enjoyed a little entertainment.

This was another gut-buster. Funny little guy. :)

We made play-doh one evening and he helped himself after we all went to bed.

Our little elf had to return back to the North Pole to report to Santa on Christmas Eve day.  When we woke up on his last morning, we found his Nice and Naughty list.

It was a fun month having our visitor from the North Pole and the kids are really excited about looking for him again next year.