Elf on the Shelf

Elf on the Shelf!

Our Elf was sent to us by my sweet Sister-in-Law Jennifer Landon.  After much excited discussion an agreement was made on a name for our sweet elf----James Jimmy John Landon  (Reagan is still upset we didn't thrown in Christmas Tree or Candy Cane).  This has been a fun adventure for our little family each morning.  Rees, are early-riser inevitably finds him each day and then broadcasts it to the world and wakes up the others.  He has hidden on various light fixtures and on shelves, on a wreath, and on windows and in closets.  One day he played with Jacksons legos and built a spacecraft sled that we assumed he used to get back to the North Pole that night. Last night we think he was playing hide and seek with Cookie monster because we found them hiding together this morning.  Our favorite has been when the Elf decided to be naughty (Jackson adamantly defends the elf as just trying to be funny).  The Elf was found hiding on a shelf in the morning holding a marker.  He and the four children had mustaches drawn on there faces!!  Rees in the morning was classic--she ran downstairs and exclaimed "MOM I have a mustache and the elf does too and he's hiding upstairs with a marker!!"  This is going to be a great tradition--