Elf on the Shelf

So I started seeing posts about "Elf on a shelf" on a bunch of different blogs for months now. You all know I am a sucker for super cute clever ideas that I can copycat :) so this year we have our very own Elf.

He showed up a few days after Thanksgiving, in grand fashion, with his very own Elf breakfast.

He brought Hot chocolate with little snowball marshmallows. And white snowball doughnuts.

The boys were THRILLED (not the least bit because they got doughnuts and coco for breakfast)
The elf came with a book explaining his story. With a place for the boys to give him a name. After much discussion they picked the name "Jolly". In the the book it explains that Jolly is there to help Santa keep an eye on them. Every night he uses his Elf magic to go back to the North Pole to give Santa a report for the day. Then he comes right back to play at our house.

Every morning the boys wake up to run around and find the Elf. He is a busy little guy so you never know where he will be.

One morning he turned the boys into reindeer.

Another morning we woke to find some of their unders hanging all over the tree.

And that naughty elf even TP'ed our tree one night. (keep in mind the the boys are 4 and 6 so underwear and TP are HILARIOUS)

One morning he was using our ceiling fan as his own personal carnival ride.

Can you see him hiding in the "jungle" ?

He has also been found playing with his Star Wars character "friends". Sometimes he brings little treats sometimes like this morning a little art project for the boys to do.

It really has been so much fun having Jolly visit us we will all miss him when he goes back to Santa on Christmas eve for the last time......until next year that is :)