Our Elf on the Shelf 2013 Adventures: Day 7

Luckily for Facebook I can check out lots of other people's creative ideas for their elf!  I hadn't really tapped into the idea that the elf could be getting into mischief until perusing some of the crazy things my friends do with their elves!  This time I had Eli holding a piece of candy while clinging to a small decorative tree. T kept asking where he got that candy from!  Too cute. 

Our Elf on the Shelf 2013 Adventures: Day 6

I find myself thinking about Eli a little too much!  I'm constantly wondering where to hide him next!  I try to avoid any location which might tempt Mad Man or even curious little T to touch him. So, this location was perfect!  Mad Man especially loved it because Eli was on a ball!  The little guy seriously loves balls!

Our Elf on the Shelf 2013 Adventures: Day 5

In an effort to ameliorate for our failure from the previous day, this time I wrote a note from Eli to the kiddos.  The note read:  Dear T and M, I really like your house.  (Make sure your Daddy goes to sleep so I can fly back to the North Pole!).  Love, Eli.  With the note Eli was sitting in a bowl filled with marshmallows. T got a kick out of it.  Bonus:  she seemed to believe the letter too!

Our Elf on the Shelf 2013 Adventures: Day 4

Let's just say that returning to work after a five day hiatus got the best of us.  I forgot to move Eli while I was downstairs, so I figured that I would do it in the morning.  Problem: both kiddos woke up way too early and T saw Eli in the same place as the day before.  Ugh.  So, I came up with the only excuse I could think of: Daddy couldn't sleep and spent the night pretty much awake on the couch.  This meant in my convoluted explanation that Eli couldn't fly back to the North Pole for fear that Daddy would see him.  Lame I know.  T thought he could fly back while we were all out of the house, no dice.  Huge failure. 

Our Elf on the Shelf 2013 Adventures: Day 3

I decided to reuse a spot from last year - on top of Hubby's deer that hangs (quite unfortunately and against all of my senses) in the living room.  So, Eli clung to the antlers of this poor unassuming buck.  T noticed him right away and was pretty excited that he had returned.  Mad Man just kept pointing and saying "deer!".

Our Elf on the Shelf 2013 Adventures: Day 2

Day two came and I reminded Hubby that he would have to locate Eli and find a place for him since we were already late - which was complete news to him.  When I woke up I was shocked that he had followed through.  There Eli sat on the shelf of our dining room hutch.  T didn't notice him right away, but once I pointed him out she was so excited.  We had watched the movie on tv the night before so the rule that you can't touch him was fresh in her mind.  She freaked out if Mad Man even tried to enter the dining room for fear that he would touch him.  I would say we were successful...today. 

Our Elf on the Shelf 2013 Adventures: Day 1

The best laid plans...this year I was determined to be on the ball in terms of Eli (our Elf in the Shelf).  The precept, I believe, is that the elf is to arrive the day after Thanksgiving ( don't quote me on that as clearly I am a novice with this whole thing).  The day after Thanksgiving came and went.  No Eli.  I forgot.  So when T asked where I thought he was, I told her that he probably had a long trip from the North Pole.  Then I added that he might be a lazy bones.  Really?  Why even say that?  I am a self-professed lousy liar - case in point.  So Day 1 = Elf on the Shelf fail.