Well our Elf on the Shelf, Frankenstein managed to find us in our new house this year and she had all kinds of fun with us this holiday season!
She came back the weekend after Thanksgiving and left us a note with a naughty and nice list.
She brought with her like she usually does, her North Pole donuts for breakfast!
This year she even brought with her a Nativity scene for the kids to play with. They have been learning about it at Sunday School so it's important to incorporate into the season.
She also brought each of the kids a new winter hat and a Christmas movie. The girls each got a Barbie Christmas movie and Presley got a Berenstein Bears Christmas movie.
She definitely had fun though. One night we found her racing cars.
She also left us the 24 days of Christmas books. The kids have been having fun opening one book a night to read as a family. Lots of our holiday favorites!
Gracie even left her a note one night.
Oh, here she is with all the books.
One day she was hanging around with countdown calendars. Totally cute and each day had a fun activity to do.
One night she just wanted to let it go!
It was funny to see her one morning with her own grocery list. The kids thought it was hysterical since they are into the movie "Elf" this year.
Another morning we woke up to find her just hanging around on her own little swing.
A marshmallow bath? How relaxing for an elf!
One of the best ones though was seeing our underwear hung by the chimney with care.
One night she even had a little game night it appears with Daisy Bear, Barbie, and Iron Man!
Nothing like a good round of Disney Jr. Scrabble!
One morning we found her by the computer and Santa had sent each of the kiddos a special message just for them letting them know if they were on the naughty and nice list. It was neat that he knew their names, how old they were, and what they wanted for Christmas!
So after that, she wrote a letter to Santa and left us letters so we could write our own!
And the next day, Santa wrote us letter back!
She sat on the fireplace and held a sign that said "Check your stockings" so we could find our letters from Santa!
One night she and Santa took a cruise around the house. I thought I heard some car beeps that night!
Another morning we found her trying to teach some of her friends some Christmas lessons.
Maybe the lesson didn't go so well because the next day we found her hiding out in Presley's fort.
Another morning we found Grace's lunch all wrapped up!
And the other morning we were excited to wake up and find that she left us a gingerbread house kit!
She also colored us a picture and left us some crafts to make here on break!
Today she left us tickets for the Polar Express!
The kids were super excited!
Daddy was the conductor and punched everyone's ticket. All aboard!
And we are off!
And 15 minutes into the trip, this happened.
Oh well, the hubs and I drove around and looked at some lights. We saw some beautiful light displays on Clark Street!
We saw Santa!
And we did see some really decked out houses. This gives us ideas for next year!
So we headed home and it was off for Santa to get ready for the big night.
Today we woke up to find this note from Frankenstein. She could have stayed one more night but I know Santa needs her help to get ready for tonight!
See you next year Frankenstein! Thanks for the memories this year!
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