This is the first year we have had an Elf on the Shelf in our home. He arrived the day after Thanksgiving in a package from the North Pole. He brought Santa hooded towels for the boys with him as well. We decided not to have our elf do naughty things for two reasons -- #1 - I'd have to be the one to clean up the messes he made and #2 (most importantly) we didn't want our kids to think it was cute/funny/okay to do naughty things. So we just played the hide him in a different spot every day thing instead. We had fun with it. We did have a few days without him after a particularly naughty day but he did come back and spend the rest of the holiday season at our house. The boys named him Thomas.
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| sitting in our lamp |
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| hanging from the ceiling fan |
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| sitting on the bananas (the boys thought this was hysterical) |
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| sitting on the shelf eating Jake's skittles |
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| on top of our Christmas tree |
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| hanging upside down in the flowers on our shelf |
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| hiding in the boys' stuffed animals with a note for Jake for his bad behavior |
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| in Jake's stocking |
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| On the shelf dressed up as a pirate for Jake's birthday party |
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| Riding on mom's giraffe |
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| wishing Jacob a happy birthday |
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| Thomas wants us to take Charlie for a walk - he is hanging from the leash holder |
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| hanging upside down in the pantry |
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| Thomas built a marshmallow snowman in the freezer. Matt thought he might be cold so I made him a scarf and some earmuffs |
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| sitting in the boys kleenex holder in their bedroom |
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| hanging from the light - this is the day he left us |
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| Thomas returned! Hiding in a very obvious spot on our shelf so he'd be easy to find on his return |
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| shaving in the boys bathtub |
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| on top of our kitchen cabinet |
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| hiding in the Christmas tree |
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| Thomas spelled the boys' names with Cheerios and he hid in the blinds |
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| Locked out! Peeking in the front door window |
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| hiding in the plant in the boys' bathroom |
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| On top of the kitchen cabinets with a countdown note |
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| on top of the boys' new Christmas tree in Jake's room |
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| hiding in the lemon plant |
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| Thomas wrapped himself up and hid in the Christmas book box |
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| Thomas' last day! Sitting on top of the TV with a goodbye note.
What a fun new tradition! See you again next season, Thomas!
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