More Elvis sightings!

Elvis Elf thought it would be pretty fun/funny for the kids to wake up with stickers all over them, but it was sort of a failed attempt. When he was trying to stick some on Connor (who sleeps through anything!), Connor woke up NOT HAPPY to discover a sticker on his hand and one on his foot. Elvis tried Jared, who swiped them off in his sleep without ever opening his eyes. Elvis then tried Emily, who sat straight up in bed and asked if it was time to wake up. Elvis thought he'd wait another hour or so and try again. An hour later, he put a couple on Connor and Jared and left the room to try and get Emily, when suddenly mommy was woken up by Connor shouting. When mommy went into his room, Connor was laying stick straight in his bed with the biggest scowl on his face, and was shouting, "WHO KEEPS DOING THIS TO ME???" :( Like I said, failed attempt...

Here's Elvis sitting with the evidence! By the way, once the kids were awake the next morning, they thought it was pretty hilarious! (even Connor!)


That night, Elvis also left a "fill in the blanks" style letters for each of the kids to write to Santa, and then also filled one out himself:

Notice how he says he's sorry for the time he put stickers on Emily, Jared, and Connor? :)


Another day Elvis hid under a drinking glass in the cupboard. Took the kids awhile to find him that day! I couldn't figure out why I kept finding the cupboard door open and I kept shutting it. At some point, I overheard Connor yelling from the kitchen, "Who keeps shutting the cupboard?? Elvis can't see anything with the door closed!!!!!!!" LOL!!


Elvis hung out on a giant snowflake one day


He sat and read The Nutcracker, which prompted Connor to want to read it once Elvis was finished


The kids all sing goofy versions of Jingle Bells, so Elvis wanted to as well.


Look! It's Spiderman!




He took a bubble bath with a penguin (couldn't find a rubber ducky). Connor said it was an ICE bath, not a bubble bath...


Elvis thought the kids should enjoy a nice cup of hot cocoa with their breakfast, so he set out all the stuff (even filled up the tea kettle!)


Elvis really wanted to use the mug Dan won at work for "Movember" (more on the "Movember" story later!)

Elvis Elf

Elvis Elf arrived with a bang (or rather a zipline!) the morning after Thanksgiving. The kids were excited to see him!


Emily Grace made a little Lego chair for him, which he happily sat in for the next day




He made a big mess making us a couple of snowflakes!


He sat up on the mantle (not pictured because I forgot!)

Then he sat in the kids's tree with his own little book of jokes and left out a few pages for the kids to see (they're dying to see what the rest of the jokes in his book are!)

Elf on the Shelf

Evlis was having a grand ol' time helping himself to the new container of syrup! Crazy elf was danging upside down from the cupboard while sipping from a straw. The kids thought this was HILARIOUS!




Another night, he picked such a good hiding spot, the kids started getting worried he might not have even come back to our house! He blended right in with the stuff in Santa's sack.




Sunday night, he got them into the Christmas spirit with some red and green streamers zig-zagged in front of their doors, as he hung out in the hallway in a self-made hammock. LOL!

Elf on the Shelf

Elvis Elf got into the "buy 3, get 3 free" candy bars I was saving for Family Fun Night!


Didn't even try to hide the evidence or wipe his face!


We've also discovered him playing a game.


Not pictured: Elvis coloring in a Christmas coloring book, and Elvis drawing holiday scenes on the white board.

Elf on the Shelf

Elvis Elf showed up at our house for his second holiday season the day after Thanksgiving. I walked into my room and found him sitting on the windowsill above my bed, with the Elf on the Shelf book propped up on my pillow. The kids were THRILLED to see him again! He also left (on the sly) a great link to a website with 101 ideas for Elf on the Shelf so Dan and I would have a heads up what he might be up to this month...

I haven't remembered to take pictures of him every night, but I got pictures of the three that the kids got the biggest kick out of:

He swiped the dry erase markers and spent time coloring on the kids' school pictures from last year (because I haven't taken the time to frame their current school pictures... bad mommy!)




Then he got into the bag of knitting things my mom bought for me at a garage sale recently. Looks like he got partway into a scarf and got a little tangled up!


What do you know? Even our elf is a Harry Potter fan!!


I have a hunch we'll be finding him playing a board game with the kids' favorite stuffies soon, but I could be wrong!