A Week of Elf Fun

So, I'm sure most of you have heard of the "Elf on the Shelf." I am amazed at how much fun and widespread this little gimmick is. We jumped on the "elf" bandwagon a couple of years ago, after I read a blog about it, although our elf is a plush, female elf. And we can touch her, hold her, and love on her as much as we want, and she does not lose her magic, unlike many elves out there. Christa remembered our "Chokey Nokey" from last year, and specifically recalled that she dressed up in Christa's Cinderella outfit one night. This year was our most fun yet, as Christa could really laugh at and enjoy our elf's little antics. Here are a few things that our elf did this week:

She had a snowball fight with a few of the Disney Princesses. Not sure who won, but Christa and Abby Kate had a ton of fun cleaning up their mess by eating the marshmallows!

She brought a Disney Princess tree and left a note explaining that it was for all to enjoy, but it was to go in Abby Kate's room, since Christa already has a princess Christmas tree.

Chokey Nokey didn't think that the tree was appropriately decorated, so she added some of Christa's underwear. Christa thought this was particularly hilarious!

Another view of the underwear decor!

The girls and our elf before she goes back to the North Pole! It sure was a fun week!!

(I didn't get pictures of everything, but one night Chokey Nokey was here, she drank a whole can of Sprite! This was one of Christa's favorites, seeing the empty can with the straw in it. Chokey Nokey also put the kids' picture in an ornament for the Christmas tree. Another night, our elf strung some outdoor Christmas lights in our bushes. We all say, "Merry Christmas" every time we drive by a house with lights. Christa said that we should put lights in front of our house so that others could drive by and say, "Merry Christmas," when they saw our house. We are so glad our elf took care of that for us, because we are much too busy this time of year to put out extra lights! The other night, Chokey Nokey had a dress up party with Dora (from Dora the Explorer). The elf dressed up like "Dorothy," and Dora dressed up like the Scarecrow.)