"The Elf on the Shelf"

So...last night, we had a visitor come all the way from the north pole. It is an elf, and he brought a book all about him. We learned that he was Santa's helper, and he would watch us everyday, and then report back to Santa each night. We gave him a name, Mistletoe Mark, and put him up on the shelf for him to keep an eye on us.

Don't you dare touch him, Landon!

The first night that Mistletoe Mark was with us, we woke up to this! He had all of our Christmas books dumped out, and he was reading one to the snowman and the reindeer! Mommy promptly returned him to his shelf.

The next morning, he was found in the bathroom sink filled with miniature marshmallows. He even had a rubber ducky and tiny little towels.

He had a bird's eye view this morning. And he must have been cold. He was wearing the mitten and stocking ornaments on his hands and feet!

Last night you spent the night at Poppie and JuJu's, and what do you know, Mark showed up over there. He was found in the pantry eating potty corn!

It took us a while to find him this morning; he was totally camoflagued at the top of the tree. The next morning (I forgot the picture) he was kneeling at our nativity with a note reminding Landon to remember the reason for the season.

Mischievous Mistletoe Mark thought it would be fun to play with some of Landon's cars! I tell you, this is one bad elf. He is into everything!

Would you believe that he followed us down to New Orleans to Papa and DeeDee's?!? We found him this morning all snugged up in a Santa hat in the cats' bed.

This was too much! He was found on the couch eating popcorn watching the movie "Elf!"

And here he is on our baking table after many batched baked, making snow angels out of flour! This elf gets into more mischief!

What a surprise this morning! He had gotten DeeDee's computer and somehow received emails from Santa for Landon and Shelby! He really is watching!

And on his last morning, Christmas Eve morning, he left us a tangled mess of ribbon and tape AND "Monsters, Inc." and "Beauty and the Beast" as a little good bye present. We sure did enjoy searching for Mark each day and seeing that elves get into a little trouble themselves. Here's hoping he gives a good report to the Old Man!