This year Gillian wanted another elf to join our Elf on the Shelf, Buddy.  The kids even wrote Buddy letters asking for a girl elf to come to our house.  Check out my post Dear Buddy for the letters. 

Buddy arrived like clockwork the Friday after Thanksgiving.  He had a friend with him!  Gillian already had a name picked out for our new elf, Snowflake!  Gillian was so excited to see that Snowflake had on a tutu.  She said “She’s got snowflakes on her tutu!  Just like her name!”

On Saturday, November 28th, Buddy and Snowflake were having a tea party!

The next day, Buddy and Snowflake set up their very own Christmas tree.  They must have heard Mommy and Daddy talking about how we were going Christmas tree shopping that very day!

The next day the kids found the elves hanging out in the basement.  They were playing Connect 4!  Gillian said “Snowflake’s winning!  See!  Her’s yellow!”

Mimi gave Mommy some picture frames for her birthday this year.  These frames can hold a lot of pictures.  And they open up so that you can continuously add more pictures.  Buddy and Snowflake decided to add their own pictures to the frames. 

Sunday morning, we found those silly elves in the kitchen.  They found Mommy’s food markers and used them to make a tic-tac-toe game out of marshmallows!

The next day we found the elves just hanging around in the kitchen.  John said “Why are they always together?  Can’t they just do stuff apart?”

Buddy must have heard John, and the next day the elves hid separately.  Buddy was up on a high shelf and Snowflake was just hanging out in Gillian’s stocking.

The next morning, it was pretty easy to find Buddy and Snowflake.  They were sitting on the kid’s nightstands.  I was waking up John and he rolled over and screamed.  “Buddy!  You scared me!”  Gillian came running in to see what all the yelling was about.  When she saw Buddy, she started looking around and asked “Where’s Snowflake?”  John said “She’s probably in your room.”  Gill ran back to her room and found Snowflake on her nightstand. 

The next day we found the elves sky diving in the kitchen.

On Friday, December 11th, the toilet paper was missing from the bathroom.  I questioned John, and he said “I didn’t go to the bathroom last night.  I bet Daddy didn’t replace it.”  He immediately ran to the bathroom to investigate, but he saw toilet paper in the hallway and followed the trail down the stairs. 

The next day we found Buddy and Snowflake all dressed up in Barbie’s car and watching TV on the big TV in the basement.  Mommy told the kids that they were going to a drive in movie.  They said “They are just watching shows!”  Gillian said “They are getting married!  What?  They love each other!”

The next day we found Buddy and Snowflake in the basement.  They made a tower out of books. 

Tuesday, December 15th we found the elves drinking syrup!

The next day, they made Minions out of the bananas! John said “They’ve gone bananas!”

That same day, Gillian had a really bad day at school and Daddy picked up Snowflake as punishment.  When you touch an Elf on the Shelf, they lose their magic.  Gillian was very upset, but her behavior was horrible at school and she needed an additional punishment.  The following day, Buddy came back but wasn’t very happy.

The next day he was sitting on a little house.  Again with his sign.

The next day, Buddy was sitting on Mommy’s hutch again with his sign.  I didn’t get a picture of Buddy that day. 

Finally, three days later after Gillian’s behavior changed Snowflake came back.  The kids found them in Gillian’s room with a new sign.

Monday, the elves were back up to their silly antics.  They were making a pig jump rope!

Tuesday morning, we found the elves in the kitchen.  They made a hopscotch out of tape on the kitchen floor.

Wednesday morning, we found the elves ziplining in the kitchen using candy canes!

This morning we found the elves in the kitchen.  It looks like they made the kids a little snack and they left us an elf cookie cutter!  I said to John “We can make elves next year!”  He said “Well we could make them this year.”  Looks like I’ll be baking today.

It was another awesome year of adventures with our Elf on the Shelf!  Can’t wait for next year!