Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The antics of our Elf on the Shelf

Chester has turned out to be a rather curious and somewhat mischievous elf...

Day 1: As you know, he introduced himself with a book and an m&m message.
Day 2: We found Chester on the kitchen table playing Uno with Woody, Jessie and Buzz.
Day 3: Lilian was equal parts surprised and delighted to find that Chester had drawn all over the kids' portraits. She was especially pleased that he gave her hearts and glasses rather than a mustache.
Day 4: Chester got caught up in the strings of the blinds in the den. Lilian woke up a little earlier than normal and found me sitting at my computer. I looked over at her and realized that she had spied Chester in the blinds and was watching him warily. "Mom!" she whispered. "Is Chester still alive and moving? It's still the middle of the night!" In all actuality it was 7:10 AM but it was still dark enough outside, she didn't realize that and was certain she was going to actually catch Chester making a move...
Day 5: The morning after we had decorated the downstairs tree, we found that Chester had added some decorations of his own...
Day 6: Watching "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas."
Day 7: Maybe the snow we got over the weekend inspired this snow angel out of flour on the kitchen counter.
Day 8: A cotton ball bath in the sink of Lilian's bathroom.
Day 9: (this morning) Because in the immortal words of Buddy the Elf:
 "We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup." 

5 comments:

Mindy said...

So cute!
How did the flour come off? I've been wanting to do that one but haven't dared for fear that he won't be clean anymore :)

Mindy said...
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Mindy said...

Sorry, I don't know why my comments keep posting twice :)

Bryan said...

Not all elfs are good:
http://imgur.com/a/P0ELb

Mary said...

I think having an elf would be fun. I think Ryan would say it's stupid. Therefore we probably won't get one. I love all your ideas. So cute!