Elf on the Shelf- Day 24- Fishing (The Last Day)

This will be the last morning that Hunter and Hailey will wake up and begin the search for Mr. Snowflake. I will admit that I will definitely miss the little guy!! And all of his silliness!!
It was odd that Hailey was the first one awake this morning, usually Hunter is the one that finds him, she found Mr. Snowflake in her bedroom.

 Mr. Snowflake was fishing this morning. 

 Mr. Snowflake brought the kids Gold fish crackers. :-)

LOL, he made a fishing pole using a candy cane. LOL

We also found a letter from the big guy-

Dear Hunter and Hailey,

 Thank you so much for allowing my little elf to spend time with your family this Christmas season. Mr. Snowflake has told me what a good boy and girl you have been.  He has also given me several ideas of what I can leave under your tree to make Christmas extra special for you.

 Mr. Snowflake has done some funny things while he has been at your house, and I hope you will always remember them. (My favorite was hanging your underwear on your Christmas tree! HO HO HO!!) He wanted you to see that you are never too old to have fun!! By the way, did you know your little elf is 536 years old? He didn’t have any brothers or sisters, so he wants me to remind you to always show love to each other and to be kind to everyone.

Today is the last morning you will wake up and find Mr. Snowflake in your house. I know he is going to miss you very much!! Don’t be sad, he has work to do at the North Pole. After a little vacation (he needs some rest from all the tricks he played on your family) he will start working on toys for Christmas next year.

Since I will be bringing Mr. Snowflake back to the North on Christmas Eve I will allow you each to hug Mr. Snowflake good bye and tell him how much fun you had with him.

Lastly, I want you to be good throughout the next year and I will sent Mr. Snowflake back again the beginning of December 2012.

Take care and God bless you,

Santa

 I think the letter is a good way of bringing the Elf on the Shelf to an end.... for this year. I am sure though that throughout the year we will find evidence that he has been around. ;-)

Thank you so much for following the adventures  each day. And I would strongly encourage you to think about adding an elf to your Christmas traditions. (It can be fun even if you don't have small children. It would be fun allowing each family member to take  turns coming up with new adventures.) 

Last night was day 11 of the 12 Days of Treats and Stories. The treat was gingerbread men cookies.

I do have some crafty things I will be sharing with you in the days to come. I am off to get our big dinner ready for today. (We have dinner on Christmas Eve so we can play with new things all day on Christmas.)

Merry Christmas and God Bless everyone!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Until later~

 

Elf on the Shelf-Day 22- I see you

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I grabbed my camera this morning to take a few pictures and saw that Mr. Snowflake had used my camera. I found these pictures......

 Mr. Snowflake is a sneaky one! He slipped into the bedroom while they were sleeping and took some pictures.

 Then he took a few pictures of himself... wearing Hunter's glasses!!

Lol, I just can not help but laugh every time I see him wearing the glasses.

 Too cute!

 Then a couple of pictures of the kids sleeping.

 Haileybug snuggled with her puppy dog.

I wonder if the kids were dreaming about their Christmas parties today at school, or maybe waking up Christmas morning to find what Santa had brought. Or maybe they are dreaming about the story we read before bed for our 12 Days of Treats and Stories, A Gift for Jesus. Or maybe they are dreaming about the the big chocolate dollars they got just before bed. LOL

 Hailey, being a junk food junkie, has really enjoy the treats each evening.

 Hunter has been really listening to the stories and the treats are fun for him too.

LOL, that girl cracks me up!! 

I need to finish up a few little things. Today is the last day at school for 2011. I see us sleeping in and then playiong with new toys next week... oh and eating, of course!! :-)

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Until later~

Elf on the Shelf -Day 21- Flying High

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Mr. Snowflake is such a character!! This morning we found him in the living room....

 along with a bunch of PAPER AIRPLANES!! LOL

 It did not take long to discover who the guilty party was.

 

Look who we caught red handed!! Mr. Snowflake!!

 Really!?!? On the ceiling fan!

 And the fireplace...

 Oh my,even the Christmas tree!! LOL

 Hunter wasn't as impressed with how Mr. Snowflake got up in the window or knew how to make paper airplanes as he was with how he got the paper. LOL 

Our story last night was about The Perfect Christmas Tree, and our treat was Peeps Christmas trees. (I love the stories. It has been a good way to to end our busy days.)

Last night our bed time story was one of the books Mr. Snowflake brought yesterday morning. (We read the other one after dinner.) I am so glad this book is in our library now. I would highly recommend it for your little ones. Mama bear teaches Little Cub why Jesus is more important than Santa. :-)
The kids have one more day of school this year, they both have their class parties tomorrow. I am going shopping with my sister tomorrow evening- I know we are crazy!! And then everyone has the day off on Friday! Woo Hoo!! I hope all of your preparations are winding down and you are enjoying the whole Christmas season!!
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Until later~

Elf on the Shelf- Day 20- Reading Elf

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I am not sure which days the kids like more, the silly elf trick days or the days they wake up to little gifts from Mr. Snowflake. This morning was another gift day, Mr. Snowflake brought 2 new Christmas books to add to our collection- Elmo's Delicious Christmas and Thank you God for Christmas. We are looking forward to reading them tonight.
Not only did he bring new books, but he also rounded up their other Christmas book. It looked like the snowmen were enjoying the story.
(Again I am playing with different settings on my camera, sorry.)

 Hee Hee, good thing there is not a fire in the fireplace, those poor snowmen!! :-)

 Looks as if Mr. Snowflake has been reading all night.

 Happy listeners.

 Reading a new book.

 Mr. Snowflake moved that heavy rocking chair all by himself!! (I am sure he used a little magic. LOL)

You can see we like to read a wide variety of books.

Speaking of reading, we read the Christmas Orange last night for our 12 Days of Treats and Stories. I will admit that I am surprised by how excited the kids are for the story each evening. (I am sure the treat has something to do with that. LOL) They like trying to guess what the treat will be after we review the story.

Last night they were a little puzzled, the story was a bout an orange, but the package was small and square! :-) 

 Hunter with our Chocolate Orange. 

I had never had a Chocolate Orange before, so it was a treat for me too. Wow, who would have thought that orange and chocolate would taste so good together.

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Until later~

Elf on the Shelf-Day 19- Ker-plop

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Well, I am please to say that Mr. Snowflake has made a full recovery from his little cold!! he was up and at'em early this morning. I woke up this morning to discover that my pillow was missing, and not just mine, but everyone else too!
(I can not post the pictures until I apologize first for the picture quality. For some reason my favorite setting wanted to come out blurry this morning. So the photos are taken in a couple of different settings.)

 Mr. Snowflake took the sofa cushions, our pillows and the small pillows from the sofa to make Mt. Pillow.

LOL, looks like Mr. Snowflake did a face plant from the top of Mt. Pillows. :-)

The kids didn't mind that their pillows had been stolen while they slept, they were so happy we didn't have to make a doctor appointment for him. 

We did the 12 Days of Treats and Stories last night, (it feels good to be back on track again!!) our story was about the Shepherds. The I could not find the recommended treat local and shipping was more than the item, so I had to improvise. After looking high and low and racking my brain I came up with something the kids were very happy with. 

We used Cotton Candy and called it "Sheep's wool." LOL They LOVED it!!

Nothing like treats before bed!! :-)

I have been hearing from some of you, and I know that the Brown family will not be the only ones to miss Mr. Snowflake once he goes back to the North Pole!! I have also heard that some will be adopting an elf next year- I can hardly wait to hear about all of the mischief!! Oh, and just because you do not have little ones does not mean you can not still have fun with the elf, I have read where some couples try to "out do" each other every morning with elf mischief.

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Until later~

Elf on the Shelf- Day 17- Coloring

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After driving the van, Mr. Snowflake was really laid back when the kids got up Saturday morning.

 LOL, Mr. Snowflake is coloring in the Strawberry Shortcake coloring book.

 

He always looks so happy!!

 

 The kids were happy to see that there was new coloring books for them, a surprise little gift from Mr. Snowflake.

I am not sure, but I think Mr. Snowflake is looking a little pale.

Hmmmm.

We caught up on our 12 Days of Treats and Stories too, with a story about the 4th Wiseman and the treat was Ring pops.

 We read the story of the Candy cane and got a box of candy canes.

We also read Christmas Day in the Morning and our treat was.....

Hunter has developed my taste for Cow Tales. :-)

We had tickets Saturday afternoon for-

Wicked! The local dance studio did an incredible job!! We loved the show!!

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Until later~

Elf on the Shelf-Day 15- Cereal fun

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Mr. Snowflake did not disappoint this morning. We found him in the pantry, helping himself to some breakfast.

It seems Mr. Snowflake likes fruity cereal, and tried to help himself. Oh, what a mess, there was cereal all over the floor in front of the pantry. :-)

Mr. Snowflake is also having a glass of milk.

Isn't he adorable?

Mr. Snowflake used his magic to get in the top of the pantry. (You can see he got in the very top cabinet, the one the kids can't reach. LOL)
Silly elf, I am excited to see what he is going to do next. ;-)

Last night was Day 3 of our 12 days of Treats and Stories. The story was about an older brother that won a gift for his little brother by reading books, our treat was one of my all time favorites-

I remember getting these when I was little! Fun memories. ( You can find the 12 Days of treats and Stories  on The Craft Patch <--- Click to go there.) We were so busy last night I didn't even get a picture of the kids with their books. I will try harder tonight. :-)

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Until later~