Elf on the Shelf

We were visited by the Elf on the Shelf this year & we named him Scout!  What fun!!  He watches our every move and then reports back to Santa each night - - telling him if we've been good or bad!  When he returns to our house, he gets a new vantage point and we get to find his new hiding spot!  The one rule is that we can't touch him or else he'll lose his magic. 

We did take full advantage of Scout going back to Santa each night - - he delivered a few letters to him for us as well as some Christmas cookies!!  :) 

A couple mishaps - Scout fell out of the basketball hoop & landed on the floor (but he's a tough little elf and we were sure he was ok!).  Scout also didn't move locations a couple nights in a row...one b/c it was raining really hard outside & he didn't want to get wet and the other time was because he was sick (the kids were dealing w/ sore throats/colds at the time!).  All in all it was a fun Christmas season with the Elf visiting us...we hope he comes back next year!