The Elf on the Shelf is Back

 My love/hate relationship with the Elf on the Shelf has reignited this year.  It was hard to remember in the beginning but we set a reminder and that helped.  Tommy named our elf Jac this year.  Not Jack, but Jac.  He spelled it for me. :)

 Jac arrived with a letter saying, "You have too many dang toys! Get rid of some and give them to other kids!" in much more polite phrasing of course.

Jac decided to take the kids dirty jammies and string them through the living room. How dare that little stinkpot?

But then he started behaving a little better.  He rode on one of Tommy's dinosaurs.

 He also married Princess Anna.  Charlotte loved that one.

 He hung on the microwave one day.  The next day he fell off.  So then he had to heal his boo boo.

 He left a Christmas Science Experiment for Tommy which he loved.  All you need is M&Ms and water.  Thanks Google!

 So basically if you put M&Ms in water, the M's will float to the top.  Crazy right? Explanation is in the link above.

 After the M&Ms, the elf decided to remind the kids to regularly brush their teeth.

 Tommy mentioned that he really hoped the elf would take a bath in marshmallows again so guess what happened?? Marshmallow bath time!

Near the end, I was losing momentum so he basically just dressed up in the toys clothes.  Strange indeed.

The kids really enjoyed it so I have to say I enjoyed it too.  It's hard to remember each day but it is fun to see the kids run down first thing in the morning to find him.  They love the tradition. :-)