This is the first year we have had an Elf on the Shelf in our house. During this Christmas our littlest boys were 1 and 4 years old. I figured they were the perfect age for Santa to deliver an Elf on the Shelf. Gordon, the name Asher came up with for our Elf because he is currently loving Thomas the Train and Gordon is his favorite train, was mailed to us from the North Pole 4 weeks before Christmas. Below are the fun things Gordon did the 4 weeks he was with us.
The day he came, Bailey, our 14 year old, checked the mailbox on his way home from the bus stop. (Ok, so I had the post office boxes hiding in the car and asked my teenager to pretend he checked the mail!) Of course I didn't get pictures of this because instead of taking pictures I had the camcorder out so its a big long video of grandma reading the box to the little boys and then daddy helping them open the second package with the Elf in it. It didn't take long for Asher to come up with the name and I think we all loved it, maybe not at first but it grew on us. Some of us called him Gordie or Gordo but both the little boys loved having Gordon visiting us!
November 28
The first morning we found Gordon drinking maple syrup straight out of the syrup bottle with a note from Santa telling the little boys to feel better soon (both of them were sick!)
November 29
Gordon was hanging from the ceiling fan wearing a cape pretending to be a superhero
November 30
Found Gordon in the kitchen making snow angels in the powdered sugar
December 1
Santa delivered Christmas books to the little boys via Gordon
December 2
Hanging out in the stockings
December 3
Having a snowball (marshmallow) fight with some of the other toys
December 4
Climbing up the garland around the TV
December 5
Playing in the cereal, at least he got out the red and green bowls and spoons
December 6
Sitting on top of the microwave with a long note from Santa telling the boys how good they have been
December 7
Playing with new Matchbox cars
December 8
Cirque De Gordon, hanging from the dining room light
December 9
Hanging out with the rosters on top of the kitchen cabinets
December 10
Boys made gingerbread houses, Gordon and some other friends decided it would be fun to play with them
December 11
Repelled himself down the sliding glass door and wrote a note on it. You can't really see it in this picture but it says "Merry Christmas Asher and Connor, Luv Gordon" (by the way....its still there, I keep forgetting to clean it off!)
December 12
Santa send Gordon back home with a puzzle of the United States. Asher loves puzzles, Santa is so smart!
December 13
Mission Impossible: Gordon style
December 14
Mrs. Claus sent Gordon home with reindeer cookies...yummy!
December 15
Drinking hot chocolate, he sure is a messy elf!
December 16
Gordon switched out all the stockings for Asher's underwear....thank goodness they were all clean!
December 17
Crazy elf drew funny faces on our family pictures with an erasable marker
December 18
ziplining down Christmas lights
December 19
Toilet papered the Christmas tree, the boys LOVED this one.
December 20
Turned the milk green (note: my little boys wouldn't drink it after it was green so make sure if you do this that you do it when your milk is almost gone!)
December 21
Brought home magic seed and magic soil and told the little boys to plant them and see what grew!
December 22
The magic seeds grew plastic candy canes filled with candy!
December 23
We spent the night in Denver but when we got home we found Gordon hanging on the closet door near the front door with a note that said he missed us and that Santa would be coming soon. (I forgot to take a picture of this one!)
December 24
Our last morning with Gordon. He wrote all over my organization board, spelled out a message with red and green M&Ms, decorated the kitchen table with a Christmas table cloth, left fun Christmas plates and instructions for Asher and Connor's mommy to make them red and green pancakes for breakfast.
December 25
I didn't get a picture of this but Gordon left the little boys a note on the Christmas tree telling them that he would miss them over the next 11 months and that he would think of them every day until he came back to visit.
Doing the Elf on the Shelf was a lot of fun. I know some people don't like it or thinks its crazy but I enjoyed watching my little boys' excitement each morning as they ran through the house looking for Gordon. I loved how Connor would randomly run up to where Gordon was sitting throughout the day and point and laugh. It was a lot of work but it was so worth it. I'm already trying to come up with some awesome ideas for next Christmas!
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