"Where's Reggie?" 2013

This year we participated in the Elf on the Shelf tradition that we started last year with the kids. While last year only Isaac really understood what was going on, this year Rosie had fun too (though I still don't think she really grasped the concept, she did enjoy looking for Reggie every morning and saying hello to him).

I decided to wait to do a blog post on Reggie's adventures this year until after Christmas so I just and to do one post and not need to update every day.

So, here it is! Our 2013 Elf on the Shelf fun!!

 Dec 1st

Reggie put up our new pre-lit Christmas tree for

 us overnight and also brought a letter from Santa!

 Dec 2nd

Reggie brought Christmas PJ's for the kids to wear all month long! 

Dec 3rd

Reggie had fun building himself a Reggie Mobile out of Lego's!

Dec 4th

Reggie got stuck in the pretzel container while snacking on the last of our pretzels! 

Dec 5th

Reggie made the kids (and himself) some edible necklaces with chocolate Cheerios!

Dec 6th

Reggie just "hanging out"

Dec 7th

Reggie made cookies! 

Dec 8th

Hanging out with the family pictures 

Dec 9th

Reggie hung up our stockings! 

Dec 10th

Reggie playing hide-n-seek in the toilet paper rolls. 

Dec 11th

Just trying to blend in with the Christmas decor

Dec 12th

Reading a story to the Little People

Dec 13th

Hanging out with a snowman

Dec 14th

"Skiing" down our banister 

Dec 15th

Hanging out with our Game of Thrones calendar.

Dec 16th

Propelling down from second floor to first floor 

Dec 17th

Helping put up our Christmas cards we got so far (we got more after this)

Dec 18th

He decorated the bathroom with some window clings 

Dec 19th

Put up balloons and set out Rose's presents for her 2nd birthday! 

Dec 20th

Made some banana nut muffins for breakfast, yum!

Dec 21st

Decorated our kitchen cabinets with some Christmas bows. Festive! 

Dec 22nd

Hanging out in the tree again and got tangled in an ornament. Oops. 

Dec 23rd

Reggie got captured by Team Umizoomi! They must have thought he was a Trouble Maker.. 

Dec 24th

Reggie's last day here. He set out the Christmas Eve gifts and also left a note to the kids. 

That's all for this year! Looking forward to seeing Reggie again in 2014, this time with 3 kids!!

Where's Reggie?

"Where's Reggie?" Those are probably the first words out of someone's mouth first thing in the morning these days. Reggie is our Elf on the Shelf and every morning we have to go and find him in his new spot for the day. You see, as the story goes, Santa sends his little elves to watch over kids and report back if they have been naught or nice. Every night, little elves fly back to the North Pole and when they return they go to a different spot in the house. Some elves even do little pranks but so far, Reggie has been pretty tame. There is just one rule: you are not allowed to touch the elf or else his magic goes away and he won't be able to fly back to report to Santa.

Here are all the different spots Reggie has been spotted at so far at our place:

 Day 1 - He showed up with an advent calendar for us!

 Day 2 - Hanging out in our curtains

 Day 3 - Got tangled up in our blinds

 Day 4 - In the bathroom....He was reporting to Santa how Isaac was doing with potty training

 Day 5 - Just "hanging" out with Buzz Lightyear AND he made us cookies!

 Day 6 - Apparently he likes the Big Bang Theory and was checking out our calendar

 Day 7 - Got caught in our candy jar 

(which also meant that we couldn't have any 

candy that day because we're not allowed to touch him)

 Day 8 - He brought us a Christmas tree!

Day 9 - On our motion sensor

 Day 10 - Checking out the cousins and giving them a hug

Day 11 - He put up our stockings and then got comfy in Isaac's

 Day 12 - he likes bananas

 Day 13 - How'd he get in THERE??

 Day 14 - Just chilling by the window in the kitchen

 Days 15 & 16 - We went out of town and he 

stayed behind to water our Christmas tree

Day 17 - in daddy's boot

 Day 18 - In our blinds

 Day 19 - He made blueberry muffins for Rose's birthday! What a sweet guy!

 Day 20 - He left us a Christmas Candy Treat gardening kit! 

The pics below are close-ups of the "kit" 

and then Isaac putting the kid together. 

 Letter from Reggie with instructions

 "Soil"

 "Fertilizer"

 "Seeds"

 Isaac mixing in the fertilizer

 Planting the seeds

Finished product! Now we wait until tomorrow 

morning to see if anything grows!

 Day 21 - The M&M seeds grew into M&M candy tubes! YAY!

Day 22 - Reggie turned our fridge into two snow people! Awesome!

 Day 23 - In our tree, with a note and some books for the kids

 Note up close

Books he left

And that concludes our Elf on the Shelf this year. Later on the 23rd we left for PA and didnt return until Christmas morning, where Reggie rejoined Santa at the North Pole. We had lots of fun with Reggie this year and can't wait till he returns next year :)