Elphie the Elf

To say I am a bit obsessed with this whole Elf on the Shelf business would be accurate. I don't even have kids for crying out loud!! It's funny though because my entire family and their work friends have all gotten really into Elphie and her escapades. We are all kids at heart (queue sappy music).

Elphie joined our house on December 4th and each day we 'find' her in a new place. Here is her journey so far. Some of these ideas are SO DONE but some are just from my crazy mind and are just different :)

Day #1 I arrived by Antelope, not UPS as some believe

Day #2 My favorite food groups, candy, sugar, syrup

Day #3 Defying gravity like my namesake

Day #4 Making snow angles from sugar because there is no snow here

Day #5 Rub a dub dub Elphie's in the tub

Day #6 Hanging out on the family pic, Elphie may have drawn uni-brows/mustaches on everyone

Day #7 Gone Fishing for the bionic never gonna die goldfish

Day #8 contrary to my previous inclination, this was nothing like the ball pit at McD's

Day #9 I PG'd this activity right up :) Nobody needs to see Elf bottom

Day #10 Donuts are also on Elphie's top food groups list

Day #11 Just couldn't resist the disco balls on the tree and making pink bell bottoms

Day #12 Improvising with the sled due to lack of snow

The earmuffs and scarf were unnecessary but added to the situation

Day #13 Elphie was offended she was not included in the hanging of the stockings so she fixed that

Day #14 Telling Elphie she can't do something is the worst thing you can do

Exhibit #1

Day #15 the Fuzz found out able the tag removal and arrested Elphie. But she Houdini-ed her way out of that situation

Day #16 Getting her Bob Ross on and painted a still life of her friend Fiyero

She's not great at spelling

Day #17 Dinner with her peeps. Ty the Penguin, NapoLEON Dynamite, Harry Pottah, Vern her tae kwon do instructor, and Gumbie. They had spaghetti and meatballs. Vern had a tough time with his chopsticks but he wouldn't be swayed.

OK I admit, this is getting ridiculous. But Elphie only has a few days left so she's gotta make the most of it!!

Introducing....

 ELPHIE!!

Have you heard of elf on the shelf? I heard of it a year or two ago and I SOOO wanted one. It might be a little (a lot) strange that I wanted one but I love things like that so whatever. I found a deal at barnes and nobel where the girl elf on the shelf was $14 as opposed to $30. So I snatched that Elf on the shelf right up. 

I named her Elphie. Her namesake is Elphaba from Wicked :). I thought Elphie was fitting since she is an elf. 

She is mischevious and moves silently from place to place causing  mystery and intrigue everywhere she goes. 

Her first day she ended up riding the antelope I glittered. His name is cantaloupe the antelope.  

Night one found Elphie hanging by her legs drinking syrup straight out of the container. Tisk tisk. Maybe her older brother is Buddy the Elf.

Day 2 we found Elphie Defying Gravity just like Elphaba. She had a broom and cape and was soaring with the coffee filter snowflakes.

Day 3 tonight before bed, I found Elphie on the table making snow angels. Goofy little elf. She also made a very rudimentary snowman.

Please don't judge the fact that I have an elf on the shelf and that I pretend it is magic even though I am the one putting her in these situations, haha. Just pretend I have a 4 year old or something to make it seem less weird.