Simon the Elf

 Saturday December 1st, we received an ELF ON THE SHELF... after much debate and taking a vote, our family decided on his name being Simon. 

We kept him in his box and set him up on the counter.

The next morning, we found him busted out of his box and stretching out! There was also a note from him saying that he would update our nice/naughty list each night before returning to the North Pole, and that if necessary - parents could touch him to move him but the kids could not. He also said in his note that he liked the name we picked out for him!

Each day, we found Simon in a new spot in our home. Here is a picture to document where he was found each morning...

Sunday December 2:

stretching after busting out of his box

 Monday December 3rd:

he pulled Noah's Halloween candy down and ate some chocolate obviously!

Tuesday December 4th:

Simon repelled with a marker in his hand to turn Sophie into an angel, Noah into a devil, Kaitlyn into an elf, and Tayler into a Mexican cowboy.

 

 Wednesday December 5th:

relaxing a hot tub full of marshmallow bubbles

Thursday December 6th:

Friday December 7th:

playing with Noah's Ninjago toys

Saturday December 8th: 

Noah had spent the night at Ellie's and Simon was found there in the morning, hanging out with Ellie's elf Elsie.

Sunday December 9th:

hanging out inside of the new stocking he brought himself from the North Pole

 Monday December 10th:

cuddling with Baby Jesus

Tuesday December 11th:

drinking syrup

Wednesday December 12th:

out on a date with Barbie (uh oh - Elsie's gonna be mad!)

Thursday December 13th:

hanging out in the bathroom for Noah to find him in the morning

Friday December 14th:

he rolled all the way from the top of the stairs to the bottom inside of a toilet paper roll

Saturday December 15th:

waiting for the kids to watch the Elf on the Shelf movie with him, and a bag of popcorn

Sunday December 16th:

all the stuffed animals in the playroom trapped Simon inside of a jar

Monday December 17th:

waiting for Noah to get ready for school in the morning, with a good reminder to "be good"

Tuesday December 18th:

elf-sized chain with 7 links and a note saying "one more week to go!"

Wednesday December 19th:

trying to escape out the front door on a horse

Thursday December 20th:

hanging upside down from the monkey ropes in Noah's room

Friday December 21st:

just chillin in the playroom

Saturday December 22nd:

he made a mess of all the toys and dress-up clothes in the play room

 (close up)

Sunday December 23rd:

reading scriptures... Luke chapter 2 - the Christmas story

  

Monday December 24th:

Ellie had spent the night at our house so this time her elf Elsie followed her to our house and played games and ate cookies with Simon

Simon caught a ride back to the North Pole with Santa on Christmas Eve and didn't come back. He left a note for the kids saying that he would be back next December!

Noah is probably glad that the elf is gone for a year because he was scared every morning to find it. I think he was afraid it would jump out and scare him or something. In that case, I'm also glad Simon is gone for a year... searching the house every morning with Noah was getting a little old!