"Chippy": Our Elf

I had to do a post about Chippy, our Elf on a Shelf!  When we got back from Thanksgiving, we discovered a box that had our Elf and a book about Elf on a Shelf! We learned that Santa had assigned this elf to our family to report if Brady & Liv had been good each day to decide if they belong on the Naughty or Nice list. :)  Each morning they wake up and find Chippy in a different place...Chippy has been on the Christmas tree, has been caught playing with the mini marshmallows spelling the kids' names out with them and even trying to finish the kids puzzles!  He's a pretty funny little guy and it's been such a blast every morning to watch the kids look for him...it's almost been a mini-Christmas morning each day for for the last month!  Thanks to Grammy for this wonderful new tradition--it's been so much fun!  I'm thinking for his last morning with us on Saturday he will be getting into some mischief again...I heard sometimes they make snow angels with flour on the kitchen counter! :)

Chippy was up on Daddy's guitar one morning

We read through the book several times to make sure we understood all the rules...such as you can't touch Chippy or he will lose his magic...you can talk to him anytime but he has been told by Santa not to talk while he's at the house!