Sunday, January 1, 2012

Elf Prank One- Dry Erase Markers on our family pics

11/29/11 The Elves have arrived but they haven't appeared yet.

As noted in the previous email string from the last post, the elves seem to have been in our house somewhere.


The first indicator that we had that they were here was that they played their first prank. While we were sleeping, they used dry erase markers to draw all over our family pictures.
Drawn on Pictures. Daddy was Elfed






The Elf Request...

Welcome to the Elf on the Shelf Blog

These were the activities of the at our house this November and December of 2011. If you are not familiar with the Elves, the official Elf on the Shelf website would help and get the book. We don't use either for our family tradition. This was our third year welcoming the young elves who had been doing too much mischief up in the North Pole. Santa was glad to have them come stay with us for until Christmas Eve when he eats his cookies and milk and drops off our presents. Our youngest (4) and middle (8) were really looking forward to having the elves and the tricks they play each night they are visiting.  See the thread of communication between us and Santa.


Leah S <emailaddress at gmail.com> Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 2:25 PM

To:  

Santa North Pole <santaclaus.northpole.email at gmail.com>       
Dear Santa,

We want the elves to come again.  We will ALL clean up the messes.  The string mess was fun.  Audra liked the sticky notes.  It was fun to play with the elves in the morning.  Please have the elves wear warm clothes.  Please send 6 elves so Clooney can have an elf.  If you have an elf dog, that would be good too.  We would like the elves to do all our schoolwork and our jobs and bring us surprises.  Audra would like the elves to make her a teeter totter.  Elijah would like beyblades.  Aria wants Mario Cart.  We will put out art supplies for the elves and teach them to make crafts.  We will also feed the elves healthy food and try to teach them to behave and act lovingly and teach them to read.  Audra will teach them to speak Spanish.  We would like the elves to make cookies also and we will share them.  When will the elves be here?  Thank you very much!

Love,
Momma, Daddy, A***, E*****, A****, and Clooney


Santa North Pole  <santaclaus.northpole.email at gmail.com>                                           Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:27 PM

To: Leah S <emailaddress at gmail.com>
Dear Segura Family,

We have a big problem here at the north pole.  The six elves I was going to send you have run away!  We have been looking for days but there is just no sign of them.  We have issued a red alert to all of Santa's helpers so that they can help find Muffin Face, Plunka, Buggie, ClooCloo, ElfDaddy, and ElfMomma.  So PLEASE, if you see them, notify me at once!  Remember that the elves like to eat-this may be the key to finding them!

Love,
Santa Claus




I hope this email finds you well.  It is very cold at the North Pole today. It is -20. I am very busy getting the toys ready for Christmas.  I have been looking for families that can help teach my young elves about Christmas and care for them while we are so busy here.  As I'm sure you understand, it can be difficult to get things done with young elves under foot!  I am hoping that next year they will be more mature and a bigger help to me.  Of course, if you enjoy the elves this year, they may want to keep coming back to your home each Christmas.  Any day now, your elves should be arriving. I will pick them up on Christmas Eve when I deliver your toys.  I do not have any elf dogs available right now, but I do have two girls and a boy.  It's funny, because I have elves with exactly the same names as all three of you!  The older girl is named Muffin face, the younger girl is Plunka, and the boy is named Buggie!  It should be easy for you to remember their names!

I should warn you that the elves can be a bit messy.  These elves are still learning, so be gentle if things are a little messy in the morning. They are very loving and friendly and ready to learn from you. Be ready to teach them all about Christmas and the love of God, so they can bring this love and knowledge back with them to the North Pole.  They love to hide and play, especially at night, while everyone else is sleeping.  And yes, they do like to watch TV and they might bring presents.  You will just have to wait and see!  I promise, you will have lots of fun! 

I think you should be a good family for my elves.  I know you three are gentle and kind and will help these elves learn good manners.  Be sure to put out crackers and water for the elves as you wait for their arrival. They are shy at first and will usually hide when they first arrive. The crackers sound like crunching snow, and the water is like melted North Pole Snowflakes.   It will help them feel at home and want to come meet you.

We hope you enjoy sharing your Christmas season with these elves. They are looking forward to meeting you.

Please update us from time to time as to how the elves are doing.
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Leah S<emailaddress at gmail.com>                                                                                               Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:00 PM

To: Santa North Pole <santaclaus.northpole.email at gmail.com>

Dear Santa,

The elves are at our house.  They are only doing boring things.  We want them to do the string mess and the sticky notes too.  We want them to write jokes on sticky notes and stick them all over the house.  We also want to see them soon!  How do you talk to the elves?  Do you talk to the elves?  We want them to scare Aria.  Do elves like Beyblades?  I want them to buy me some.  Do elves like snow?  We want the elves to do their jobs for us.  We will make beds for them.  We will write their names on the beds.  We will also feed them.  If we forget, we will slap ourselves in the face.  Just kidding.  We really will feed them though.

Love,
E***** and A****