More Jingle

Who knew the Elf on the Shelf was this much work? Every day we see his new antics and then we must clean up what mess he made from the day before. Our elf is still moving along, we never know where we are going to find him each day.

After two good days of solid rain, J found Jingle with his own Santa Cafe. He was serving hot chocolate, cookies, and cupcakes to his new friends/customers - Santa and Snowman.

The prices weren't that bad either! He will probably have customers all day. J made me move Jingle with tongs (you aren't allowed to touch him or he loses his magic) so she and Kaleb could play Christmas Cafe. Thanks, Jingle, this may keep their minds off the tons of rain and the fact that they can't go outside and play.

The next day, Jingle was somewhat naughty. He covered the tree in red paper and accidentally caught himself.

Jingle decided to be nice after that. He brought the kids aprons, chef hats, and set out all of the ingredients to bake a special treat. He gave them two choices - s'more cupcakes or gingerbread men. The kids decided to bake gingerbread men with the cookie cutters. Doesn't Jingle look cute with his paper towel chef hat and apron? What a crafty elf!

Jingle decided to make a tree from plastic cups. This was a tricky one, however, as right in the morning my dad opened the door and the breeze knocked them down (several times, luckily before the kids got up). So, the tree tower was moved to my bedroom where there would be less traffic and less chance of getting knocked over. I am so glad he ran out of cups because it would have been a lot harder to pick up this mess....perhaps he should have taped the cups together.

Then Jingle decided to take a joy ride from the ceiling fan. He was enjoying the ride until Kaleb noticed that he was riding in his McQueen underwear and Kaleb started crying to get them back! He has been busy. J looks for him every day after she wakes. What fun (but definitely a lot of work).