Introducing Elfie Sneakins, aka "Elfie"

Our Elf on the Shelf arrived for the first time at our house last Thanksgiving morning which was in 2011. I believe that Santa thought that that was the right time to send a little elf to our house. See, the kids' Grandma whom had lived with us since before either of the younger kids were born, had passed away the day before Thanksgiving leaving a heavy feeling in everyone's hearts. Elfie was just the thing to cheer everyone up! He arrived all wrapped up pretty in his box with a nice letter from Santa to the kids. After reading the book the kids had to give him a name, and they decided on Elfie Sneakins, aka "Elfie" for short.

Elfie wasn't very active his first year with us. He did his nightly trips to the North Pole and the kids had a great time every morning trying to find him, but he never really got into anything or caused any mischief.

I have a feeling that that is going to change this year...