Elf on the Shelf: Day 17

This morning Mommy Willis woke up to find that

Buddy had a little fun on her desk last night.... 

He made a rope out of the stale Twislers and went 

Bungee Jumping....  

He put a bunch of post it notes with jokes and sayings for

Grant like "You're Awesome" 

Unfortently, when Grant woke up he threw a

huge temper tantrum when he was getting dressed....

By the time we finally got done getting him dressed, 

he discovered that Buddy didn't like all the yelling and had left.... 

But, lucky for him.. 

Buddy didn't go very far!

As soon as Grant started acting nicer.... 

Buddy came back!

After Lunch, he discovered Buddy had moved to his desk....

Buddy must have known Mommy Willis wanted

access to her computer! 

When I turned my computer on.... we also discovered

that our Silly Elf put his picture as my background!

What a silly, silly elf! 

Elf on the Shelf: Day 16

We have really enjoyed having our little Elf around....

... but today he really out did himself!

This has probably been Gran'ts favorite day....

Our little Buddy put himself in a jar!

Grant - "What a silly, silly Elf!!"

We discovered a note... 

... "But, Mommy, I can't read!!" 

Don't worry Lil' Willis, Daddy will read it for you.... 

it says that Buddy wants to go see the Christmas lights

at the Portland Winter Wonderland race track....

Buddy told Grant that he put himself in a jar

so that Grant could take him with us!

Grant literally leaped for joy, luckily I got it with my camera...

He was so excited to carry Buddy with him all day long! 

Mommy Willis will document all the awesome 

places Grant takes Buddy today.... 

Zoo Lights

We had a blast going to the Oregon Zoo to see the Zoo Lights!

Grant got to meet all sorts of creatures....

He saw the penguin.... 

He saw the otter (if you talk to him, he will say it was a bear) 

and the Tiger....

Every time he saw one of the 

animals he would run up to them and say,

"Hi, I love you" ...

... he even said that to the guy who gave us 

our hot cocoa and elephant ear.....

I guess that is justified.... 

...after all, those elephant ears or mighty tasty!

It was the first time for all of us....

Yes, I am an Oregonian and it 

really was the first time I had ever gone!

The highlight of the trip was the train ride.....

If you go to Zoo Lights and you don't go on the train....

...that would be silly!

I don't know why you would even bother! 

As Grant would say, "Happy Family" 

After we got Grants gloves, two coats 

and his"hack" (aka his hat)

this is what he looked like....

we had to make sure and document that hair! 

Elf on the Shelf: Day 13

Our silly elf returned last night....

After a long trip to the North Pole, 

Buddy landed up high....

On top of one of our speakers!

It was a good hiding spot because Lil' Willis

had a difficult time finding him this morning... 

But, he was super excited once he did! 

Elf on the Shelf: Day 11

Look what we found our little Elf doing.... 

He was reading The Elf on the Shelf 

book to all of Grant's friends!

Funny Elf!  

Lil' Willis really thinks his elf is a funny Buddy!

Can you find Buddy?

Mickey Mouse (M&M) is resting on Nemo to look at the pictures....

Big Red and Santa Jr. are leaning in....

Lighting McQueen helping hold the book.... 

I see Mr. Banana, Rainbow, Paris the Christas Dog, 

Big Bear, Fuzzy, Nerd and Kanga Bear!

Pretty much everyone that is important was there... :)

Elf on the Shelf: Day 10

Last night Buddy brought Lil' Willis back 

some candy from the North Pole... 

Apparently... he couldn't contain his sweet tooth.....

He ate candy all the way to the table.... 

That silly elf!

At least there was still PLENTY of candy left for Grant! 

Meanwhile.... 

Paris the Christmas Dog, M&M, Santa Jr and Kanga Bear

were getting into some mischief of their own!

Look at the mess they left from their 

late night game the night before...

There they are....

just hanging out on the couch with Christmas hats on....

This is the look Grant had when he saw all the trash on the floor.....

Mommy Willis was trying to hurry to get a pick and cut him off...

But, she still managed to get his reaction....

Then he found his Elf and the candy he left...

as you can see he was very excited about the candy!

Elf on the Shelf: Day 9

Our little Elf had a lot of fun last night...

He got together the whole gang for

 a game of Christmas Scrabble... 

Joining him in the fun were his pals...

Mickey Mouse

Santa Jr,

 Paris the Christmas Dog 

and Mr. Snowman

They were up until 3:30 AM making this 

wonderful scrabble board....

Ask me how I know that!!! :)

Who knows why they would do that

 for someone who can't read... haha!

Hopefully YOU... the reader... will enjoy! 

Grant got a kick out of the "letters" 

He just can't get enough of his silly elf!

Elf on the Shelf: Day 8

The good news is Buddy's is back to his mischievous self!

The bad news for the Willis household is he has tons of energy...

... which often translates to lots of messes! 

Last night Buddy Tee-peed our living room!

Luckily our little Elf was able to get better 

from being touched by Grant!

Buddy was able to restore enough magic to fly back to the North Pole

because Grant was such a good boy and because of 

essential oils (hehe)

When he got back to the North Pole

Santa healed his magic and filled him up to 100%

Lil' Willis was so excited to see him this morning! 

Buddy left a message for Grant on the ground..... 

it reads, "I'm Back" in case you can't make it out...

Grant thought it was so funny! 

We're super happy our little elf is feeling so much better!