An Elf named "Feathers"

We have a new house guest that's been living with us this month. 

 

She's an elf who came from Santa's workshop (wink), and she has become a fun little hide-and-seek game that we are all having fun with.  (Blessing #1094) In fact, Jillian decided to keep a tally of who finds him her the most times.  (I keep forgetting she's a girl.)



She made snow angels out of sugar.

Jillian has several friends with similar elves, and after hearing about the fun and sometimes mischievous things the elves do, Jillian decided to add an "Elf on the Shelf" to her Christmas list.  However, elves arriving after Christmas aren't much fun since you'd miss out on all the fun leading up to Christmas.  Which is precisely why we woke up one morning to find an elf sitting under the tree.   She held a book telling us all about our new house guest and the reason why no one is allowed to touch her.  

 

Chad is currently brainstorming of how we could come up with a silly "elf-like" idea of our own.  Check out this article on Foxnews.com on how they turned a simple family tradition into a multi-million-dollar business and a house-hold name.

 

As the story goes . . . Each night after everyone's asleep, Feathers uses her magic to go back and forth from the North Pole, and we awake to find her in a new spot each morning.  According to the story, you are not supposed to touch her or she'll lose her magical powers.  Here are a few of our elf discoveries.   

 

She TP'd our tree!

 

She roasted marshmallows.

Holding Baby Jesus.

And then there's the picture below. . . this is the spot where Jillian accidently touched Feathers when she bumped her and knocked her over, to which Jillian right away wrote a note to Feathers to appologize.

 

Sending a message with Lucky Charms.

And this is the spot where she found Feathers the next day, along with a little note back to Jillian from Feathers, explaining that she is forgiven and that Santa shows grace, just like God shows us grace.  This led to a sweet conversation between Jillian and I all about God's grace.  (#1095)

Feathers found her favorite movie in our cabinet.
She wrote a note to Jillian in response to her apology.

As a P.S. to her letter, Feathers mentioned that she loves the movie "Elf" and would love to watch it together with us.  Which is exactly what we did this afternoon.  Spending time with my family, watching Christmas movies together, is a great way to spend a cold wintery day. (#1096)