Advent Activity Calendar

Two years ago my sweet friend, Emily, made us a family advent activity calendar. It's 24 small decorative envelopes filled with a fun family activity for each day. It's simple activities but presented in a fun way for the kids. I'm hoping to put up a simple blog each day of our activity. I may miss a few but hopefully I'll catch most of them. Today was our first activity. We brought out The Elf On The Shelf for the girls. The first part of the story says that we as a family must name our elf from Santa. Our elf was given the unique name of Elfy. The story behind the Elf is that he is sent here from Santa to watch our kids and see if they are being naughty or nice. Each night he goes to the North Pole to report to Santa any good or bad things they did. Then he returns before they wake up each morning. He moves around the house to different places. Each morning it's a game to find him around the house. His only rule is you cannot touch him or he may lose his Elf magic. Elfy seems to be a hit so far. Hopefully he works at keeping our two little girls on the nice list.