Our Elf, Scooby, Returns

Last year we welcomed an Elf (On a Shelf) into our house. JD decided to name him Scooby. It was fun to see where he landed each day after his trips to the north pole to report to Santa or whatever else he was getting into. This year, JD is super excited to look for him everyday...he's really in to it. I told JD that Scooby's probably more comfortable in the house this year, since he was with us last year, and he might find some new places to hang out.

See, I've been checking out some sites, through Pinterest, for things to do with the Elf on a Shelf. There are some pretty great ideas out there. Here are a few of the places I got some of my ideas:

Pinterest Elf Ideas
15 Fun Ideas for Your Elf on the Shelf
101 Elf on the Shelf Ideas

So far this year, this is where we've found our elf, Scooby (I'll keep adding as we go along, some days he stayed in the same spot overnight) :

1. On the top of the small Chirstmas tree in JD's room (the morning he arrived)
2. Peeking out of JD's bag of halloween candy with an armful of candy
3. Peeking out of JD's Christmas stocking
4. Sitting on top of the TV
5. In the pocket of the Letters to Santa pillow after delivering JD's letter to the North Pole
6. In JD's room, reading a book
7. Sitting on the wreath by the front door
8. On the pantry shelf with the snowman he made out of marshmallows and toothpicks (and Scooby left the marshmallow bag open!)
9. On the bookshelf in the living room with a tiny bowl of popcorn, ready for TV or a movie
10. Hanging on the christmas tree advent calendar with one of the ornaments for it in his hand
11. On the christmas tree, with his arm around the santa ornament
12. On the dining room table, making a "snow" angel
13. On the bookshelf the day of our holiday party, with drink glass in hand
14. On JD's dresser
15. On the cabinet in the dining room, candy kiss in hand
16. Resting comfortably in the garland around the dining room light (guess he thinks it's a hamock)
17. Sitting in the basket of pointsettas at the top of the steps
18. In the bathroom with toilet paper wrapped around him and the top of the closet on the wall
19. In JD's room, sitting on the desk with a paintbrush and watercolors
20. Sitting on the light up train decoration (2 nights in a row)
21. Scooby followed us to mom-mom and pop-pop's in NJ and showed up in our room
22. Peeking out of JD's Christmas stocking on Christmas Eve
23. JD asked Scooby to stay one more day so he watched us open gifts from the Chistmas tree with a candy cane in his lap.

Scooby left us, until next year, on Christmas night. He left the candy cane he had and a note for JD: "See you next year JD. Remember to be good! Thanks you for taking care of me. Love, Scooby"

JD was sad to see him go, but who knows, Scooby may make a mid-year visit to make sure things are going okay and he will be back next year.