{"id":6221,"date":"2012-12-04T06:05:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T11:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/?p=6221"},"modified":"2012-12-03T04:25:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T09:25:03","slug":"elf-on-a-shelf-week-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/04\/elf-on-a-shelf-week-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Elf on a Shelf &#8211; Week One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The kids are over the moon with excitement that Santa has sent us an Elf on a Shelf!! Wee One #2 has been hoping and wishing for one since she first heard about their existence in the fall. The girls have named our elf Sparkle and she&#8217;s up been to all kinds of hilarity the first week she&#8217;s been here! <\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\" colspan=\"2\">\n<div align=\"center\">Day One &#8211; we woke up to a breakfast of teeny tiny pancakes! She tried her best to make us a feast, but I made some bigger pancakes for us.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/kids\/elf-on-a-shelf-pt1\/elf-day-01.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/kids\/elf-on-a-shelf-pt1\/elf-day-01b.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\" colspan=\"2\">\n<div align=\"center\">Day Two &#8211; She was spotted on the kitchen counter reading a new storybook with some Barbie friends!<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/kids\/elf-on-a-shelf-pt1\/elf-day-02.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/kids\/elf-on-a-shelf-pt1\/elf-day-02b.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\" colspan=\"2\">Day Three &#8211; Sparkle loves being in California, here she is sunning herself with a makeshift umbrella she made from a barbecue skewer and a cupcake liner! She also filled my favorite pie plate with graham cracker crumbs for her own personal beach!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\" colspan=\"2\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/kids\/elf-on-a-shelf-pt1\/elf-day-03.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\" colspan=\"2\">\n<div align=\"center\">Day Four &#8211; Sparkle got up early and tried to make coffee, but she made a mess instead!<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/kids\/elf-on-a-shelf-pt1\/elf-day-04.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/kids\/elf-on-a-shelf-pt1\/elf-day-04b.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\" colspan=\"2\">Day Five &#8211; This was the day before advent began, so Sparkle brought us a lovely wooden advent project! The girls painted the wooden Christmas tree and cabinet and all 25 of the little ornaments! They had a lot of fun getting it ready, we do a few different advent countdowns and the kids really get into it (<i>ok, ok, we all really get into it<\/i>).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/kids\/elf-on-a-shelf-pt1\/elf-day-05.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/kids\/elf-on-a-shelf-pt1\/elf-day-05b.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/kids\/elf-on-a-shelf-pt1\/elf-day-05c.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/kids\/elf-on-a-shelf-pt1\/elf-day-05d.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\" colspan=\"2\">\n<div align=\"center\">Day Six &#8211; Sparkle brought her own tree from the North Pole to decorate! It now has it&#8217;s own shelf in the living room!<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/kids\/elf-on-a-shelf-pt1\/elf-day-06.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"content\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"\/images\/v2\/kids\/elf-on-a-shelf-pt1\/elf-day-06b.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"content\" colspan=\"2\">Day Seven &#8211; We woke up to a very odd scene on Sunday morning. We found Sparkle crammed in a mason jar in the kitchen, with Wee One #3&#8217;s Cinderella doll suspiciously sitting beside it. Did Cinderella get jealous of Sparkle and stuff her in the jar?! <i>*gasp*<\/i> or did Sparkle get scared of Cinderella and hide in the jar? 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