Reading to his bear.
Learning CPR at a science fair. It is hard work.
Riding a giant robotic giraffe.
Harry and his buddy.
Halloween Carnival at school. The cotton candy is oh so good.
..and fun to play with. By the way, he is dressed as Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon 2.
The Halloween conga line.
The Solar eclipse.
Snuggling on the couch watching tv.
That sky!
I see you.
Field trip to Cabrillo Monument.
Field study drawing.
Wacky glasses.
Sunset.
Food art.
Another fantastic sunset.
The birds. The birds.
Monopoly game night.
Dave and Buster. Game time.
Boys will be boys.
iPad time with a snuggly kitty.
Rainbow looming with a rabbit fur on his head. Weird.
A staring contest with a snake.
A Renaissance Fair and pirates? Pirates are always willing to give a hard time.
“Walking the plank.”
How do I look as a mermaid?
And there were birds….
And fairies….
And sword practice (without real swords).
Harry’s Laser Tag Birthday Party.
Having a hard day.
Playing with the iPhone. When Raja sits likes this it reminds of me of Al Bundy ( from Married with Children).
His last day as 9. Being sad.
Kitty play time.
Harry’s 10th birthday.
Organizing his rainbow loom bands into a giant rainbow of color.
Think he is happy about turning 10?
Time to make a wish.
It’s important to find a corner on the floor to curl up and study for a vocabulary test.
Playing with my new iPhone 6. Life is good for Moomba.
Playing with clay. A calico kitty face.
And a koi fish.
A pet fest.
I swear this cat thinks he is human, eating from the counter.
I don’t know how well this cupcake making is going.
But someone is enjoying the fruits of his labors.
End result, 48 cupcakes cooked, decorated and chilling in the fridge.
2013 was Elfie’s most creative year yet.
He arrived via hot air ballon.
Trying to get us in the christmas spirit with a christmas tree made of Solo cups.
And he added a little Christmas decor to Harry’s room.
A forest of marshmallow snowmen.
Q-tip snowflakes.
Playing poker with the his buddies, gambling jelly bellies and tic tacs.
Several rounds of tic-tac-toe on the mirrors.
Looks like he got caught TPing the tree.
Marshmallow messages.
Dreaming of a beach vacation.
Oops he must have made somebody unhappy.
Surprise! Elfie wrapped the toilet.
Ready to workout and “pump it up”.
Weee! Let’s swing.
Elfie auditioning for The Voice. Hope they all turn around.
An Elfie Kissing Booth.
A crazy snowflake making machine.
That is some serious talent- Star Wars with Yoda, R2D2, Clone Troopers and Frozen’s Olaf. 
A sea of Lego Snowmen.
Elfie and his reindeer.
Candy Cane Lanes bowling.
Ready for some Ninja Gingerbread cookie making.
Is that Harry Potter?
A photo booth photo shoot.
Discovering Elfie texting Santa.
A rockin’, wild disco light party.
In 2012, our Elf got wilder and more creative with his escapades.
Elfie, our crazy elf, arrived via climbing the windows with suction cups.
Playing Battleship, although he seems more concerned about spelling his name.
He colored the hotel mirrors with reindeer noses and elf hats all over the mirrors.
We found Elfie watching Christmas movies and popcorn all over the floor from the kitchen to the living room.
It looks like a game of Scrabble solely using Christmas words.
Elfie continued to send us messages with scrabble tiles.
Enjoying some hot chocolate with a crazy straw and marshmallows every where.
One mischievous Elf replaced all our Christmas stockings with underwear. 
Elfie is also very crafty as he created a pipe cleaner version of himself.
One day he showed up with this straw building set. 
And kept creating new structures.
Then he took all our framed photos and colored Elf outfits on each of us.
He and his cohorts in crime playing Munchkin.
It looks like a wild party night that ended with a Christmas tree made out of light up bracelet sticks.
The 2011 adventures of Elfie, our Christmas Elf……
He arrived by zip line.
The gloves must go along with his sock obsession.
weeee. A ride on the the fan is must.
Snowball fight with marshmallows and pillows as bunkers.
Fishing.
Decorating the tree with socks.
Wearing new slippers. 
An “Elfie Jar”. Just like at school, for every compliment the jar fills with poof balls. When the jar is full they get a class party. Elfie appears to believe he already deserves a party.
Elfie dressed the bear in his pajamas and slippers.
Elfie is quite the artist.
Our Elf couldn’t resist the underwear tree.
Cooking smores over the candles.
And here are more Elf antics, these are from 2010.
We found paper and snowflakes all over the floor.
The animals all playing I Spy – the card game.
Riding on decorations. 
Reading to the other animals in a pillow/sheet fort.
Disguised as Boba Fett or did Elfie get stuck?
Is that a new Bionicle on the shelf?
It looks like Elfie and the other animals snuck into Harry’s advent calendars and started playing with the day’s surprises.
Elfie taking a ride on the AT-AT Walker.
Out pops our Elf from the cat tunnel.
He TP’d the hotel room. Oh boy!
“I love Elfie” post-it notes found all over the house.
Our Elf holding court with the Squishies.
Meet our Elf – “Elfie”. He is no Elf on the Shelf. Sure he gets into plenty of mischief but he is loved and held. Santa sends him around the beginning of December and he returns with Santa on Christmas Eve. As much havoc as he creates, he is still cherished as part of our Christmas holidays.
The following are some of his crazy antics from back in 2009.
Whenever Elfie sees packing peanuts, he thinks he is playing in snow. We find them every where.
We found him driving Harry’s remote control car.
He and Goofy decided to play Star Wars ships.
He got into my cotton balls and made a snowman.
He dressed up all of Harry’s animals in Christmas themed attire.
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A “snowball” fight with cotton balls.
Meet “Super Elfie”.
Elfie left a a mess when he decided to create a Christmas paper chain.
Our Elf seems to have a bit of a shoe obsession. He is always trying on different shoes and socks.
And then we found Elfie at my computer. He created a ridiculous holiday video of us as elves.
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