Our family's adventures, including a year as we traveled the USA in a travel trailer.
Day 16: Mini-E was found lying on top of the LevelPro.
Day 17: Oops! Didn’t move.
Day 18: Hiding behind the TV. Both kids told me it was creepy. Will said something along the lines of “this isn’t a horror show”, so I guess no more peeking out from thin openings. 😂
Day 19: Left a game. Maybe as an apology for yesterday?
Day 12: Left a rummy game for the boys.
Day 13: Sitting on a much cleaner desk.
Day 14: Hid in the cabinet by the plates, napkins, and coffee supplies.
Day 15: Somehow got stuck in the paper towel roll/holder.
This elf gets around!
With just four rooms, it has been a challenge for him to hide and observe. However, he is making the most of the small space as we all are.
Mini-E likes to go high for optimal viewing perspective. This round, he found his way onto valences, slide outs, stockings and even behind the mirror on the medicine cabinet.
NOTE: The oldest found Mini-E in the bathroom to be creepy because he felt watched while he went. The family has requested E provide some privacy and abstain from bathroom watching in the future. Looks like he is down to just three rooms.
Days 8-11 found Mini-E hiding in Will’s messy desk, behind Ben’s green screen he uses for work, sleeping on our bedroom slide, and in the pantry guarding the bag of chips.
Our Elf On The Shelf (Eugene) went missing!
I swore I packed Eugene before we left Ohio, maybe in the Fall/Winter clothes bin under the bed. I couldn’t find him anywhere. Luckily, Target had some cloth elf ornaments for $3. It looked a little bit like the big Elf. (The kids also know the truth behind the elf, so switching out the Elf shouldn’t be a problem.) I think the smaller elf may actually help me hide him more places! (About 8.5″ tall vs about 14.5″.)
Even though the boys are older, they still like finding the Elf and seeing what crazy shenanigans he got up to overnight. (He’s gone ice skating, zip lining, fought with Darth Vader, had a Lego house, got stuck in a snow globe and a water bottle, made a paper chain obstacle course for the boys…) I had a list of ideas I wanted to try at the house, but those won’t really work in the RV. Hiding an elf in 2,300ish sq ft house seems much easier than in the 400 sq ft RV. I’m going to have to get creative!
