Jack on the Shelf

The Jack on the shelf is watching you!  Rather than your typical "elf on the shelf" watching you, we thought it slightly more vaguely threatening to have Jack Skellington on a shelf watching you.  The thought of the elf of the shelf watching you has always been a bit eerie, hasn't it?  You look way up on this shelf, and there's this elf with a smiling face, staring back at you.  Studying you.  And some houses like to make a game of it, where the elf isn't always in the same spot each day - one moment they're way up there on a shelf, and the next they're a kitchen counter just a few feet away, sort of like the Weeping Angels from Dr. Who.  Look out!  Here comes the creepy Elf on the Shelf!

Fortunately, Jack isn't like that at all.  In fact, here's how we found him this morning:

Madison found him this way on the couch this morning, apparently watching some television in the great room before we arrived. 

Daddy came home to spend a little time with Madison and Mommy - today was Madison's last day of "Learning with Legos," so I picked her up from school afterwards.  She's enjoyed this class, but what else is new?  She likes Legos, so it's sort of a given.  We put a few more decorations on the tree while home, and listened to some Christmas music - in that short time together, Mommy even made some hot chocolate with marshmallows, which was absolutely perfect.  The weather is quite chilly outside, so that was the perfect thing - quite tasty.

Speaking of tasty, here's a video of the pie fight we had Friday night.  Pretty messy stuff!