We welcomed the newest member of the family on Thursday, our “Elf on the Shelf.” As you will see in the video, he was “delivered” in the mail from Santa to our house. The Elf on the Shelf watches the kids and reports back to Santa every night. However, while reporting on the kids, he does manage to get himself into some sticky situations. After much brainstorming about a name, “Elf on the Shelf” left a note fro us on Friday morning and told us that he would like us to call him “Blizzard,” which turned out to be a fitting name since on his first full day with us it snowed about a 1cm, which got the kids quite excited about winter and Christmas. I will update regularly on Blizzard’s adventures. For the purposes of posterity some of the other names brainstormed included, “Ralph,” “Snowy, and “Soapy.”