Actress Busy Philipps is bringing it this season – and making us wish we were her kids "LET THE ELF GAMES BEGIN!!!!!" Busy Philipps posts to Instagram on Dec. 2. And boy, have they begun.

In true Busy fashion, the elves aren't having the most conventional holiday season, and are taking trips to the theater, sightseeing in New York and even helping out with household chores.

Even when Busy Philipps is super tired, the Elf on the Shelf devotee is super inspired. Busily wrapping up the final season of Cougar Town, Philipps -- our favorite elf-on-the-shelf-er -- makes ...

Busy Philipps — mom to 10-year-old Birdie and 5-year-old Cricket — is crushing the 2018 Elf on the Shelf game as much as someone who's a slave to moving around a stuffed elf every morning can be.