Okay... This is the CuTeSt... most cLeAvEr idea and now our NEW FAMILY TRADTION! "Rhea Grandma and Jim Grandpa" (as my kids call them) brought this to the kids this weekend! And so far it has worked like a charm!
It's Called: THE ELF on the SHELF
So it comes in this cute little box... in the box is the elf sitting on a shelf (cute)... and a book that explains all the rules about the elf (Like he can't talk to us... but you can talk to him... and you can't touch him or the magic will go away!) So... basically you take this elf out of the box, put him on a shelf and he is Santa's eyes. He sees everything you do, and then the cute part is.... EVERY NIGHT HE "FLIES" HOME TO THE NORTH POLE AND REPORTS TO SANTA... then "flies back to your house and finds a new place to sit! Then in the morning when the kids wake up they have to see where the Elf has moved...
We have only had "Elfy" (name chosen by Micah) for one night, but it has already worked like a charm! The first thing Micah did when he woke up is yell for Elfy and began searching for him. Elfy was up on our planter shelf this morning... and Micah shouted to me.... "MOM HE IS MAGIC!!!!.... HE CAN FLY!!!" It was the sweetest little thing! I wonder where he will be in the morning??... (Maybe hanging in the tree?!?)
The best part about it is whenever the kids are acting up... we say oh no... ELFY is watching... and it seems to help!
I am so excited about this new tradition! Thanks Jim and Rhea!
P.S. Elfy goes home with Santa on Christmas Eve and then reappears sometime next year!
4 comments:
too funny....we do that and have the elf that was Dave's when he was born. He gets thrown in the tree though...it is alot of fun! Enjoy!
yea i need one of those so please let me know where i can get one!
Crazy, I thought my mom was the only one with one of those elf things. Its always been at our house watching us for xmas. Somehow the book got lost though... Do you know where it was purchased??
Micah is so cute!
I love this idea- do you think it would work on Zach?
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