When I was a little girl, these little elves were always apart of our Christmas decorations: dangling around door knobs or resting in a stocking...in fact I think they were my mom's from when she was little. lol. I started seeing the book "The Elf on the Shelf" in stores this year and didn't think much about it because we still had our little elves and the kids never really paid any attention to them. But recently, my cousin Dana posted on Facebook that she had purchased the book and their elf on their shelf was raising much excitement with her twins...in fact if I remember correctly, her "big boys" were also in on the fun. SO, I did my research and thought my kids might also enjoy having an Elf in our home. I spoke with Santa and he delivered a special package to our house yesterday. We read the story (beautifully illustrated by the way)and my children named our family's elf Simon. We explained that they couldn't touch Simon or he would lose his magic and that each night Simon would return to Santa to report on their behavior then return to us in a new place in our home and it was their job to find him each morning. Everyone went to bed. And this morning we discovered that miraculously Simon had indeed jumped out of his box and the kids found him hiding in our Christmas tree! But rewind a moment...Gabriel who has had some doubts this year, was up at 4AM looking all around the family room for Simon! He had to be lured back to bed until at least the alarm went off! Mommy is hoping Simon might save our beliefs this year after all!
Eleven Days until Christmas!
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