The kids were SO EXCITED when they saw that our elf on a shelf arrived! For those not familiar, the elf appears around Christmas time. He watches you all day and then magically flies to the North Pole to report to Santa what you did all day. Then he returns to your house each night, usually finding another place to hide. Elves are mischievous and can get into all sorts of trouble if you aren't careful.
Just the night before McKenna was talking about how her friends had an elf and she was wondering if one would visit us. It worked out wonderfully because on December 1st ours arrived! The excitement was palpable! She screamed when I walked in from my workout saying "WE HAVE AN ELF MOM!!" Josh said that he watched as she came down the stairs that morning and she was almost shaking she was so excited!
The rules are that you can't touch him or he loses his magic, and we were to give him a name. McKenna thought of the first name "Tickles" Tick for short and Zachey said his last name should be "Christmas." So welcome Tickled Christmas.
He arrived and made the kids "snow doughnuts" for breakfast. Quite a treat in our house! He also makde hot chocolate to go with it, that the kids had to share.
He also brought a book explaining what he does and a note to the kids.
We have 23 more days of fun hiding places to explore! And the kids talked to him all day and were on pretty good behavior as they knew he was "watching" so fun!
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