Is everyone over turkey? I am not... but I haven't been eating a whole lot of it since I save almost every piece of the leftovers to make my dad's amazing turkey noodle soup! I am looking forward to that!
I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! I did... mine was very productive! I black Friday shopped, pulled down Christmas decor and am almost finished!! Yay! Ok... enough recap!
Have you heard of The Elf on The Self? I didn't until late last year and by then I couldn't find him for sale anywhere! The elf on the shelf is a secret helper of santa's that comes to live in your house and then reports back to santa every night on whether your child has been good or bad. And because he "leaves" every night he "returns" in a different spot in your house to watch!
The elf comes with a book {I found mine at Target} that tells his story and a website where you can enter the name your child chooses and "register" your elf with Santa. J named ours Ryder... I think because of Tangled, but he says no. I am looking forward to finding fun ways to position Ryder for J and M to find him... if I can remember to move him!! I have a reminder set on my phone every night!!
Here is where Ryder has returned to in our house after his trip to the North Pole:
Yes, my 4 and 2 year old have iPod Touches!! But it was really fun to see J's face when he found Ryder playing his "phone" with his "ears" too!
Hanging in the glitter branches.
Doing a little homework in the playroom.
Getting a piggy back ride from Frosty.
Swinging high from the chandelier.
Here are some other cool ideas I am considering:
7 comments:
How fun! I've actually never heard of elf on the shelf - so cute!
And I can't believe your 2 and 4 yr olds have ipods! How do you possibly top that every year?
we have the same ikea chair, weird.
Too funny! I haven't heard of this elf, but I'm going to tell my sister about it- her kids would love it!
okay this totally cracked me up!!! Im thinking your having more fun with the elf photo shoots than the kids are! LOL
We've never done the Elf of the Shelf- honestly Im so bad about forgetting-the poor guy would probably be in the same spot for days on end.
I wish that they had the Elf on the Shelf when my kids were small. It would be fun for older siblings who are no longer believers to help placing the elf for their younger brothers and sisters too.
Love this little guy! Those are some awesome ideas! I'll have to tell my daughter!
Debbie
We did Elf on the Shelf for the first time last year and it was a lot of fun. My youngest is growing out of the tooth fairy stage but still believes in Santa so perhaps I will try it again..thx for the reminder! These ideas are adorable!
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