My Sis gave us the BEST Christmas gift ever last week...THE ELF ON THE SHELF! I had never heard of it, but it has turned out to be the funnest tradition yet! For those of you who might still be in the dark, "The Elf on a Shelf" was a tradition started by a Mother several years ago for her family. Since then, she has expanded this for all other families and you can purchase the box (with book and elf) at numerous places. Each day when your child wakes up, their elf is located in a different place around the house to watch them and see if they are being naughty or nice. Then, each night while they sleep, the elf flies back and reports to Santa how the child has been. The day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday), we had spent the day decorating the house (except for Christmas tree), talking about the reason of Christmas and dancing to Christmas music. So, that night we sat down to watch the CBS special 30 min show ("The Elf on a Shelf: An Elf's Story") and then let Cade open the gift. He was SO excited! We read the book that came in the box, and Cade selected the name "Jingle" for his Elf. He had been singing "Jingle Bells" all day, so I think that was the last thing on his mind. I wish everyone could have seen the look on his face when he opened the box and saw the elf. Jingle has now been active for 3 days and every morning Cade runs out of bed looking to see where Jingle will be watching from that day. As with the book, we remind him that we cannot touch Jingle or she will loose her magic. He does however talk to Jingle and wave at her quite often, which always makes us smile. Here are a few pics of the beginning of our Journey with Jingle, and her first few hiding places (we have to start out easy!).
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