My visiting teachers gave our family The Elf on the Shelf. This gift helped us begin a new family tradition. The elf arrives around the holidays. His sole responsibility is to watch the children's behavior and report it to Santa each night. The next morning after the children wake up, they will discover the elf has returned from the North Pole and is now resting in a new and different place. To better preserve his mystique the children are not allowed to touch him but they can talk to him. The elf has strict orders not to talk to them, but the elf is under no such orders where grown-ups are concerned.
The elf comes in a box with a book called "The Elf on the Shelf". The story explains the elf's job. It also asks the children to name him. Our family's elf name is Ron, after my grandpa, Ronald Laney. We thought he would be great to help watch over our family. I sure hope the boys remember that Ron is watching them and reporting to Santa.
Oh after today...we really need one of these elfs on a shelf. The girls were so bad during church and when I said they were being bad they flipped out because Lance has told them that if they are bad they would not get any presents. So they had a panic attach screaming...we're not going to get any presents if we are bad.
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