Wednesday, December 30, 2009

A New Christmas Tradition


Elfie
Meet Elfie, our "Elf on a Shelf." This little guy has magical powers and he was sent to us from Santa Claus to watch over Matthew and Paige. He doesn't say anything because it is his job to listen. Each night he returns to the North Pole and tells Santa all that has happened that day. Then each morning he returns and is in a different spot. You can't touch him because if you do he loses his magic. On Christmas Eve he returns to live with Santa until next December.
Matthew has had so much fun with this. He would say "that Elfie is a tricky one." He would wake up most mornings hunting the house for him. One morning he was found sitting on the back of the toilet. Matthew came up to me and wanted to know if he could use my bathroom, because he didn't want Elfie to watch him go potty. It also helped with managing bad behavior. All I had to say is "Elfie is watching" and the behavior was fixed.

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