I realize I am writing about this late in the game, with Christmas a little over than a week away. I ordered the elf online and pretended that my boys were receiving him directly from Santa because he heard that there have been some problems being good lately (we all know who that might be - Ricky). Ricky is in kindergarten and has bought into it. He looks for "Scooter" every morning and loves to announce where he is when he's found. The pain though, is remembering to move the darn thing and coming up with more spots to put him - we only have so many places in this house. I hate it when my husband puts the elf in our room. I mean, have you seen him???
What a creepy-looking doll. I really do love the elf on the shelp idea - I just wish that the creator made the doll a little cuter. Put a few more pounds on him and he looks like Chucky!!!
Anyways, the Elf on the Shelf kit comes with the elf, and nice story book that explains the elf and his powers. You are supposed to name him. As a family, we finally agreed on Scooter Von Snitch. The whole idea is very cute and I'm sure we'll have several years of finding good spots for Scooter ahead of us. My only regret is that we should have bought him last year - I think we only have another year or two of Ricky truly believing in Santa before someone at school convinces him otherwise. Oh well. In the meantime, it's a good way to get Ricky to be good.
So what do I do after Christmas is over and we put all our stuff away - including Scooter?
