Elf On Our Shelf

Meet Candy Cane, the new temporary member of our family.

Last year Victor and I heard about a thing called Elf on the Shelf. Christmas was only a week away so we planned for it this year. For those of you who not familiar with Elf on the Shelf it is a little elf that is sent to your family from Santa. Each night the elf flies home to report if the children have been naughty or nice. You are not supposed to touch the elf because he will lose his magic to fly. Every morning when the kids wake up the elf is in a new spot.

I wrapped it all up and snuck out to set at the door and when Victor arrived home from work he found a package at our door delivered to the boys from Santa! (Naturally Victor was in on the plan).

The boys hurriedly unwrapped it to see what was inside.

We read the book that explains everything to the boys and they picked his name. Originally they wanted to name him Conner :) but we told them we already had a Conner in the house so they had to pick something different. The boys settled on Candy Cane.

We have had a lot of fun finding Candy Cane each morning. One afternoon I found Mason with a chair pushed over trying to get the elf. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "My going to get Candy Cane". (The boys always say "my" when they refer to themselves instead of me or I). I asked why he needed Candy Cane and reminded him we are not supposed to touch him. Mason responded, "My going to hide him". I asked why on earth he was going to hide him and he said, "For he no tell Santa my be naughty!" I laughed and asked him if he had been naughty to which he replied, "Just little bit".

We also got a huge amount of snow this week! They even cancelled school. We are snow people and love every inch of it. The second the boys see a snowflake they are begging to get outside and play. We had a fun snow day and are looking forward (wishing, praying, dreaming) to more
just like it.

Our cute little nephew came over and spent the day with us. They were outside ALL day!

Victor and I just got some new snowshoes. I thought he was kidding when he said he was going to go out and give them a test run. Guess he wasn't kidding!

Mason happy to be along for the ride with dad.

I had to share this picture. I always try to convince Victor I really am an angel. Do you love my light halo? hee hee We were headed off to our first of very many Christmas parties. We love them and look forward to them all.