One of Chad's friends at work told us about a little elf that comes and visits their house every year to keep watch on the children for Santa (Elf on the Shelf). The elf flies back to Santa each night and gives him a full report of what he saw during the day. When the elf returns by morning time, he always seems to find a different spot to observe the day. This year, one of Santa's elfs made it to our house. This kids named the elf Elfie Loafie, and it is neither male nor female (an argument that took place between Brock and Ella). So we made a happy little home for our androgynous elf. Elfie surprises us every morning with new and creative hiding spots. Silly, Elfie! =) I have been taking pictures of Elfie's adventures, and once Christmas has come and Elfie goes back to the North Pole for the year, I will post those pictures.
The night that Chad introduced the kids to Elfie, they were confused and terrified. We read the story to them that came with Elfie, and it explained to them who Elfie was and the rules that they had to follow. We set Elfie, who was still in the box, on top of our china hutch for the night. When Ella came downstairs in the morning, she shook in horror to find that Elfie got out of the box and was sitting beside it. She was so scared that as she was shaking, she was yelling for Daddy that she had found Elfie and he/she got out of the box.
The relationship between Elfie and the kids has gotten better. They are so excited to find him/her every morning. There have been times where even Sophie has found Elfie, and she gets just as excited.
Speaking of Sophie, she is now in her big-girl bed! Last night was her first night, and she didn't get out once. Her first nap today has gone really well, also. Such a good sleeper! Yay, Sophie. We also had her 2-year check-up and she was 95% for her height and 50% for her weight.
I have next week off of school, so I plan to stay as far away from the computer as possible. So if I don't post next week, I hope everyone has a safe holiday filled with laughter and love!
