Our Elf Named Christmas

So my mom delivered a little package from the North Pole yesterday and it was our own personal Elf! I had never heard of The Elf of the Shelf but its our new favorite tradition. For those that haven't heard of it I will explain briefly. You get a book and a box with a little Elf doll in it. The book explains what you are supposed to do with your elf in a way that kids can understand. Basically the Elf watches the family and reports to Santa every night who has been naughty and who has been nice. The book explains that the Elf is not allowed to talk but he smiles when he is listening (he is always smiling). So every night your Elf moves to a different location in the house and in the morning the kids get to search for the Elf and his new hiding spot. The book tells you to name your Elf and explains that you can't touch him or he loses his magic. Triston named our Elf Christmas. :) On Christmas Eve your Elf flies back to Santa and stays there the rest of the year until Dec 1st of the next year. Triston thinks this is the most amazing thing ever. Not only is he being so good he claimed today, "Christmas is my best friend mom."! So hilarious. Sometimes when Triston goes to the bathroom or into another room I quickly move Christmas and Triston thinks this is so awesome. He has been leaving cookies for him around the house today as well, I am getting a little sick of cookies so I told him Elves love fruit too but he insists on leaving cookies for Christmas. If you have little kids this is such a fun tradition I would recommend to anyone! We love our new Elf friend Christmas and we are loving our very NICE boy Triston as well.