The Elf on the Shelf



I had seen posts and ideas about this elf in a red suit and just didn't understand.  With the prompting from my sister, I looked it up and found this...


Ok.  I am hooked.  What a great idea.  I ordered my elf and hope he gets here soon.  I want to be able to start right after Thanksgiving.  Off to scan pintrest for more ideas!

I am going to keep a blog record of what our elf is up to!






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