Last year Candie introduced me to a Christmas Miracle....the Elf on the Shelf. This year, my mom was able to find one for us and we introduced our new Elf Jasper to the girls....I must say he is able to work some wonders when it comes to Peace on Earth, well, most of the time. On the eve of November 30th, the doorbell rang and there was a book waiting for us at the doorstep, titled, "The Elf on the Shelf". The girls brought the book inside and we read it together. It told us all about our elf and how Santa sent him down from the North Pole to "know when we've been bad or good."
The elf sits on a shelf and we don't touch him because that takes his magic away. We can talk to him and ask him to send messages to Santa Claus, but he can't talk back - strict orders from Santa himself. Every night when we go to bed, the elf magically flies up to the North Pole to report the days happenings to Santa and then quickly flies back to our house before we awake, finding a new spot to sit and watch us. In our house, the elf also brings a small treat and leaves it in our stocking to show that Santa got a good report that day. The girls really enjoyed waking up to find their treat and then searching for the elf in his new spot each morning.
I am happy to report that in 24 days of live Santa Cam, via the elf, we only had one day w/ coal in our stockings - and boy were we especially good that next day!
We named our elf Jasper and registered him as the official Rupe Family elf online at http://www.elfontheshelf.com/
The girls were sad to see him go on Christmas Eve but we assured them that he'd be back next year so we better be good, for goodness sake!
Here is Jasper, looking down on us
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