We have a visitor at our house this Christmas! His name is Buddy (that is the name our kids picked for him), he is an elf (also known as The Elf on the Shelf). It has been so much fun and he has only been here a couple of days! My kids think he is absolutely the best:) Every night he reports to Santa whether the kids were naughty or nice! He then "magically" moves to a new place in the house. Carlie and Cayden cannot wait to get up in the morning and see where he is!!:) It is fun to see how much the kids "believe" in Buddy the elf and how he magically moves from place to place:) So far he has been in the Christmas Tree, on the fireplace mantle, on a shelf in Carlie's bedroom and flying in the airplane in Cayden's room! If you ask either of the kids he magically flies through our house to get from place to place:) He has even brought up the question of what he eats?? In case you didn't know, Elves don't need to eat, they are "magic":) It is sad to think this might be Carlie's last year of believing in Santa Clause and Buddy our Elf! Someone at school has already told her that there is NO SANTA CLAUSE (she reassured them that there is though) and I don't even want to think about what they are going to say to her when she tells them we have a "magic elf" living at our house!!:) It is fun to see the Christmas magic in there eyes and the excitement when they tell everyone about the elf and seeing just how excited they are about Santa coming:) Don't think that this stops the fighting!!:) My hopes and dreams were shattered (I was thinking that Buddy could become a permanent member of our family if that happened)!!:) So for now he will just be our Christmas visitor:)
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I love that idea! What a great tradition to start with your kids. We might have to have Buddy visit our family.
What a great idea. Where do you get a buddy the elf??
Our elf came from the North Pole, but if you can't get one from there then you can buy one at Barnes & Noble!!:)
What a fun idea! I think we'll have to do something like that too. Where did you find Buddy?
I am totally doing that! I have a fun website that goes with what your talking about I'll email it to you! And what moron tells a kid Santa isn't real! Especially in kindergarten! I believed until 5th grade! Than I watched polar expresss and now i really believe! ; ) if my kids stop believing as early as kindergarten than Santa won't be bringing any presents!
That's way cute!! We may have to do that too!!
I just heard about this idea and I LOVE IT! So much fun. Gotta write the North Pole immediately and have them send me one STAT!
Where can I get a Buddy???
Great idea...anything to up the antie!
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