Ben's classroom had an elf that came to visit this year before Christmas to take reports back to the North Pole on how everyone was behaving at school. Ben loved the elf's antics and looked forward to finding his new resting place each day. When it was time to write letters to Santa at school. Ben asked Santa to bring him an elf. He asked for nothing else, just his own elf. Well, the elf at school must have let Santa know. One day at our house, we woke up to an elf of our own on the mantel and the book Elf on a Shelf. Ben and Elizabeth were both so excited! They took a couple of days to name him as they wanted to get it just right. They settled on Speedy because they thought he would be faster and able to spend more time telling Santa how good they were on his nightly trip back to the North Pole. Speedy had fun watching the kids from various lookouts.
On Christmas Eve, we received an email from Santa with a video message from portablenorthpole.tv. We think that Speedy must have given his final report and Santa was ready to review the kids' files. They both stayed on the nice list and loved getting their personal notes from Santa! That night Speedy went back to live with Santa for a while until he comes back to visit us next December. Elizabeth is still asking about him often. She will say "where is the elf?" and then answer herself "north pole with Santa". I think she is still a little mad at him from the day he sat in one of her toys and she couldn't use it until he moved the next day. So she is just keeping tabs on him to make sure she knows when he is coming back.
A bird's eye view from the kitchen
On Christmas Eve, we received an email from Santa with a video message from portablenorthpole.tv. We think that Speedy must have given his final report and Santa was ready to review the kids' files. They both stayed on the nice list and loved getting their personal notes from Santa! That night Speedy went back to live with Santa for a while until he comes back to visit us next December. Elizabeth is still asking about him often. She will say "where is the elf?" and then answer herself "north pole with Santa". I think she is still a little mad at him from the day he sat in one of her toys and she couldn't use it until he moved the next day. So she is just keeping tabs on him to make sure she knows when he is coming back.
Speedy's starting post on the mantle
Messing with E's toys!
Messing with E's toys!
A bird's eye view from the kitchen
Doing a little coloring of some of his friends
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