Our Elf on the Shelf

Meet "Reindeer" our Elf on the Shelf.  He arrived for the very first time to our home earlier this month!  Xavier thinks he's pretty cool.  We asked what he wanted to name him, and he said "Reindeer" right away!  He was super-excited about his North Pole breakfast, powdered sugar donuts, the candy canes, and most of all, the colored Christmas lights he can put in his room.

We read him the book and tried to explain how the elf works.  He is loving this thing!  He wakes up every morning, tip-toeing very slowly around the living room and kitchen, kinda hunched over & quietly, whispering "Where's the Elf?  Where'd he go?  Oooh, Cheez-Its (stops to consider opening the box, then proceeds on his hunt)....Where's he at?"

We explained to him that when he's bad, the elf won't move.  He was bad one morning, went downstairs to find him, and saw that he moved.  "Why did he move?  I was bad."  He was good at night, so we had to explain that he moved before the elf saw him act bad.  He keeps us on our toes!

Xavier always wakes up so excited to find out where the Elf moved.  Most times, he simply moves from one place to another (Xavier still gets such enjoyment from this!!), and sometimes, usually on the weekends when there's more time, he will roast marshmallows or have a snowball fight.  We even got in a good chandelier swing!  The best ones are where the elf plays with his toys.  Xavier thinks it's the funniest!!

The funniest thing happened last night when I was calling for Xavier to get in the bath:
Me:  Xavier?
*no response, he was one room over*
Me:  Xavier???!!!!!
*still no response*
Me:  Xaaaaaa-vieeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrr?!

*he runs in*
X:  Owwww-iii-sssssoooonnnnnn!!!!! (Allison)