It's all about the Elves

Elf mania hit our house this week. Let me tell you, words can not describe how obsesssed the boys are with magical elves visiting. I went out and spent $65 on two "Elf on a Shelf" packages because everyone at school had been visited by magical elves but Caden (according to him.) Basically it's a book and a small elf in a cute little box. Caden's elf is name "Hermie" and Preston's is "Squirmy". Anyway, the elves are "magical" and hide themselves at night and also report to Santa on the boys behavior. Over the past three days, Caden has not put his elf down one time (except at school where he leaves it in his bookbag with other toys so Hermie doesn't get bored.)

Yesterday, Caden came home from school and cried for 2 hours because according to the book, the elf is supposed to return to the North Pole on Christmas and not return until next year. I came up with a tale that if he takes extra special care of Hermie, he'll stay indefinitely. Now he's trying to figure out what foods to feed him (he is thinking he might like bits of pineapple.) Just to give you an idea of how much he LOVES this elf, he has crossed EVERYTHING off his Christmas list except a new bike! Preston, although he loves his elf, still would like every toy on TV and a rollercoaster.