Flippy the Elf

Day 1- The Elf on the Shelf

This evening we started the festivities with"The Elf on the Shelf." We were given this book last year for Christmas and loved it. The book comes with an elf and has a little story with it. Basically you have this elf and you give him a name, we named ours Flippy. Flippy has a little magic with him and works for Santa, each night he goes back to the North Pole to report to Santa if the kids in the Richards household have been good or bad. Each morning he comes back and is hiding in a new spot. The kids then have to find Flippy's hiding spot each morning, Cooper had a blast doing it last year. The only downside is, the parents have to hide Flippy each night, and things get crazy and you kind of forget (at least this happened last year). So, you have to stay on top of it, or the little game doesn't really work. And we made a rule that you can't go find Flippy until after 7:00 a.m. We don't want kids waking up at the crack of dawn to find Flippy, O'wait...they already do!

Meet Flippy

We are excited to announce "Flippy", a new member of our family for the month of December. Grandma Holly gave us this book yesterday as part of our early Christmas. It is called "A Elf on the Shelf." It is a darling book! So, I decided to make it day #2 on our Christmas chain.

Flippy is a elf that works for Santa...(of course he works for Santa, don't most elf's? Duh Nat) Anyhow, you get this book and it tells a story about this elf that you have to name yourself. Cooper picked out the name "Flippy," I think it fits him perfect. So, Flippy watches the kids in the house to see if they are being good, if they are doing all their chores, saying prayers, being nice, etc...and at nighttime he flies back to Santa and reports. He comes back every night, but he is hiding in a different spot. The kids will wake up in the morning and have to go look for Flippy, and then the days continue. Cooper is so excited for this new little tradition that we will have in our family. Now all we need to do is remember to hide Flippy before we go to bed...

• Day 2: "Elf on the Shelf"