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The Return of the Elf

Our Elf on the Shelf has made an early appearance this year.

Your remember Frisbee, don’t you? He visited last year too. He travels each day from the North Pole to spend time with Benjamin and Nicholas, then returns at night to let Santa know if the boys have been naughty or nice.

Frisbee usually makes his annual appearance a few days after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is late this year, not for a few more days (unless you live in Canada!). And, well, behavior in our house over the past week or so has not been stellar. There has been a whole lot of complaining, fighting and all around naughtiness. Oh, and whining. The whining. I’m not sure how much more I can take of the whining. I have a very low whine tolerance. There might be a full moon coming, or maybe it’s the excitement of the holidays starting to build, it might be sickness brewing or Pierre and I just need to tighten-up on the discipline a little. Whatever the reason, Mommy and Papa need some back-up. Right now!

So, Frisbee is making an unprecedented, before Thanksgiving, visit to our house. And there is no better back-up than a visit from an Elf with a direct link to Santa. Never underestimate the “Santa-Effect” on behavior. The big guy has a whole lot of pull.

Maybe I’m making a mistake by inviting Frisbee for an early visit. Nothing screams CHRISTMAS IS COMING like an Elf on the Shelf. The boys were more than a little excited when they noticed Frisbee hanging-out on the piano this morning. 

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And this early in the holiday game, we probably don’t need more excitement. But, I’ll take my chances. And while Benjamin and Nicholas still Believe (yes, with a capital B), I’m going to take full advantage. Frisbee may be quiet, but he is also effective.

More to come on our Elf.

In other holiday news, the boys were discussing their Halloween costumes (for next year!!) at the dinner table last night. Nicholas wants everyone to be characters from Star Wars. This from the kid who’s never seen the movie. He is going to be Darth Vader by the way. Ben wants Pierre to dress as Gru from Despicable Me so that he and Nicholas can be Minions. I’d like to get through Thanksgiving and Christmas before we start to think about Halloween again. I did, however, give a suggestion of costumes from the Wizard of Oz - with Indy as the lion.

Star Wars won.

xo Naomi

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