HERMEY. Recognize him? He's the elf who wants to be a dentist. He's OUR elf, our "Elf on the Shelf."
Hermey sits on our bookshelf and watches the kids all day long. At night he goes to the North Pole to report to Santa about their behavior. Then he comes back and hides somewhere, to be found by the kids in the morning. And then he is returned to his perch on the shelf.
The kids talk to him all day. They whisper in his ear what he should tell Santa to get them for Christmas. They behave and play nice with each other. They are buying every second of this. I LOVE Hermey.
Sometimes Hermey forgets to hide at night, and then the kids are really sad in the morning to see him still on the shelf. We'll have to be sure he works on that. We can't have laziness or forgetfulness around here. I have realized something - bribery is a wonderful thing.
Speaking of Christmas, it came a little early here. Spencer is the proud owner (ahem, we are the proud owners) of a nice new flat-screen TV. Some Black Friday offers are too good to pass up I guess. Spencer must have given Hermey a really good bribe.
8 comments:
Awesome idea. We'll have to remember that one for next year when Jessica's a little older.
Yeah what a great idea! I need to do something like that for my kids! Maybe I'll start now for the month of December till Christmas! Bribes are the best!!! :)
That's a great idea! I think my kids are too old unfortunately...
Congratulations on the new TV! I'm sure you'll enjoy it for the most part.
This post made me laugh. And I LOVE Hermey! He's the best Christmas character ever!
I love Hermey. What a great idea. I will have to remember that when we are blessed with children.
Hey we have an elf too, except ours is invisible. His name is Your Favorite Elf and he writes everyday from Dec 1-25. He used to come to our house when I was little. He leaves a note and treats every time he comes. Sometimes he doesn't come (wink wink) and there's always a good reason, like he got caught in a blizzard at the North Pole.
What a wonderful idea! Why weren't you born before me? I needed some of these pointers when Ben and Braden were little. I like Jamie's idea as well. Little elves are such holiday savers!
We have an elf on the shelf too! But I love that your elf is the dentist elf! How awesome is that?!
Don't you think our girls are perfect ages for this tradition? Whitney is enamored with every aspect of our elf, and I'm loving the good behavior the kids are trying to put on for him. I think I may have to do an elf post soon too. :)
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