elf on the shelf

Looking back on your childhood, did you ever wonder why Santa never sent one of his “scout elves” to your home?

Your kids are finally at the age where they can appreciate their own “scout elf” so you caved and brought one into your home. Now you have regrets.

As you’re filling your Pinterest board with ideas from parents who’ve walked this road before you, you’re thinking “I have regrets.”

What do you do when you're completely over the whole Elf on the Shelf thing? You create a cool-looking "set" and add a paper countdown where all you have to do is remove on ring a day and do nothing else. That, my friends, is what has happened.

It's that time where you're still putting the elf in different situations but your'e also finding the you're running out of ideas and are focused on other things. Shove him/her in an envelope and throw a stamp on their head. I did.

The holidays have so many temptations. Donuts are definitely one of them. I may be projecting through my elf. I didn't leave this out for my son (don't wanna go there with him) but I did it for us adults. Don't judge - it was a weak moment in so many ways.

Once I started with bathroom humor and my son thought it was funny, I stooped to his level and totally kept it going. This was a one-eye-open type of night where I forgot about the elf and had to do something really easy.

What's funnier than bathroom humor with kids? Nothing. Literally nothing. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

I often hear that it's too much work to do little elf setups every day until Christmas. I totally get it - that's what I'm here for. You literally print and fold and pretend like you're parent of the year.

When it comes to these Elf on the Shelf setups, it's all about sending a message to our kids. My son will actually wet his toothbrush and say he brushed his teeth. I thought that was only done in movies. Guess not. This is a message from Santa through the elf.