The Elf on the shelf

So this fad has been out there for a couple of years.

I really didn't think much of this Elf on the shelf idea until Pinterest.

But Pinterest makes me interested in a lot of things I had no idea I was interested in.

Like black doors.

Still not finished btw.

And my kids are really too old for it.

But I decided Pinterest made it look so adorable that we were adopting the idea of Elf on the shelf in our home too.

If you don't know about Elf on the shelf.  Then google it.  Kidding.  It's an elf that hides in your house.  Every night he goes back to Santa to report what he sees in the house ... if kids are being bad or good or whatever.  Then he comes back the next day in a different spot.  On Christmas Eve he disappears for good until the next year.

So you get your Elf.  With a book. That tells the story.  And you name your Elf.

Because I didn't want to be like everyone else ... I needed a different Elf.  They have a dark skinned elf with brown eyes.  The typical elf is a light skinned blue eyed little guy.  Nope.  Not me.  Give me the black one for our family please.

Apparently in Castle White .. it's not easy locating the dark skinned Elf.  I had to go to five different places looking for the one I wanted.  Barnes and Nobles had one.  How can I help you ma'am?  I want the black elf on the shelf.  Excuse me?  You heard me.  Do you have one or not?  Hmm ... we only got one in. I'll take him.

So I sat the children down on the floor in the living room one night to read them a story.

Are you joking mom?  No.  I'm not.  Shut up and sit down.  This is going to be magical.  So shhh just listen.

I proceed to read.

Jackson "mom really?" rolling eyes.

Shhh

Eli "mom this is so so dumb"

Hayley "will you guys just shut up so she can read it"

Yelling.  Rolling on the floor.  SHHHH!!!!!  (said not in a whisper)

Eli reaches up to turn the page when I'm not ready.  It rips.

Hayley yells "seriously Eli why are you such an ASS?"

Jackson hysterically laughing.  Rolling on the floor.  Eli running upstairs to slam the door, angry.

Merry Christmas.  Jolly times.

I talk him down.  Try to start again.  Finally get to the end where we have to name him.

Why is our Elf black mom?

Because he's cool. So what's his name?

Eli is obsessed with llamas.  LLAMACORN he said.

No one agreed.

So our Elf's name ended up to be "llabroma".  A cross between labron (as in basketball player) and llama.

Eli - This is so so dumb and it's not true.  And it's freaking me out.  And I better not find this creep upstairs.  Like ever.  And I'm not playing this stupid game.

15 minutes later ... I find him here ... doing this ...

Meet Llabroma.  I find him truly awesome.

 This one was all set up so nice and neat ... and I get home and find Llabroma in this condition...

Eli insisted the entire month that it's stupid.  But would complain if llabroma forgot to move the next day.  There were some days llabroma forgot to move and I would find him in various places.

He will make an appearance next year as well.  And the next.  And the next.  I don't care how old my kids get .. I plan on never growing up.