Elf on the Shelf, Our Holiday Tradition

As stated before, I LOVE ELF ON THE SHELF!!!! This is how our family starts our Elf on the Shelf tradition every year.

 

 When it starts to get close to Christmas time (or whenever my daughter starts to get "that holiday spirit") we right a letter to Santa asking him to send us back our elf on the shelf. Our elf's name is Tootsie. My daughter wrote the letter all by herself.

 

 

She told me what she wanted to say and I sounded out the words for her.

 

 

It says: "Dear Santa, I love Tootsie. Will you send him back? (I) Love, Olivia.

She was so proud of herself that she wrote the letter all by herself!

 

 

When she was done, we put it in the mailbox and sent it to Santa!

 

 

I will post more about Tootsie after he comes to our house!!!

Stress Relief

I am a teacher. Sometimes, I become stressed beyond belief! I try to relieve my stress anyway I can. Today, I relieved my stress in a whole new way. I sharpened pencils! Oh my! What a teacher thing to say! I know I'm boring! I bought this awesome new pencil sharpener & I LOVE it!

 

There is a little blue light that comes on when the pencil is sharp.

 

 

I know, I'm a dork! But, you have no idea how awesome it was to sit at the back the room & just grind away on pencils.

 

 

I'm saying all of that to say this: sometimes you have to slow down & take pleasure in the little things in life...even if it is just sharpening pencils!!!

Birthday Elf on the Shelf!!!

I love everything about Elf on the Shelf!!!! I am a second grade teacher & received an e-mail about a free Elf on the Shelf for my classroom. WAIT WHAT!?! My two favorite things?!?!?! Free & Elf on the Shelf! I thought I had died and gone to heaven!!!!! When I received my package I was blown away! Not only had the company sent me a free Elf on the Shelf, but they also sent me a free Birthday Elf on the Shelf!

 

I never even knew this existed!!!

 

 

The Birthday Elf on the Shelf comes with a cupcake outfit for the Elf on the Shelf that we already have. It also comes with a book! The book talks about Santa letting your Elf out for your birthday! It's super cute and super fun!!!

 

I will update when we use it for my daughter's birthday.