Family Traditions

Santa has already found his way to StorkLand and Kid's Too to drop off his Special Helpers. The Elf on the Shelf is a tradition that every family needs.

When Shad and I got married we discussed starting our own family traditions. We knew that we wanted to make each holiday memorable for both us and our future children.

Well the Elf on the Shelf certainly helped us do just that. Our elf's name is Guy. He came to live with us about 3 years ago. When Emma was 2 and Alex was 9. We read his special story which explained that he had come to live with us as Santa's special helper. Each evening he would magically fly home and tell Santa how our day had gone and then return. Basically give a naughty or nice report on each of us. Upon his return Guy would find a new hiding spot to watch us for the next day. The book also instructed us to name our elf. And so we introduced Guy to our family.

Each year on Thanksgiving Guy magically appears some where in our home and he stays until Christmas Eve when Santa carries him home until it is time for him to come again.

I can't tell you how effective this has been with our kids. I had no idea when I bought this that Guy would make such a great impression on my girls. Each morning they would scramble to see who could find him first and if we ever had a spat, tantrum, and pout brewing all it took was one mention of Guy and things immediately settled down. They couldn't stand the thought of Guy having to tell Santa they had been naughty. We have told so many of our friends about the Elf on the Shelf, some of their Elf's make an appearance as early as October. That is if their children are especially challenging.

We have enjoyed wonderful memories and had some great laughs with Guy. Everyone needs an Elf in their family. This is a great and unique Baby Gift, Teacher Gift, or Birthday Present. I always try to get something memorable, useful and different. This is my gift of choice. Come in and start your memories today.