Meet Tad- our family's Elf on the Shelf
Have you heard of “the Elf on the Shelf? Well around the beginning of November I started to see pictures of a little elf in mischievous positions all over Pinterest and I did some investigating (code for Google). Turns out it is a book and elf combo set you “adopt” for your family. The elf is sent to your family from Santa’s toy shop located at the North Pole. Each night while the children sleep, the elf does something naughty or nice based upon how your children behaved. Now it also didn’t take me long to find a bunch of blogs written about “overachieving elf on the shelf Moms”. I quickly realized that I would be falling in to this category and from here on out will except that title with PRIDE! Adoptions fees for these elves can add up to almost $40. As I pondered the idea, I shared my thoughts with the people around me (Tyler & my Mom). After a little of her own investigating (a phone call, followed by a trip to Barnes ...