I’ve been hoping for years that Santa would send an elf to our family. This year Adaline was finally old enough to truly enjoy an elf. When I saw ”An Elf’s Story” on tv I ran to the VCR (oh yes, don’t be jealous of my up-to-date technology) and recorded it. On November 30 before bedtime we showed Adaline ”An Elf’s Story”. She loved dancing around to the songs and she was worried about Chippey when he lost his magic.

When we brought Adaline up to her bedroom we were all surprised to find “The Elf on a Shelf: A Christmas Tradition” book waiting on Adaline’s chair.

Once she was dressed for bed we read the book.
(When you haven’t fixed your hair and will be taking photos that will be posted on the internet…a Santa hat will work wonders 😉 )

The next morning Adaline was so excited to find that her very own Elf on the Shelf was waiting for her.
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It took Adaline awhile to give our elf a name, but it was important to me that she name him herself. She always comes up with creative names for her toys and that very day she named her toy zebra “Cupcake” while our elf remained nameless. Most of the time she just called him the elf and sometimes she called him “Chippey”. At around 1pm she finally named him…Beego! (His full name is Beego Sprinklepants).

I’ll be posting Beego’s adventures weekly.