So, let’s just say I was torn.  I really wanted to do the Elf on the Shelf and have the fun and wonder with M, but that elf just totally creeped me out.  I refused to use that thing.  So we improvised.  I purchased an elf from TookensTale on Etsy, and we took the Elf on the Shelf book out from the library.

Dan actually suggested the name, and we have been prepping M on and off for a few weeks.

Dan and I made a calendar last week, with different ideas that we wanted to use.  We are taking turns every other day to help Eva (or E Bee as M calls her) get to her new location.

We are trying very hard to not have Eva do bad things and as M grows older we will use her as a kindness elf and have her suggest to M to kind things for others.  Right now she doesn’t get that as much, but we will still stay away from the more mischief things in the meantime.

“C”lue-Pinterest has tons and tons of links to different ideas.  I have pinned some of my favorite to an Elf on the Shelf board.  Check it out here

“L”ink-Want to buy your own adorable Elf on the Shelf?  Check out TookensTale.

“T”houghts-So my goal is to post pics every day of Eva and her adventures.  I will do my best to remember and to do on time.  I might not have a full blog post every day, but I will try to post pics.  Here is arrival day on 11/28/2014, just hanging out in her box (that I wrapped so I can reuse each year) on our tree (or as M calls it, Ho Ho’s tree):