Our Kindness Elves - Day 2

Our Kindness Elves Day 2

I was prepared for Day 2 for awhile.  I knew that the elves were going to bring the Advent chocolate Calendar from Trader Joe's.  We previously purchased one for each child a couple weeks ago.  I should also say that not everyone's elves have to be out the entire month of December. Some elves come around for 12 days of kindness before, or some other variation.

I decided to relocate the elves to the top of our Poinsettia on the buffet cabinet located in our kitchen.  A high traffic area, where the kids (and us) tend to through our junk, papers, etc... is a fine place for the elves to make their debut.  I included the calendars, the note from Day 1, and a photo showing where they were on Day 1.  I typed a short note and taped it to the back of the Day 1 photo.  I am not going to include an exact replica of each notes, as I want some of what we do to be special only to our children.  But here is recap:

The note mentioned how they were not seen and mentioned some good things they say the kids to yesterday.  They also reminded the kids to pick out names for them.

This day was almost awkward for us.  Our kids were not sure what to do.  Never before have we done something like this.  Part of me feels bad for the white lies, but we might as well have fun while the kids are young and reinforce good behavior, right?   My kids were so unsure that it took all day to name them.  I finally looked up a list of elf names and read some off to help the decision.  Although our kids are young, we let them name them.  Needless to say, the name of one elf is very funny and makes little sense to anyone but our family.

Throughout the day, the kids did not mention the elves much.  I was yet again wondering if I made a mistake and the Kindness Elves were a lost cause for my kids this year.

To be continued...


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