Friday night post-bedtime date idea for parents. This is so freaking funny. Why do we participate in the elf on the shelf? After I saw how giddy my three year old was when she first saw her elf I was SOLD! Her eyes light up when she talks about "Ariel" and it is purely magical for her. Who doesn't love starting their morning with their excited 3 year old smiling and giggling and talking about all of the good that she does and plans to do. She has a strong capacity to believe in the good in the world which is particularly refreshing with all of the crazy happening right now. Having Ariel around gets her to verbalize those good things to "someone" over oatmeal.
So intermittently throughout the day, we can laugh about "silly Ariel" and not become paralyzed by the fact that there was a horrific mass shooting only 15 minutes from my sister, Pris, in CA or be overcome with anxiety thinking about how my Kenz did a drill at school where she practiced hiding from an intruder this fall. Our family needs the giggles that come from this silly elf. But if Kenzie has a friend who's elf contracted Lyme's disease from Dasher and he needs to rest all December, that is ok too. We all need a minute sometimes.
Thank you to my a sister, Rachelle, who gave me the idea of dressing up as our elf and sitting on a shelf. Thank you to my fabulous neighbor, Sarah, who just happened to have an elf costume at her house. And thank you to my husband who wanted to lock me up but let me climb up to this nook anyways and for coming up with the idea of copying the elf.in.real.life.
More to come...
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