Elf on the Shelf.

This morning, we did our first Elf on the Shelf breakfast {thank you Pinterest}. Pretty sure I went a little over board but the look on Brody's face was worth all the work! I really love the thought of Santa and his elves. I love the imagination it takes to truly believe in him. I believe in teaching my kids things that take faith not sight; whether that be Santa or God or Love. I think Santa prepares them for a time in their lives when they will have to just go with their heart and not always with their mind! Plus, it's fun! Who doesn't love watching their kids run to the Christmas tree Christmas morning to see what Santa brought?! It warms my heart and I would much rather Santa get credit than me because I would never get the same reaction.
I spent most of last night setting it all up. I wanted it to be extra special; I bought mugs and plates and decor and of course, we had our Elf. If you haven't ever hear about Elf on the Shelf read this What is Elf on the shelf??. Our Elf had to have a grand first morning. I baked some really yummy treats this morning before everyone woke up. 

This is what the kids woke up to. I had French toast, cut into Christmas shapes, Snow covered donuts and these yummy roll things with marshmallows and chocolate chips, another thanks to Pinterest. Here's the recipe but I replaced PB with chocolate chips. I probably could have ate 20. Oh, and don't forget the hot cocoa. I also had a bag for each of them with socks, crayons and some other special gift just for them. I put a large coloring book and Santa hat on their chair too. I am just so happy that Brody was as trilled as I had hoped. And Yes, Mia was there too but really all she cared about was the food :) 


I found this really great letter online that I could add a few key words to to make it personalized to him. He got such a kick out of it. He could not figure out how Santa knew exactly what he wanted :)

BTW.. I totally know how to spell but they only allowed for so many characters. hehe

I read the Elf on the Shelf book to them and then we named our Elf. His name is Marshmallow, probably because Brody was currently eating a marshmallow when I asked him to pick out a name. So, he is our Marshmallow and I can't wait to see where he pops up every morning ;) All in all it was such a great morning. I felt like my kids deserved a morning where all our attention was on them. There were no babysitters, no phone calls, no doctors appointments to rush off to, just them being kids and us enjoying it. So, it goes without saying, we are in full blown Christmas mode over here :)