This is our friendly elf, Pete. He came to live with us 3 Christmas' ago. My dad saw the book, Elf on the Shelf and bought it for us. It is one of our favorite Christmas tradition. He comes to live with us every year around Tessa's birthday. He stays at our house until Christmas Eve and then he flies back to the North Pole with Santa. Everyday Pete watches Chloe and Tessa to see how they are. When they go to bed he then flies back to the North Pole to report to Santa. Then he flies back to our house and is back by the time they wake up. He always hides in a different place each morning so the girls have to find him. They know that if you touch him his magic might leave. It is serious so much fun. Every morning they come running out of their bed rooms to find Pete. Pete is the best form of bribery. All month long if they start whinning, fighting, not wanting to clean up their toys, etc all I have to say is that Pete is watching. I love it. It is always sad on Christmas Eve when the kids have to tell Pete by for a year. Last year we did not remembe to warn Chloe about Pete leaving and Christmas morning she started to cry because she missed Pete. This year they both told Pete bye on Christmas Eve and there were no tears on Christmas morning.
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