Well for those of you who don't know this about me, I am one of those people who sees and idea and always says "hey, I can do that! Why spend the money on the gimick?" Now, sometimes I attempt it and other times I don't bother. Some attempts are successes and others are complete failures. Well, the Elf on a Shelve thing---I decided to make my own, no need for the book and the ugly elf that some with it. So, I made my own. I think they are damn cute, if I say so myself.
The trick was to convince the kids. L saw them and said "Those are not real. They have wooden faces." So I had to convince him that they were real and that they only looked wooded when you looked at them--kind of like freeze dance when you have to freeze still when the music stops. I was not sure if it would work, but M and I would move them around the living room every night and after we left the house for the day. I think the moving them around all the time and that L was not allowed to touch them convinced him--sort of--he went along with it at least. They left for now--to return next year before X-mas.
I think this is the ONLY year it would have worked with L--he is too smart for it and probably won't believe it next year--next is Santa!!!
