Introducing Raphael!

So like many others (personal opinion: Thanks in large part to Pinterest! hehe) our family has started the tradition of The Elf on The Shelf. 

I know that typically he should arrive around Thanksgiving, but we were a little behind. Every day I would tell Josh that we needed to go and get our Elf, but then life happened. 

So I decided if not Thanksgiving, the next best day would be December 1st! 

Chandler went shoe shopping with my parents this evening so it was the perfect opportunity for our little Elf to set up his appearance. 

When Bing first got home I asked him to check our mail (which he loves doing). He brought back a single letter in a RED envelope. He knew that it was his, because he read his name, and he immediately told me it was from Santa Claus. I asked him "What makes you think that?" He stated that there was a Santa Claus sticker and it was in a RED envelope. 

He loved reading the letter which stated that his Magic Elf was already waiting for him somewhere. We then read the book The Elf on The Shelf. He was SO SO anxious to find his Elf. 

We then told him he needed to get ready for his bath, while in there he kept looking around, behind the door, in the bath, and then this LOOK, this look of TERROR! It was kind of a smile, but I've seen this smile before, it is when he is really really nervous!

He cried! He told me he didn't want the Elf in the room with him. I told him he really needed to name him, and then I would send him back to the North Pole. He went through a few silly choices, like Snowman, Christmas Tree and then decided on his favorite Ninja Turtle, Raphael.

I think after the name was attached he became a little more comfortable, and then Raphael was invited to hang out in Bing's room for some cartoons before bed.

I think that our new addition will be welcomed more and more as the days go by. And I can't wait to see his face every day to come, and hopefully encourage his belief as well as Kennadie's in magic as the years go by.