Since we do not do Santa we really have no need for the ‘elf
on the shelf’ phenomena of recent years.
For those of you not familiar I believe there is a book, and a small poseable
doll. According to my sources this ‘elf’
reports back to Santa every day on the good and bad behavior of your
children. From the pictures I have seen
on the interwebs the ‘elf’ engages in shenanigans of its own. Why Santa employs such a naughty elf to use
as an agent of good behavior I have no clue.
I am sure the Republicans and Democrats blame each other, and the
Oklahoma House of Representatives has an investigative committee all over that.
In any case, this is the story of how this popular little
imp infiltrated my home. Tonight at bed
time, my Paul was rather frustrated because he found several pairs of my
Matthew’s socks in his bed. My Paul believes
that my Matthew has been sleeping, (or reading, or playing on his phone) in HIS
bed in the afternoons when Matthew gets home from school and Paul is still at
school. Matthew has been staunchly
denying this, as he has his own bed in the closet, or Mama & Papa’s bed
where the charger cord reaches. However
the multiple pairs of previously worn socks seemed evidence that there might be
some truth to Paul’s story.
Then Matthew offered up the explanation that it was probably
the elf on the shelf.
“Really?” I asked. “Really? For Real?” Because I am sort of surprised
with that explanation.
My Matthew has mad skills in exaggeration, and this seemed
rather weak.
Paul even seemed skeptical. “Oh sure, because of all the
fairy dust in my bed too.”
So Matthew smiled mischievously and said, “well that and the
cookies the elf made chocolate poop on.”
I wish you could have seen the look on Paul’s face. He was HORRIFIED. So then Matthew had to explain this picture
he had seen on the interwebs. Paul very
seriously said he would have to do some research on this, but he was pretty
sure that was not sanitary, and that no one would eat those cookies.
I told him I was pretty sure if people would eat macaroon cookies with dog slobber people would eat anything.
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