When we woke up, we found that our Elf on the Shelf, Bell, had returned! He had taken a pink piece of sidewalk chalk and written a message on the wall. He also brought the kids each a new pair of Elf pajamas! Client One took the liberty of reminding her little brother of all the rules that went with the Elf. She was also extra careful to be good today and gave constant warnings to her brother whenever he started to act up. Client One also had several conversations with Bell and she drew him a picture.
After we adjusted to be watched by an elf all day, it was time to get dressed in our fun Christmasy tees and open the door on our penguin. Since Client One was the biggest and strongest, she got to open the door and Client Two got to pull out the paper. Today's little red slip told us to write letters to Santa. We raced into the kitchen (We literally raced. Client One won.) and immediately wrote our letters. Since Client Two has yet to learn to write, we drew a picture of what he wanted using a loose, artistic interpretation and I wrote down his list for him. Client One had a better handle on the list writing. I helped her with the spelling of the items on her list and she even added a picture for clarification. When the lists were completed, we showed them to Bell and asked him politely if he would take them to Santa for us tonight.
Throughout the day, we had lots of fun listening and dancing to Christmas music. When we got to the end of the days, both kids got warm baths before snuggling into their new Elf jammies. (Client One had to model her pajamas for Bell.) Then, they selected and unwrapped a new Christmas book. Tonight, they chose a book called "Home for Christmas" by Jan Brett. Jan Brett books have beautiful illustrations so they are always a favorite. Both kids crawled up in their daddy's lap while he read the story. Client Two got a bit antsy before the story was over and ended up in bed. Client One finished up the book a little bit later when she went to bed.
So that was our first day of Christmas fun! I can't wait to see what fun tomorrow brings!
