Day 1: Elf on the Shelf Begins!

I've been hearing all this hype lately about 'Elf on the Shelf' and thought I'd look into it to see what all commotion was about.  Boy, did I get excited!! So yesterday I stopped at Target to get the Elf on the Shelf book and elf.  And I got suckered into buying the DVD too. :)  Last night, I pulled out the box, showed Austin our elf, read the book, and watched the DVD so that he would be able to grasp the concept.  It's pretty basic.  The elf appears in different places in your house each day, watching the kids so that they can report back to Santa on whether you were naughty or nice.  But they're not allowed to touch the elf or it will lose its magic and not be able to fly back to the North Pole to talk to Santa.  I've seen some awesome ideas on FB and Pinterest for where to put the elf and funny activities to make it look like it was doing.

We told Austin he could name our elf.  After going through a few suggestions on our part, he still insisted on Dori.  Obviously, he's been watching Finding Nemo too much lately.  Oh well, Dori it is.  He wanted to sleep with Dori, but I insisted that he wasn't allowed to touch Dori after welcoming her into our home tonight.  Reluctantly, he agreed.  We put Dori on the kitchen counter when he went to sleep.  We woke to Austin walking in our room this morning, yelling 'Dori, where are you?'.  After searching for a few minutes, he located our elf playing his guitar, and thought it was the funniest thing.  I can't wait to start getting more creative with Dori's locations.  All night he's been talking about Dori flying to the North Pole.  It's a great tradition to start and I'm so excited!