Meet Jolly

Jolly is our Elf on the Shelf.  He has come to stay with us this holiday season to keep Cam "in line" and bring fun new tradition to our family this Christmas.

So this Jolly, like some of the other elf's I have seen, is a pretty funny guy.  So far he has hung upside down in the "Branch" tree, held baby Jesus in the Nativity, swung from an ornament hanging in the hall and TP'ed our Christmas Tree's.

 

By far the biggest event has been Cambrian touching Jolly.  The Elf on the Shelf book says that children can not touch him, or else his magic to fly to Santa every night will disappear.  Not sure if Cam was testing his theory or did it by accident, but he let me know and I assured him Jolly would be fine as long as he did not pick him up.  Boy was I wrong.  Jolly did not move that night and I awoke to Cambrian crying on the floor under Jolly's spot from the night before.  I felt horrible, and tried my best to comfort my son, who thought he had killed his elf.  When I got home from school that night Cambrian led me to the coffee table and showed me the note he wrote to Santa.

Dear Santa, 

     I'm sorry to bother you but my elf Jolly has apparently not been coming to see you lately.  I was wondering if you could come fix him. 

P.S. If you do, here's some milk & cookies, Thank you bye! 

Sincerely Cam

Well, thankfully Santa came to fix Jolly and had a little midnight snack.   I am full of relief that Santa is such a great guy and that he came to save the day.  All is happy again in our home and Jolly is free to make mischief again.