This picture just made me smile!  Speedy is certainly creative and likes to show up at the Christmas Tree.  Now I have seen him teaching yoga to a bunch of Barbies and I think I saw him hanging from a light so he could get a “Santa View.”

This is the first year I have ever seen Speedy up to so many things.  Last time I wrote about Speedy, he was standing in a ladder on a fire truck.

This is the tradition:
Once everyone goes to bed, the elf flies back to the North Pole to report back to Santa about what activities, good and bad, took place throughout the day. Before the family wakes up each night, the scout elf flies back from the North Pole and hides. By hiding in a new spot each morning around the house, the scout elf and the family play an on-going game of hide and seek. The Elf on the Shelf explains that elves get their magic by being named. In the back of each book, families have an opportunity to write their elf’s name and the date that they adopted it. Once the elf is named, the scout elf receives its special Christmas magic which allows it to fly to and from the North Pole. However, the magic might go if touched, so the rule for The Elf on the Shelf states: “There’s only one rule that you have to follow so I will come back and be here tomorrow: Please do not touch me. My magic might go, and Santa won’t hear all I’ve seen or I know.” Although families aren’t supposed to touch their scout elf, they can talk to it and tell it all their Christmas wishes so it can report back to Santa accurately. On Christmas Day the elf will leave for the rest of the year until Thanksgiving comes.

I am so happy that I get to learn new things!  This one is one that really makes me happy!  Thank you Melissa Dodd!
Dance Till You FLY!
Marilyn