Christmas Magic Ruined for Ellie

Elliott and I had decided it was time for Brandon to know the secret of Santa and bring him into the Santa Club. We went back and forth wondering if we should tell Melanie or wait a year or two, we decided to just tell them together. Our reasoning for this is because out of all the kids she is the one who asks the most questions and has been the most suspicious. She also gets embarrassed easily and we knew that when she found out everyone knew but her she would feel silly.

Welp the time came for us to let the beans out of the bag. I had volunteered to help a kid by getting a few presents and figured this is the perfect opportunity to explain what Santa is and that we are all Santa's, looking for opportunities to help one another and keep the magic of Christmas alive. Brandon took the news very well.. Ellie on the other hand.... was DEVASTATED. Sobbing, inconsolable. We tried to tell her this is excited, you get to be apart of the secret club, you can help with the elves on the shelf but part of being in the club is keeping the secret. Her response was, "You told the wrong person! I can't keep a secret!!" Then continued crying. She crawled into Elliott's arms while the rest of us left the room so she could calm down. The thing that calmed her down was understanding she could help with our elves Charlie and Buddy now that she's in on it.

I know these elves get a lot of flak but we think they are fun and the kids still love waking up and seeing where they are hidden for the day... and now we don't feel so bad if we miss a day here or there.

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