Elf on the Shelf Spoilers

[rosieteddy]

I always felt that just our title said it all Family Childcare.I opened my house to other children so I could be here for my own. I treated the children somewhat like my own.When they were the same age as the dc kids we were together.Then my kids aged out of the program.They became like "big siblings".Most recently my adult kids were called Aunt and Uncle. I think op should do what makes her happy....Family things that she doesn't want to share should be in non DC parts of the house before or after hours. This is a great business to be able to be there for your own family..I think parents choose us so we treat their children like a "Nana "or Aunt would.

[Thriftylady]

I always felt that just our title said it all Family Childcare.I opened my house to other children so I could be here for my own. I treated the children somewhat like my own.When they were the same age as the dc kids we were together.Then my kids aged out of the program.They became like "big siblings".Most recently my adult kids were called Aunt and Uncle. I think op should do what makes her happy....Family things that she doesn't want to share should be in non DC parts of the house before or after hours. This is a great business to be able to be there for your own family..I think parents choose us so we treat their children like a "Nana "or Aunt would.

I totally agree with this. One of my selling points is that is is "family" childcare. Meaning the kids are part of a "daycare family" that is a branch of my family. Since most of my house except our bedrooms is used as daycare, I wouldn't do Elf if I didn't want my daycare kids involved. If I was going to do it, he would have to stay in the bedrooms. As it is, my youngest is 17 so I am doing Elf only for the daycare kiddos, and our elf is more about the silly situations he gets himself into being funny than anything else.

[LittleTikes]

My dcks have their own elves at home, so they've never seemed to care that my kids have one, too. Fortunately, we've never had elf drama, but I do have a tiny, early-talker dcg, who had just arrived and heard one of my kids ask another one where the elf was. She nudged her little head to the left and whispered, "Cwistmas twee." Luckily, we all found it hilarious. The girl had "elf-dar." (And we've all been under-the-influence of sprinkles since December 1, which could also explain our giddiness.)

[Thriftylady]

My dcks have their own elves at home, so they've never seemed to care that my kids have one, too. Fortunately, we've never had elf drama, but I do have a tiny, early-talker dcg, who had just arrived and heard one of my kids ask another one where the elf was. She nudged her little head to the left and whispered, "Cwistmas twee." Luckily, we all found it hilarious. The girl had "elf-dar." (And we've all been under-the-influence of sprinkles since December 1, which could also explain our giddiness.)

It is kind of funny here. On DCB always finds the elf quickly here. He will say "I see the elf" and the others will all ask "where is he?", as if they don't want to look themselves. When he tells them they go see what he is doing. What he is doing seems to be far more important to them than where he is. Tonight he has left a note on the dry erase board with the letter magnets asking for food.