Mommy - 0, Curtsy the elf - 1

Every morning Sofia wakes up and comes directly to my room, stands at the edge of the bed and as soon as I open my eyes and say good morning, she asks if she can play a game on my phone. So the other morning when she came into my room and asked, "Why didn't she move last night?" it took me a second to realize what she was talking about. What? Oh Crap! I forgot to move the elf!!

Oh, I'm sure she has a good reason, Sofia.

But she's supposed to fly to Santa every night and she didn't move, she's still on top of the Christmas tree! 

Well then. I guess my theory that Sofia's excitement over the Elf on the Shelf was below average was false. She really did go look for Curtsy the minute she woke up. Thankfully Sofia had school that day so I was able to whip up some good excuse and move Curtsy while Sofia was out of the house.

Sofia, I had so much fun watching Christmas movies with you yesterday that I overslept! Don't worry. You've been very good. I used extra magic to quickly fly back to Santa to let him know. Love, Curtsy the elf

I used the mini Christmas movie marathon we let Sofia partake in the day before work to my advantage. Oversleeping is totally believable! Although Sofia didn't actually say it, I could tell she was worried she did something wrong to keep Curtsy from flying back to Santa that night and I did not want her to think my mommy fail was her fault at all. This seems to have worked wonderfully. I'm actually surprised with this being our second year that I haven't forgotten to move the elf before this. At least, not that I've gotten caught.

Whoops.

Good save, Curtsy. Good save.