Benny the Elf

Have you heard of the Elf on the Shelf? I'm sure by now you have. 

If you haven't it is the cutest thing ever!

The idea is that one of Santa's elves is sent to your house to watch 

if your family is being naughty or nice.

You get an elf and a cute book that explains who he is and why he's at your house

The book says to hurry and name you elf when he comes

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Brad named our elf 

Benny!

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I bought Benny for my kids at work.

I knew the month of December was going to be a nightmare to get through.

Thanks to Benny, it was delightful...and funny!

I had him come to my classroom and the first day he sat on my desk.

I didn't want him to be too distracting.

The kids picked up on the concept pretty fast

The second they were out of their seats or not listening 

All I had to do was say, "Benny's watching!" 

and BAM! They were little angles!

The 2nd day we had a bit more fun.

Isn't he just so cute!

The kids couldn't understand where he got his book from..ha!

So funny story

Benny was just sittin' around reading his book, minding his own business

I brought my group of 3 boys in and had them find Benny

We had a little laugh and got to work

This one little boy kept looking at the corner where Benny was

and kept saying something under his breath.

I finally stopped to find out what the heck he was doing

He would look at Benny and say, "Stop looking at me!"

Then turn away, then a few minutes later, he would look to see if Benny was still "looking at him".

He did this over and over and each time would tell Benny to "stop it!" 

I tried not to laugh, but told him to just ignore Benny.

Well finally it was bugging him enough that he grabbed my mirror and put it up to his face to block his view of Benny. Then he would peak around the mirror only to find, you guessed it, Benny looking at him! I was cracking up inside!

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Anywho. The next week we celebrated the Grinch and had Grinch week!

The first day of Grinch day we came in the classroom to find this....

Benny and his buddy the Grinch!

That day we watched the first half of the Grinch and did some Grinchy activities.

So it was only fitting that the next day Benny and the Grinch should do something mischievous. 

This is what we found.....

 Benny and the Grinch broke in to the kids prize box and stole their prizes!

 The Grinch even bagged up a bunch of the prizes!

Benny had his own fun trying on all the stuff

and helping himself to some chocolate!

I thought I was hilarious!

but

when one works with language delayed/autistic/learning disabled kids like I do

they tend to not notice/be able to make inferences about funny little things like in this situation.

I had to ask questions and prompt up the wazoo for them to even understand what was funny 

about this situation

So all in all it turned out to be a good teaching experience.

Benny will most definitely be coming back next year!

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I broke out Benny again to celebrate by brother getting his mission call!

Benny was rather excited himself

He even received his own call!

My brother has been called to serve in the

drum roll please

. . . . . . . . . .

Culican, Mexico mission!

Congrats Brad!

.....and Benny!