I saw that earlier today. I half heard it the first time and thought they were just promoting the damn Christmas one really early. Then I realized what it was. Barf.
I saw this earlier today while my kids were in the room. They are right on verge of questioning validity of Santa, 7 and 8. We do a different version of elf on shelf and they love him. I usually regret it after a first few days. Lol Now that they actually advertise this as commercials I see this going downhill real quick in many households with many kids asking questions that they wouldn't have if it was kept to Christmas. I thought it was a joke at first. So dumb.
It was $1.24 at Meijer and I am sucker. Plus, I think it looks simple enough for my 3 and 6 year old to play together .i came home and saw the birthday commercial and I might regret my decision.
We saw a stack of the boxes at Barnes & Noble the other day. I might have shouted good grief out loud. Dd2's birthday is Dec 23rd. Which elf would we have? It's madness!
I'm getting deja vu, but. It is only July. I don't use the Elf for discipline dammit! It's just a fun toy.
One of my best friends uses it as a bribing/discipline tool in her house around the holidays. when I saw the birthday elf, I immediately thought of her. Sorry.