The Secret Elf and The King

At school Brennan's class has been studying different holiday traditions around the world. They talked about a tradition where secret elves do kind deeds and no one can ever catch them. Brennan asked me for 26 pennies. When I asked him what for, he told me he wanted to put them on each desk in his classroom during lunch recess and write on the board, "From Your Secret Elf." He was so excited to pull-off his secret plan. I asked him how it went when he got home, and he said no one could figure out who the elf was. He was so happy that his secret was safe!


Another tradition they learned about was one where you bake a coin in a cake and whoever gets that piece of cake is the "King" or "Queen." Brennan's teacher, Mrs. Inderrieden, had her birthday on Dec. 13th. She had baked a coin in the cake. Brennan was eating his cake, and he found the coin in the bottom of his piece. He got to wear a crown all day. When Brennan got home he told me that it was funny when he put his crown on because the girls started bowing to him. He said they just started doing it and one girl did it a lot. I asked what her name was and with a big smile he says, "It was Indyana."