no elf on our shelf

I thought this would be the year that Porter would be old enough for "Elf on the Shelf" so we went and bought our elf, but I was going to wait until December to actually get him out--but of course Porter was having a fit for him, so we got him out of his box and I explained to Porter who he was and what he does (like watching over Porter and telling Santa when he's being good or bad).  We read the book, then I put our elf on the kitchen counter. 

A few hours later, I found our poor elf in the trash can!  When I asked Porter why he would throw away our elf friend, he simply stated, "I don't want him telling Santa that I've been bad and to not bring me any toys"

So needless to say Porter does NOT like our elf :)  I've had to dig him out of the trash a few times!