Our new furry, red friend

It is amazing how quickly a child can take a liking to something and what once was an innocent introduction becomes a daily obsession. Let me explain...a little over a week ago, Graham and I were at Target looking for a DVD to buy El that was something different than Baby Einstein. Let me preface this by saying that we don't allow her to watch very much TV or videos, but they do come in handy from time to time.

I noticed around Christmas that there was an Elmo Christmas special and anytime she would see that commercial on TV, she would giggle, point and get really excited. We came home from Target with an Elmo's World Pets DVD, placed it in the DVD player and the rest is history.

Ellie loves Elmo. I don't know whether it is his bright red fur, funny voice, plethora of animal friends always by his side (including the faithful fish friend, Dorothy), or just his overall charm. Whatever it is, she goes over to the TV cabinet often, points up, and says, "ehmo," and we know exactly what she wants. We had to put a limit on the amount of Elmo being watched so we agreed that she could only watch it once a day...after all, that is just about all of Elmo's World that a person can handle.