Elmo Addict

I must admit, there are days when I wish we had never introduced Sesame Street to Cannon. I felt the same way about the "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" movie last Christmas. Thank goodness the Rudolph phase ended in January. I am super thankful that I do not have to sit and watch the Rudolph movie with Cannon twice a day like I did for three months straight! However, now it is the furry red monster we have to worry about...ELMO!

In the beginning of February, I started turning on Sesame Street when it was on t.v. in the attempt to distract Cannon from wanting to watch his favorite show, Rudolph. At first he wasn't super thrilled of the idea and was easily distracted with toys and other things. However, once he discovered "Elmo's World", which is the last segment of the one hour show, he was hooked. And, ever since, he has been watching Sesame Street just about every day. I am just grateful that I do not have to sit and watch the same show over and over again because every day on Sesame Street is different and educational! What is even better is that Cannon can watch the show ALL by himself! No longer does he need a constant companion while watching t.v. Well, let me rephrase that...no longer does he need Blaine or I sitting next to him while watching t.v. as long as he has his "tickle me Elmo" by his side.

Elmo is not only Cannon's hero, but mine as well! Even though Cannon's great interest in Elmo can be a little over the top and annoying at times, when 11:00am rolls around and Cannon watches Sesame Street quietly by himself, I get a little break to do what I want! It is so nice to be able to have an hour to get things done around the house and then take a shower and get ready for the day when Cannon takes his 2hr nap after his show is over and he eats lunch. Thank you Elmo! :)It is also fun hearing Cannon sing to the song played during the beginning of "Elmo's World", where Elmo sings about loving his gold fish and crayons and then says, "that's Elmo's World"! These last three words are what Cannon always shouts out when watching Sesame Street...it is really cute to hear him sing/shout this phrase. Hearing Cannon sing those three words is also helpful in knowing when my hour of free time is just about up and it is time to fix lunch. Oh Elmo, what would we do without you?

Anyway, the purpose of this post was to reveal our little Elmo addict over here. Below are a couple of pictures of Cannon and Elmo. If you look closely in the third picture, you will notice that Cannon has Elmo socks on...I scored the socks and a bunch of Elmo books and coloring books in the $1 aisle of Target. I love that store!