I never really understood it. The whole fascination with Elmo. I thought it was all a bunch of hype and I wasn't planning on giving into all the "Tickle Me Elmo" mumbo jumbo..... that was until my own baby became enamored with him, too. Elmo is the first "favorite" that we have seen making his eyes light up everytime! I am talking HUGE grins and giggles. What's funny, is he doesn't watch TV. He's seen a few clips of sesame street here and there, but he really just recognizes Elmo from his very FAVORITE book:
And FAVORITE dishes to eat out of:
And of course the sweet stuffed animal version that his dad couldn't resist while at Sea World- of all places. (Shown above.)
So, this book. We read it all the time. The best part is the last page with the great "so big" Elmo Pop-up. Sometimes I see Jacob trying to flip through the board pages on his own trying to find it. While I was reading it to him the other day he tore off the head. No surprise there. I knew it was bound to happen. And I was planning on fixing it. I promise. It was nothing a little scotch tape couldn't handle. Unfortunately, I waited too long and as he was playing with his toys and books today..... well..... Elmo is no more.
(Warning: Graphic picture ahead....)
And the only reason I am posting this is because it was so sad and so cute at the same time to see him so upset about Elmo being gone out of that last page. He totally knew something wasn't right and as hard as he tried to fix it, he just couldn't. Totally broke my heart.
I feel like I need to explain this last picture or something. Cause what kind of a mom takes a picture of her crying child? But then I realized both Stephen and I have baby pictures of us crying and it is one of those expressions that show true life, right? Anyway, all is well now. I distracted him with something else (the camera in fact!) and he was back to normal within a few minutes.
4 comments:
Oh poor Elmo! That's too cute. It's so fun when they start having their favorites...even if it isn't your favorite :)
Should I start the hunt now for Christmas gift of "Tickle Me Elmo?" I'm too old to go stand in line at 5:00 the Friday morning after Thanksgiving for whatever toy is the craze for the year. Give me advanced warning.
So sad! I hope you can find a new Elmo book soon...or restore the old one.
This is hilarious! Not that Elmo is all in pieces, but that this EXACT thing happend in our house when Austin was your babies age. Elmo is taped back on, but he falls off about every month or so. He sure loves the darn thing, I cant seem to part with it.
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