Elmo - Friend or Foe?

Austin got a new toy from Gramma and Grandpop and he has lots of fun playing with it. It is an Elmo See-and-Say toy that has removable shapes on the front. When you pull off one of the shapes, it reveals a Sesame Street character beneath and says "Peekaboo! You found Cookie Monster. Cookie Monster is blue!" (or other name of character in there, etc....you get the idea). Then when you put it back in the right spot, it says "Wow! You found the blue rectangle!" He loves it and can now find any character upon request. Here he is enjoying his new toy...

But...if you pull the knob on the side it sometimes talks and asks where a certain character is, and it sometimes makes Elmo start singing. Whenever it starts singing, this is what happens...

Whenever any of Austin's toys start to sing, he sobs until Mommy or Daddy turns it off and consoles him. Go figure!
(p.s. Am I a bad mommy because I think this second picture is hilarious?)

Austin's favorite thing these days is climbing up on the couch and plopping down on it. He also adores his blue bear. He carries him around the house, gives him kisses and hugs all day long, snuggles with him, and demands that he sits with us when we read bedtime stories. Here he is snuggling with bear...

 

And reading to him...

When we went up to visit Nanny and Grandpa a couple weekends ago, we got a shelving unit at Ikea to organize Austin's playroom. It was getting so full of toys, there was no room to run around and play. We finally put the shelves together and organized his toys in the bins. I forgot to take a before picture, but the end result is amazing! He now has lots of room to run and play, which will be key as it gets colder and he is stuck inside more. Check out the beautifully organized playroom...

Then Austin got a hold of it. He immediately pulled a few of the bins out and dumped them on the floor so he could get into the bin. It is still working out great, though, since we have an easy way to clean up the toys and make the room feel bigger.   

One more random picture...

Austin helping Mommy make Daddy's birthday cake while taking call from home one evening.

2 comments:

Megs said...

I love that shelf from Ikea! I have been eyeing it for a couple of months now since we had to move all of Luke's toys from the screen porch to his bedroom (so they wouldn't get dirt on them).... too bad I have to convince Ben to take the 2 hour drive to Ikea.... need to work on him!:)

Flakymn said...

I think the 2nd pic is funny too! :)