Elmo takes over

LG hasn't seen a single episode of Sesame Street, but he knows who Elmo is. Last week he started saying "Ahmo Ahmo" to a talking Elmo toy we borrowed from a friend. Today at the grocery store with N he saw a big Elmo balloon and immediately recognized it.

What exactly is Elmo's draw? Does that little kiddy voice entrance our young? The big bulgy eyes?

LG's words, in order that he started using them: ngheee, no, owl, mama, dada, ahmo, & ball. If there were ASL for Elmo I'm sure he'd know that too. I may have come after mama, but I'm counting my blessings that I at least came before Ahmo.

Almost sorta famous

I was contacted today by Schmap, makers of free digital map guides, about this photo that I took in Hawaii in March. Apparently it is on a "short list" to be used in a publication in the near future.



I was excited, until I realized a small problem. The guide it would be used in is for Sydney, Australia, while the photo is of the convention center in Honolulu, which pretended to be the Sydney airport for (the best show ever) LOST. Maybe no one will notice.

Eeyore is a dog

and a fly is a bird.

LG (16 months) has been learning sign language, and everything gets categorized into about eight signs. It's hard not to feel a little envious of his world view. So simple and pleasant.

I told N not to kill the fly in front of him, lest LG think we were killing a bird. He doesn't know the sign yet for saturnine donkey, so Eeyore (my favorite Disney character) will be a dog for now.

We're not cruel to all insects; consider the fecund arachnid Charlotte on our balcony.

R.I.P. Bob the fly.