Elmo and The Owl
So when I posted yesterday, Samantha (the almost 3 year old) had just entered the computer room and demanded my attention. So I quickly finished writing and clicked “Publish Now” and then watched as the new post appeared on my blog. To simultaneously entertain her while I was finishing up, I pointed to the picture of me on my blog and told her “That’s me. That’s Aunt Kathleen.” She looked at me with a HUGE smile and exclaimed, “So cute!” I love her.
I said, “Thank you. That’s a nice thing to say.” She repeated, “You’re cute. So cute.” Then I replied, “Thanks, Sam. You’re cute too.” And in her tiniest of voices, as if to indicate that she has humility, she said, “Thank you.”
Today, the children were a little less angelic than they were yesterday but still super cute (when not consumed with screaming, crying or temper tantrums.) Brad would be falling all over himself in love with these kids if he was here. He loves kids.
While we were watching Elmo do a tap dancing number as baby Simon napped, Sammy was engrossed in Elmo and kept announcing, “Elmo!” to us all in case our attentions were diverted with adult conversations and the like. Then, there was a segment with Elmo and Julia Roberts throughout which Sammy remained perfectly silent. Then, there was a very Sargeant Pepper-ish slash Yellow Submarine “music video” with Elmo singing lead vocals. Throughout this video, Sam kept perfectly quiet and perfectly still. All of a sudden, she shouted “OWL!” and I looked up. Sure enough, there was Brad’s best friend the Owl on tv - who knew he was so famous?!
