Sunday, December 16, 2007

Our Little Man...

Last week, Paul played Sammy a few clips of Elmo (from Sesame Street) posted on YouTube and suddenly Sammy was an "Elmo Junkie." Sammy could not get enough of Elmo (that red furry muppet with the falsetto voice targeted at toddlers)...so we went to Wal-Mart and bought a few Sesame Street DVDs. One of them is a multi-DVD collection of Sesame Street episodes from the 1970's. Watching them with Sammy brought back memories from decades ago.

Sammy really responds to the Sesame Street shows. Oh, he likes to watch the Wiggles, but they just seem to sing songs about "Fruit Salad". With Sesame Steet, Sammy is answering questions from the TV...talking back. When they introduce a letter, Sammy dutifully repeats it out loud.

Sammy also has been working on the Alphabet Song. He doesn't quite know all the letters by heart, but he's able to finish off many of the sequences.


In some ways having a child is an excuse to relive your own childhood...