Freak-Me-Out-Elmo

My sweet, fun-loving brother and lovely sister-in-law have purchased for Braden some of his favorite toys.

From his baby registry, they got him the BE Musical Turtle Crib Toy, which he LOVES.

When we visited this past summer, they gave him this little guy:

Its sings the ABCs, which is one of Braden’s favorite songs.

And for Christmas, they got him the Stretch & Fun Elmo.  Which he is really amused by (he loves that red freak).

This toy version of Elmo has arms and legs you can pull, and when you do he says silly things, like, “Elmo needs a good stretch!” and “Whoooooaaa!” and “Teeeheeeheee!!!”

You really have to give those arms and legs a gooood tug to get him to say anything, though.  At first, Braden couldn’t do it by himself.  Lately, he is good at it, and so he likes the toy even more.

Braden plays with it, pulls the legs, laughs, and then deposits it somewhere.  This is pretty much his M.O. with all toys, no big deal. 

A couple of weeks ago, he had left it sitting on its face in his room.  It stayed there for a couple days like that.

I think Elmo got tired of sitting on his face.

Because we were sitting in the living room watching a DVD together, and from Braden’s Room I heard,

“ELMO NEEDS A GOOD STRETCH!”

And really, I don’t think I was imagining the annoyed tone that is usually not there when he says that.

I may have nightmares.