Happy

For Eli's first birthday, Uncle Tim gave him an Elmo puppet book. You can put your fingers in the back of the book and make the puppet move his arms and mouth, all while singing "If you're happy and you know it". Consequently, Eli has started calling this book "Happy". I have never allowed Eli the joy of watching Sesame Street. Oddly enough, I did not want Eli spending the entire day watching television. Six straight Baby Einstein videos are OK, but heaven forbid he watch an hour of Big Bird and his friends. No one ever said that I was rational. Actually, I think it is more that Sesame Street has changed its format since I was a kid, so now I am biased against it. Either way, the only reason that Eli even knows of Elmo is through this book. Now, anytime he sees Elmo he calls him Happy.

It's a good thing he applies this logic only to his Elmo book. Who knows what nickname Chris or I would have!