Ryan Loves Elmo!

He's gone Elmo crazy! We have started this bedtime ritual of dinner and bath followed by storytime. Ryan's favorite story of all time is Baby Elmo. I think Greg and I have pretty much memorized the entire book cover to cover. As soon as we are finished reading he immediatley replies more and hands the book to us again. We usually end up reading Baby Elmo at least 10 times before convincing him we need to move on to another book. Then we usually turn to Dr. Seuss I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (one of Uncle Freddie's childhood favorites) which by the way sadly Greg and I have started memorizing by default as well. But this story is much longer so 2 times and we are pretty good and tired by then. Baby Elmos still remains his all time favorite....we have even used Elmo to bribe him at night...

We tell him...
"Baby Elmo is going night night now and he wants Ryan to go night night too"
Ryan's response to this is "No"!
When asked the question "Ryan who is your favorite Sesame Street character"?
He responds "Eaymo"
He even has an Elmo bathmat, Elmo phone, Elmo silverware, Elmo T-shirt, Elmo placemats (a special treat when we eat out), and Elmo stuffed toy. He just adores Baby Elmo.

We also seem to think his favorite color is yellow. He actually was reading a book of colors during one diaper change this week and he called out "Yeayyow" I quickly looked to see what page he was on and he was indeed on the yellow page with a duck and a piece of cheese titled Yellow! I thought wow does he really know what yellow really is? I thought for a brief moment maybe he knows how to read but no I don't think so. He loves to say "yeayyow" when asked what is your favorite color. But sadly he thinks cookie monster eats crackers and that he is yellow too....

Anyways we are headed to Ma for the long weekend to celebrate our anniversary! I can't believe 4 years has passed by so quickly! I know poor mom and dad have to watch Ryan again for us while we spend the day in the Berkshires at the Cranwell resort and spa on Sunday (an anniversary tradition) but somehow I don't think they will mind too much. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.