After 15 very long hours in the car with a 19 month-old who has just learned to say “no” I’m exuberant to be back home. I hope y’all had a merry Christmas, ours was wonderful. We had Christmas Eve with my mom’s side of the family, and Christmas day with my dad’s. Needless to say Thomas made quite a haul. I think we’re set for clothes until he’s 4.
One of the more interesting toys Thomas received this year was an “Elmo knows my name” toy. That’s the one that comes with a USB cable and an install CD. You install the Elmo program on your PC, connect the USB cable into Elmo’s back and upload all your child’s information. Now Elmo knows (and flaunts his knowledge of) Thomas’ name, favorite color, breakfast food, lunch food, snack food, dinner food, 3 favorite people, favorite animal, wake-up time, nap time, bed time, birthday and some other miscellaneous information I can’t remember off hand. Yeah, did you ever see I-Robot with Will Smith? Let me assure you that hearing a toy call your child by name is anything but ordinary. It’s a little weird, to be honest. But it’s not just weird for me, every time Elmo calls his name Thomas whips his head around with an astonished “What the crap?” look on his face. Of course, a toy knowing my son’s name is a long way from it trying to kill me, but still.
So all in all we had a great Christmas. Good night, Elmo, wherever you are.
