Can you tell me how to get...how to get to Sesame Street?

Eric doesn't watch much TV. His TV watching experience has been mostly limited to football and a few episodes of Sesame Street. However, he has really gotten into Elmo lately with a few of the books that we have around the house and somehow he remembers that he had seen Elmo and Big Bird on TV.

For the last week or so he has been trying to tell me that the Big Bird he sees in his book is also on TV. Grandma Lohse finally deciphered the code and figured out what he was saying. So, we turned on the TV and let him go nuts. He was very excited to see his "friends" on the TV and was running around and screaming.

After 10 minutes or so of all the excitement, he was exhausted. So, like a typical man, he collapsed into his chair. ;O)

Independence at its finest

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Bammmmm!

Eric may not be the famous Emeril Lagasse yet, but let me tell you, he is on his way. Eric loves kitchens, preferably the real deal. But when he finds a kitchen his size, he goes to town. Opening and closing the microwave with food inside, then putting it in the oven, and turning the burners on and off. It definitely could keep him entertained for hours. Most likely, that will be the first thing we buy him when we get a new house with a bit more room.

And to kick it up a notch...maybe an Easy Bake oven (do they even make those any more?!)

Baby Fred

No, no...we didn't have Baby #2 early and we didn't decide to name him/her Fred. Baby Fred is Eric's second best friend (after his monkey that he sleeps with). We gave him the baby for Christmas to hopefully start to expose him to babies in preparation for the real thing.

Baby Fred helps us out alot. He shows Eric how yummy his veggies are, he sits on Eric's potty (even though he has been pushed through the hole a few times!). Eric even puts him down for a nap and to bed everyday with a kiss and a belly rub. Unlike Monkey, he is allowed out of Eric's room and even on car trips with us to the grocery store.

Grandma Lohse caught a great photo of Eric and Fred that I just had to share. It may be one of my favorite pictures to date.

Now if Baby Fred could only help cook dinner and take Pokey on walks...