{"id":12665,"date":"2008-11-15T00:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T04:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=12665"},"modified":"2008-11-15T00:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-15T04:41:00","slug":"elmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/elmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Elmo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ever since I watched two parents fight over a Tickle Me Elmo <\/em>one Christmas season, I have been aware of the affect Elmo has on people. Yet, I have never fully appreciated Elmo’s charisma until just a few days ago. <\/p>\n

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I don’t allow television in my home, so I try to buy Ethan and Vienna fun educational videos to watch once in awhile. Well, last week I bought Ethan some Elmo videos. WOW! Let me walk you through our conversation last night. <\/div>\n

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Me:<\/strong> Ethan, Can you name everyone in our family?<\/em>
Ethan:<\/strong> Mommy, Daddy<\/em>.
Me:<\/strong> Yes, Mommy and Daddy.<\/em>Ethan:<\/strong> Enna, Ofie, Buzzy<\/em>
Me:<\/strong> Yes, Vienna, Sophie, and Buster are our family.<\/em>Ethan:<\/strong> ELMO!!!!!!!!!!<\/em>
Me:<\/strong> Elmo? Ummm…yes…Elmo is here as well.<\/em>
Ethan:<\/strong> Bye Bye Mommy. Bye Bye Daddy. Hi Elmo! <\/em><\/div>\n


<\/em>So Elmo has moved in…and apparently is part of the family. <\/p>\n

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I guess I will be the next parent seen fighting over an Elmo doll during the Christmas season. Ethan and Vienna just died when they saw Live Elmo<\/em> the other day. I’ve quickly learned that Live Elmo<\/em> has replaced Tickle Me Elmo<\/em> and is in very high demand. So now I won’t be just fighting for just an Elmo doll. I’ll be fighting for a family member which brings a whole new intensity to any situation. <\/div>\n

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Note: Any grandparent looking for a Christmas gift for a certain adorable little two year old boy could easily win his heart with Live Elmo<\/em> while also giving the gift of no shopping nightmares to his mother. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever since I watched two parents fight over a Tickle Me Elmo one Christmas season, I have been aware of the affect Elmo has on people. Yet, I have never fully appreciated Elmo’s charisma until just a few days ago. I don’t allow television in my home, so I try to buy Ethan and Vienna […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1051],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays-parties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}