ELMO!

The creators of Sesame Street are geniuses.  There must be something scientific about the color red and the pitch of his voice and they know what they're doing because the grip this creature holds can't have just been dumb luck.  It probably only took one viewing for the twoddlers to become addicted to E-L-M-O, as we often say to avoid the desperate, addiction-like pleas and longing to be able to watch that red monster in action.

And, I must admit, D and I are impressed by the talent of the Elmo guy.  I probably shouldn't admit this in public, but we have enjoyed searching through Elmo videos (primarily the ones where he teams up with singers) to find ones to share with the kids. 

Here are some of our favorites, ok, well, so they're almost all favorites...

The classic.  Elmo's song.  One that gets stuck and you find yourself humming on your way to work...

I think I've mentioned that our kids like ducks.  So, what could be better than Elmo and ducks?

Who wouldn't love Andrea Bocelli singing them a lullaby?  And it makes us laugh pretty much every time.

Of course there's also the great combo with silly Adam Sandler.

More Jason Mraz than Elmo, but no complaints here.

Can't leave out Norah Jones.

We're also in the counting stage.

Not sure this will have any positive influence on the potty training, but it's worth a shot!

This isn't one of my faves, but the twoddlers get transfixed.