New friends

Cora received these beautiful animals as a gift from my cousin Dara, who recently got married in Ohio. Dara comes from a very artistic family, and she designed them as part of her job, as a toy designer. Cora was very pleased with them!

Cora has decided that she LOVES Elmo, the Sesame Street character with the babyish voice. We don't even have cable, but we found on Youtube a clip of Elmo singing "Elmo's Song" with Big Bird and Snuffy, and she has fallen in love. You can see that by the above video; she asks for the video clip on the computer countless times each day. Below, you see Cora in heaven, watching the clip. We've decided to get a little Elmo doll and put it in Cora's room when we move into our new home, to welcome her into her new room. (And it won't be the singing, dancing, talking Elmo dolls you see so many places - we played with one today in the store and it scared Cora. After it ran through its spiel, Cora kept saying "All done! All done!")