Addictions

It's official, there are two addicts in our house.

Jen gave us an advent calendar that had little chocolates behind the doors. Madeline and Mallory were thrilled. On December 1st, Madeline got to open the first door and eat the chocolate. This made Mallory cry because she wanted to eat the chocolate, so I gave her a cookie. The next day, Mallory got to open the door and eat the chocolate. This almost made Madeline cry because she wanted to eat the chocolate, but at least she knew she could have a cookie. On December 3rd, Madeline got the chocolate, Mallory got a cookie - no complaining. On December 4th, Mallory got the chocolate, Madeline got the cookie. The next day, Madeline was horrified to find that the chocolate that was supposed to be behind the December 5th door was gone, as were approximately 3/4 of the rest of the chocolates. Apparently, Mallory had helped herself to the chocolate during "nap time" the day before... We have a chocoholic on our hands.

Brianna has her own addiction. She is chronically addicted to Elmo. She absolutely LOVES Elmo. She received an Elmo stuffed toy, an Elmo coloring book, an Elmo phone, Elmo DVDs and Elmo books for Christmas. She runs around the house singing, "EL-MO WU-D!!" (Elmo's World.) She also now picks up the remote control ("mote"), hands it to us and says "Elmo" and expects us to make Elmo appear on the television. If Elmo does not appear within the correct amount of time (as determined by Brianna), she will lay down on the floor and throw a fit. If we do turn on Elmo, she runs to the closet to get a blanket, climbs up on the couch and covers herself up. She then reclines her head on a throw pillow and watches her show. Although she likes the other Sesame Street characters well enough, she is only happy when Elmo is on the screen. If Elmo is not starring in the current show segment, she will pick up the remote control and run to find us crying, "Elmo! Elmo!" in a panicked voice. We have started her on an Elmo detox program.