Elmo Is Not G-Rated and Micah Loves Him

I was reading a book about Elmo visiting his grandparents. (To the daycare kids, not to myself.)

Am I the only one who thinks it's a little disturbing that Elmo's parents, grandparents, sister and friends all wear clothing, yet Elmo has not a stitch on him anywhere?


Micah must be a fan of Elmo. The boy will not wear clothing as long as the pool is set up. He just never knows when the urge to take the plunge will hit, and he cannot be hindered by clothing. Although today he realized that shoes are a good thing. If he has shoes on he can walk much faster without fear of stepping on something sharp, hot or yucky.

And walk he did. As I was doing this:





He was doing this:



It's like a real-live Where's Waldo, only with Micah. He's in the field; I found him the third time I looked. That was after checking the road (both ways), the shed and the house. (We always start with the dangerous places first.)

Try this photo, it makes everything much easier to see. Especially if you click on it to make it larger.



And being rather Elmo-like in dress (or lack thereof) it's so easy to do this:



That is exactly what it looks like, if you think it looks like a little boy took a whiz on a rock. (And those tacky things sitting there are courtesy of one of Sam's coworkers. What is one expected to do with things like those?)

I really wonder that I get anything done in a day at all. (This, of course, is only a tip of the iceberg that he subjected me to today.) The boy not only keeps me on my toes, but probably has the neighbors picking up the phone to call Children and Youth a dozen times a day.