the latest obsession..............

Marmoset........I thought it was just a monkey????

Go Diego Go!!!!

It's so funny what kids get attached to......especially when you as the parent didn't even introduce them to such things....? Where I am going with this is.....at daycare, a couple of days per week....they will play Dora DVDs for the kids while the parents are picking them up. I suppose????...this is how Gentry got introduced to Diego - Dora's cousin. (It's crazy that I know that???) Secondly, Gentry's cousin - Braydon left a Diego DVD at our house almost 2 years ago when Gentry was a tiny thing. Braydon explained that he wanted to give it to Gentry. (very sweet) So I just put it away....knowing the next time Braydon came for a visit that it would be here for him to watch....

This brings us to present day......one day - Gentry was searching through our abundance of DVDs to find something to watch. I was secretly hoping....anything but Elmo, anything but Elmo.....as a parent, I'm tired of Elmo's high pitched squeaky voice - but he is cute. Low and behold - Gentry pulls out the one and only Diego DVD. I said sure - because I myself have never watched it and thought, "it's not Elmo - so let's go for it!"

Now Diego is apart of our daily life. In the morning - Gentry is asking for Diego. After naps, Gentry is asking for Diego. At dinner, Gentry is asking for Diego, so on and so on....

Lucky for us, Diego is educational....Gentry is learning about different types of animals, and even some spanish. The other day, I looked over Gentry's shoulder as he was watching Diego and I said, "oh look Gentry, a monkey!", he quickly corrected me by saying "No Mommy - that's a Marmoset." A what???? Apparently, a marmoset is the smallest monkey in the rainforest. And they eat tree sap. Boy - do I have a lot to learn?

Either way - I am having a love-hate relationship with Diego. I'm actually missing Elmo.