Birdie, Elmo, and the Farm Animals

Joe Nation. Bridie Brigade. We know that you are one. Thus, you will no doubt have noted that we wrote Ted had taken video of Julie reading to both bambini and may be wanting to see what went down when Birdie was in Julie's lap. Here, too, you will be coming in midstream, and you need to have your listening ears on straight away to catch Clara saying "David," after the Birds find Elmo's friend, David, in Goodnight, Elmo. Not long after, you will hear her repeat, "five stars."

Then, you will see her thinking, "Let's blow this popsicle stand, Elmo. David? Who's with me?" Birdie has one of those sharp eye teeth coming in and has a rather wickded case of diaper rash and so isn't much for sitting still these days. Who can blame her?

Bonus footage: here you can see Clara listening to Farm Animals* just before Joe had made his way downstairs from upstairs where he was meant to be sitting staring at the four walls and considering how little fun that was and therefore concluding he ought not run about and scream like a wild thing before bath. Of course Our Hero did nothing of the sort as later, we found the humidifier (which was absent it's tank that had been refilled downstairs and was waiting to be ferried back up), on, with an outlet cover set just so where the tank would ordinarily be. Listen closely and in addition to Clara lowing like a cow, among other things, you can hear Joe calling down the stairs as he makes his way down them to the bathroom, and then using the bathroom, before scampering to the couch--this whole thinking about the consequences of one's actions wholly lost on him.

*Interestingly, the books Birdie selected in these clips are sort of outliers these days. Lately, she's all about If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and its progeny.