New Year's Birthday Party

What New Year's Party would be complete without noisemakers? Doubly required for a New Year's BIRTHDAY party! Who knew they would be such a hit with 20-month-old Frankie? And, who knew he would be so adept at making them work? His only dilemma was that he couldn't seem to blow hard enough to make "the noise." So, he tried trading with someone whose noisemaker was working. When all else failed, he dubbed in his own "noise," as in the second video.

Birthday Balloon Bash

New Year's Day 2011: It's Mommy's 25th birthday and lots of colorful balloons are on display. Frankie delighted in discovering their many uses and Grandpa was an all-too-willing accomplice!

Hokey Pokey with Frankie and Elmo!

Christmas morning, 2010: Frankie meets Elmo, a gift from Mommy who knows how much Frankie likes music and dancing. Elmo does the Hokey Pokey and makes us all laugh. For about a week, Frankie preferred to watch Grandpa, Grandma and Mommy dance with Elmo. Frankie, meanwhile, would watch from the sidelines and run to re-start Elmo to keep us going--even though, after a while, we all concurred with Elmo who declared at the end of each dance, "That was fun. Elmo's pooped!"
By New Year's Day, 2011, Frankie had decided to join in the fun. He preferred to do it in a corner, rather than out in the middle of the room. These videos capture his delightful reaction Christmas morning to the silly dancing Elmo and then show Frankie's own version which includes a lot of spinning, a few hops, and a mimic of Elmo's words, "that's what it's all about!"