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TICKLE ME ELMO

 

 

 

YES I KNOW I’M 70 YEARS OLD AND I’M NOT IN MY SECOND CHILD HOOD BUT I HAVE A TICKLE ME ELMO DOLL.  MY DAUGHTER SUSAN GAVE IT TO ME FOR A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.  WHY, I HAVE NO IDEA UNLESS SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A TERRIFIC JOKE.  BUT THE JOKE WAS ON HER.  I LIKED THE LITTLE FELLOW AND WHEN I MADE IT LAUGH IT MADE MY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER LAUGH.

 

COME TO THINK ABOUT IT ELMO IS NOT THE ONLY DOLL I HAVE.  I HAVE AN INDIAN PRINCESS DOLL THAT JENNY, ONE OF MY EMAIL FRIENDS THAT LIVES IN CHICAGO MAILED TO ME.  WE WERE EMAILING BACK AND FORTH TALKING ABOUT BEING LITTLE INDIANS AND … BUT THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.

 

I HAVE ANOTHER DOLL.  THIS ONE IS A CHUBBLES FROM THE FIRST STAR WARS MOVIE.  YOU PASS YOUR HAND IN FRONT OF IT’S NOSE AND BREAK THE BEAM OF LIGHT AND IT TRIBBLES.  I BOUGHT THAT ONE AT A GARAGE SALE TO HAVE HERE AT THE HOUSE WHEN CHIVONA, MY GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER CAME TO VISIT.  WHEN SHE WAS TWO YEARS OLD SHE COULD TRIBBLE JUST LIKE THE DOLL.

 

OH YES!  I HAVE A FUZZY REINDEER DOLL HOLDING A LITTLE BASKET THAT WAS FULL OF CANDY AT ONE TIME.  THE CANDY DIDN’T LAST LONG BUT THE FUZZY REINDEER IS STILL WITH ME.  WHEN MY GREAT GRANDSON HAS HIS SECOND BIRTHDAY I’LL HAVE TO FILL THE BASKET WITH JELLY BEANS AND GIVE IT TO HIM FOR A BIRTHDAY PRESENT.

 

THEN THERE IS BIG BIRD SITTING UP THERE ON MY BOOK CASE BUT HE IS NOT REALLY A DOLL.  HE IS A BANK AND I’VE BEEN FEEDING HIM MY LOOSE CHANGE FOR A YEAR NOW.  HE’S GETTING PRETTY HEAVY.  I MAY HAVE TO PUT HIM ON A DIET.  ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL GIVE HIM TO DENNIS, MY GREAT GRANDSON.  

 

I KEEP A FRESH BATTERY IN ELMO AND WHEN I GET LONESOME TO SEE THE GREAT GRANDKIDS I TAKE HIM DOWN AND PRESS ONE OF HIS PRESSURE POINTS TO HEAR HIM LAUGH.  THIS REMINDS ME OF HOW THE KIDS LAUGH AND IT HELPS ME MAKE IT A LITTLE LONGER BEFORE I HAVE TO SEE THEM.

 

JOHNNIE TELLS ME IT’S ALRIGHT TO HAVE THESE DOLLS AS LONG AS I LEAVE THEM SETTING ON THE BOOK CASE BUT IF SHE EVER CATCHES ME TAKING ONE TO BED WITH ME OR SUCKING MY THUMB I’M IN DEEP DOO DOO.    SHE DOESN’T WANT ANOTHER CHILD TO RAISE.

 

  BY LOREN MOORE

COPYRIGHT 2003

LOREN

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