Y'all. I'm done with monologues about hippos. . .

[HeatherH]

at 3 AM!!!!

My 3 yo has, since Daddy's been working out of town, gotten into the habit of waking at 3 am and getting into bed with me.

This week, she gets into bed and talks nonstop about HIPPOS for about a half an hour.

I am too. old. for. this. I. am. tired.

That is all.

[Book Crazy]

So teaching her a song about Hippos would not be good idea then? ;)

How about if she sang about them in Latin?

Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud (http://www.minimus-etc.co.uk/SupportSheets/supportsheet7Mud.pdf)

[Once]

I am sorry I had to smile about this.

Thankfully my dc do not talk in the middle of the night when they wake up. If they did I'm sure I'd be very unhappy about it. It sounds like your dd is very cute and loves you very much. You must be a great momma to last a half an hour. I'd cut mine off waaay before that. :tongue_smilie: But then again I would have missed the great memory too!

:grouphug: to you. Put your feet up and read a book about hippos today. ;)

[Book Crazy]

How about a video of a singing Hippo?

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJwgP44Ap9E)

[HeatherH]

How about a video of a singing Hippo?

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJwgP44Ap9E)


OK, I should SOOOO negative rep you, but I'm laughing like crazy!!!!

My ds just printed the Mud poem - we're going to put it in our queue for Poetry Memorization!!!!!!

[Book Crazy]

You will be singing that song all day now. If you are still singing it by Dinner time, feel free to neg rep me. :D

[abbeyej]

A book (http://www.amazon.com/Am-Beautiful-Else-Holmelund-Minarik/dp/0688099114) you'll just have to track down for her...

[HeatherH]

Seriously. . . .

Keep this coming!!

She turns 4 in a month, and you know as the youngest of 4 girls, we have every doll, etc. known to mankind.

We're thinking about doing an all hippo birthday!!!!!

[abbeyej]

And I always love Hilaire Belloc (http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=belloc&book=beasts&story=hippo&PHPSESSID=692c6de804555919a6cd8041551c7a95)....

[abbeyej]

"Am I Beautiful" really is a wonderfully sweet little book for any little one -- but the hippo-obsessed particularly! :)

(You know, hippos and eggplants do share a certain resemblance don't they?)

[HeatherH]

"Am I Beautiful" really is a wonderfully sweet little book for any little one -- but the hippo-obsessed particularly! :)

(You know, hippos and eggplants do share a certain resemblance don't they?)

That book does look sweet -

And I did have the thought that at least I'm not sleeping with 3 yo and a rotten eggplant!!! :lol:

[Book Crazy]

Here are some hippo items that I found.

Plush Standing Hippo (http://www.amazon.com/Fiesta-Toys-Plush-Standing-Hippo/dp/B000OG7OKO/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1218731490&sr=8-1)

Lot of hippo stuff (http://www.thebigzoo.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?Search=Yes)

[Kay in Cal]

Another singing hippo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r523meU_lw