Yellow.

Christian has a thing for all things yellow. It all started when it was the first color word he could say. We made a big deal out of it. "lellow". It was great. Then everything was yellow. Show him a red cup, "lellow". Definitively yellow. One day Rich had the idea to show Christian the Coldplay video of "Yellow". (One of Christian's favorite activities is to watch (appropriate) videos on YouTube with Daddy.) With this, the love of the song "Yellow" has snowballed into a general love of a few Coldplay videos/songs. Currently "Clhlockshs" is our favorite. (thats "Clocks" for those of you who are not familiar). "Fix You" and "Scientist" are also on heavy rotation. Pajamas with yellow stripes are now things we cry for, flail our arms for and throw our entire body on the floor for. oy.

Another big yellow that just entered our little world is a yellow hat. Rich and I groan at the mention of this hat. It all started last Friday when I picked Christian up at daycare. I pulled into the parking lot and see that his group is outside and notice a kid toddling around pushing a lawn mower. He has this HUGE yellow bucket hat on..can barely see out of it. I think to myself, "what mother sent their kid out in that?" WELL, I get outside and find out that my son took off his Red Sox bucket hat during water play that morning and submerged it in the water table. By afternoon outdoor time, the thing was still dripping wet and even at his insistence (more flailing, crying and body throwing) was told he couldn't wear it. Well, he wasn't hearing it. He NEEDED a hat. (In the back of my head; I am quite proud of this. He knows he needs to wear a hat in the sun, YAY me...and YAY Rich!) So, the solution to the hat dilemma was a play hat they had in the room that was a lovely peach floral on the outside and bright banana yellow on the inside. The teachers turned it inside out and Christian happily wore it outside. At pickup, he refused to leave without it and we were given permission to bring it home for the weekend. WELL, we loved that hat so much (by we, I mean Christian) that we had to wear it to bed. And when we woke up. And when we went out. Rich and I had to hide that thing in a closet behind some boxes so that he wouldn't find it when we went out to the zoo with some friends.

The Yellow Hat went back to school on Monday. I asked the teachers to have it moved to the other classroom. :)