Sunday, December 22, 2013

"I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas"

We have our own version of this song at the Dougherty house this year...

I want a hippopotamus flamingo for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus flamingo will do
Don't want a doll
No dinky tinker toy
I want a hippopotamus flamingo to play with and enjoy

This year Addison is asking Santa for a flamingo!  We aren't sure where she came up with the idea but she has held strong on wanting Santa to bring her a flamingo since before Thanksgiving!  Sure, she has seen flamingos at the zoo and they are one of her favorites...but its been months since we've seen or talked about flamingos.  John did notice there was a stuffed flamingo in the Toys R Us Toy Catalog and now when you ask her about flamingos she will run and grab the catalog and show you.

She knows what she wants and when anyone talks about Santa or she sees a Santa or hears a song about Santa, she blurts out "Santa bring Addie a flamingo!"  But she says it so loud and so fast, most people besides Mom and Dad can't understand what she is saying.  Even as we've did our Christmas party circuit this year she would hardly tell a stranger her name or age, but if they asked her what she wanted Santa to bring her sure enough...."Santa bring Addie flamingo"...ha!

Regardless...what baby wants, baby gets!  So being the wonderful parents we are we scoured the internet high and low and decided on a reasonably priced (and sized) inflatable flamingo and book about flamingos to surprise her with on Christmas morning.  Can't wait to see her reaction!  But seeing she is a toddler, there is a good chance she will be more interested in the box its wrapped in...sigh.

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