Elliot LOVES Dr. Seuss books. I must admit that I enjoy the silly urgency of the rhythms of Dr. Seuss, too. So much so that I read a lot of Dr. Seuss when Elliot was a baby. I guess it rubbed off because by the time that Jeff and I got tired of reading our Dr. Seuss collection, hid them, and tried to add the variety of other authors, Elliot was already hooked, searched until he found them, and protested until we brought them out again. Now, 90% of the time we give Elliot the choice of a book, it's from the Dr. Seuss collection and since we have them memorized from reading them so much, we don't even have to look at the book to read it. :)
All that to say that another of Dr. Seuss's loves has rubbed off on Elliot...the love of hats. If you visit the
Seussville website, you can read Dr. Seuss's (aka Theodore/"Ted" Seuss Geisel and Theo. LeSieg)
biography and you'll learn, among other things, that...
"The Geisel's were excellent hosts, holding weekly dinner parties that included extensive and varied guest lists. These parties often took on lives of their own; Ted's penchant for funny hats, for example, would weave its way into a dinner party theme or two, and guests were expected to wear their funniest headgear - or risk Ted's assigning one from his personal collection."
So, here's Elliot with his stuffed animals (aka "the boys") wearing almost every hat he owns:
Elliot showing off Elmo's hat...
Elliot posing (reluctantly) with the boys...
The boys posing much more cooperatively...
Elliot indoctrinating Daddy into "The Boys Hat Club"...
Comments (1)
How funny, it is true stuffed animals are so much easier to photograph!