Meet Leo!!

Meet Leo, as in Little Einstein's. Here he is with his baton which he uses to conduct. For about a week now Carter has been calling himself Leo. He loves Little Einstein's. It is the show he always asks for and the one I put on when he wakes up too early and I want him fully occupied while I try to get a little more rest. He and Jillian played as though they were the Little Einstein's for a few days, running around freeing rocket from aliens, and singing and conducting. Jillian started out as Annie but decided she wanted to be June. Now I am Annie, Carter is Leo, Jillian is June & Christian is Quincy. It is all pretty cute and very imaginative right? At least it started that way. Carter now corrects anyone who calls us by our real name and tells them our Little Einstein name instead. When I say Carter I hear "I am just Weo (Leo) mom". When I say Jillian I hear "No She is June" When Jillian calls me Mom we hear "no she is Annie" etc, all day long!!!!!! I can't even call him buddy or a boy without him telling me he is not he is Leo. At the store today a little girl came up to Jillian & Carter and Jillian introduced her self and then Carter said "and my name is Leo".

Christian is afraid he will start to believe he really is Leo and lose touch with reality. Grandpa Parke suggested he might have a split personality. Who knows, all I know is I am tired of being corrected and never getting a straight answer for all the "No, I am Leo's". Also, he carries this pencil around as his baton all day long everyday. If I ever happen to get it away from him it is only a moment before he is saying "Where's my baton". It is funny that he likes it so much he wont even set it down to eat, he has to have it back right after the bath, and holds it while he plays with toys. I think someone has an addictive personality. It went from Binky, to his stuffed dog chocolate to his baton. I have started making him give it to me while he runs around the house or jumps off things but we are fairly sure he will have at least one major puncture wound before he gives up his baton. At least it is unsharpened and the eraser and metal were chewed and removed.