Sophia's Favorite Cartoon Characters

Sophia fell in love with miffy when she was 13 months old. She watched Miffy and friends show at CCTV while we were on vacation in China. I was very exited because that was the first time she was into a cartoon character. I bought her a pink miffy doll, and borrowed miffy books and video from library. But her interest didn’t last long. She was no longer interested in anything about miffy after we were back to US.

I always love little people. I wish there were things like that when I was a child. So I bought Sophia almost every little people playset. I gave her the first one when she was 10 months old. It’s the sweet sound doll house. She didn’t explore all the bells and whistles until she saw the first little people DVD. Little people DVD is truly great for toddlers. The stories aren’t too long, or too short. They are just the length that a toddler can sit still. The stories are colorful and educational. Sophia enjoys a lot. She cheers whenever she hears the little people music song or sees the little people logo on TV. Nothing else can make a 14 months old sit down. She laughs, sings and dances with the music. She can watch the same DVD again and again. Little people DVD activates Sophia’s imagination. However she has never been able to remember a name of any of the characters in little people, because there are too many names.

When Sophia was just moved to toddler room in daycare, her teacher told me she said “elmo” one day. I didn’t believe her because none of us ever taught her “elmo”. Now I believe because I know where she learns that from. It’s from Pampers diaper. Every time I change her, she says “Ah Ma”. I didn’t know what that mean before. But yesterday she said “Ah Ma” and pointed the dirty diaper which has a cute elmo printed on it. To confirm my understanding, I grabbed a clean one and gave it to her. Sophia pointed the elmo and said “Ah Ma”, and then flipped over, said again “Ah Ma”. Because there is elmo on the front and back of the diaper. Now I recall when I showed her the TMX elmo video she laughed so hard. At that time I thought she would have loved the same if I showed her a tumble tiger. Now I know I underestimated her.

Dora is getting very popular. I love Dora, too. She’s cute. But I have a little concern about her Spanish. I’m afraid that Sophia will get more confused with the third language. Anyway I still got her a dancing Dora (too cute to pass) and a Dora book. Recently Sophia falls in love with Dora after seeing Dora the explorer DVD. She calls her “daaa”. Now I have to figure out what she calls “boots”.