Dandy Dandy

Rebecca's really started loving Blue's Clues in the last few weeks.  She asks for it now almost as much as she asks for the Wiggles, though I think she still likes the Wiggles better.  The problem is, finding Blue's Clues stuff is pretty much just as hard as it is to find Wiggles stuff, since Blue's Clue's isn't made anymore, so they don't make anymore Blue's Clues books, clothes, toys, coloring books, etc.  The only way to find them is used.

I was excited to find a $1 Blue's Clues DVD at the baby sale this past weekend where I sold my stuff, but that was all I found.  I have a couple of Blue's Clues puzzles from when Rachel was little, but they're too hard for Rebecca (and she's not really into puzzles, while Rachel really was).  I did find a pair of Blue's Clues PJs in my stash of clothes (someone gave them to me as hand-me-downs for Rachel, but they were too small for her when we got them, so she never got to wear them), so Rebecca got to wear them the other night for the first time when it got chilly (since they're long sleeved).  She was thrilled!! 

She carries around her "Dandy Dandy Notebook" (it's actually Rachel's princess coloring pad, but she took it over as her own and calls it her dandy dandy notebook (instead of a "Handy Dandy Notebook," which is what it's called in the show, for those of you who aren't familiar with Blue's Clues!) and a crayon for much of the day, and periodically sits down and says to me, "Wet's Fink."  (Let's Think)  Sometimes she'll bring the notebook up to me and say, "Mommy, we have all free cwoos!"  (all three clues)

She greets me by saying, "Oh, hi!"  (Because that's what Steve says on the show.) 

Whenever she sees a picture of a paw print she yells, "A Cwoo!  A Cwoo!" (A clue, A clue!)  Every week Rachel brings home a class newsletter, and since her school's mascot is the Cougars, there's always a cougar paw print on the newsletter.  Rebecca always wants it because it's, "A cwoo!  A cwoo!" but I need it because it has Rachel's spelling words for the week on it.  So I've started saving the old one and letting Rebecca have it after the spelling test is done rather than giving her the new one.

That girl cracks me up.