Worthy "hearts" Elmo

Lately, Worthy has been coming up to me and saying "Elmo talk!" What she wants is for her Elmo puppet to talk to her. She knows somehow it's me talking for Elmo, but she still talks to Elmo as if he were real. For example, in the following picture, she was reading a story and Elmo (me) kept interrupting. So, she put her hand over his mouth so he would be quiet.



I am using Elmo to get her to understand it's not OK to hit- even in fun. After she hits Elmo, Elmo "hides" and she'll put her arm around him, hug him, and say, "I'm sorry." All this time my hand is in the back of him.

Good friends also know how to yell "boo" to each other which makes them dissolve in laughter:




And, when you're taking a picture with your good friend you always put your arm around them.



Now, I understand that other kids may have or will do similar. I've just never had a child who seemingly so believed this puppet was really the one talking. I'm thinking to myself, "Don't you see my mouth moving? Do you not hear that Elmo sounds a little bit like Mommy, or Caleb, or Daddy?"