Probably any of you out there with children of a certain age will recognize today's blog title as the first line of Barney's insipid number one hit (which is pretty lame for many reasons, but mainly because he ripped off the music from
This Old Man. Come on, Barney! Write your own music, you loser!).
Having no children (at least of the non-furry variety) I never really knew the Barney song. But I know it intimately now. We got Abby her very own used Barney through Amazon and I would have ordered a different one if I'd realized they were sending us one that sings the whole of the
I Love You song! Actually, I should say "
sang" the
I Love You song, because luckily Abby has already chewed on him enough that his music box is now just deadweight in his stomach.
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Sadly, he's not as stinky. |
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"Mmmm. Barney tail." |
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She gave him the exact same tooth surgery as the last Barney. (Still not safe, Barney.) |
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"Could I have that back, please?" (Abby was impatient with my photo-shooting.) |
He actually came with an extra "Beanie" Barney that they threw in for free. (Guess there's not a lot of demand for Barney, so they can give him away... Those people probably bought that Beanie Barney back in the heyday of both Barney and Beanies, which according to wikipedia was ~1993 for both, thinking "Man, this is going to be worth something someday!") Anyway, the extra Barney is good for when she totally mangles the first one!
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Whoohoo! Two-for-one Barneys! |
Ever since she got
Spirit Jerry's Barney in the mail--which was actually addressed to her--she now thinks that any package that arrives is hers. Mike got some sunglasses in the mail the other day, and she was all over it while he was opening the box:
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"Is that for me??" |
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"I thought so!" |
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"I don't know who sent this, but it's awesome!" |
I guess since she likes to chew the boxes, all the packages really
are for her.
Anyway, back to Barney. If you are dying to know the whole Barney song, it goes like this (remember, to the tune of
This Old Man): "I love you; you love me. We're a happy family, with a great big hug and a kiss from me to you, won't you say you love me too?"
Here is what Barney looks after just a few days of living with Abby.
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I can see into your brain, Barney. And there ain't much there. |
He no longer asks her if she loves him too. I think he has his answer.
Thanks for reading.
Oh, P.S. My sis and I felted some corgis today. Thought I'd show off how cute they came out!
P.P.S. I can now say where we sent the original Barney on to... He went to Chili Dawg in Illinois. You can read about Chili's adventures with Barney
here (in Chili's words; quite amusing) and
here (in Chili's mom's words). The second blog has some good pics of what all comes along in the box with Barney!