Oswald

I thought I would take a moment and introduce a family friend of ours. As I type this Lily is sitting nice and quietly on the couch watching her favorite show, Oswald. This is the only time Lily will sit still for more than two minutes at a time. I don't know what it is about this show but she absolutely loves it. Oswald has a pet dog named Weenie and his two best friends are Henry (a penguin) and Daisy (yes she's a daisy). Lily will say hello to each of them as they come on the screen at the beginning of the epside. Oswald and his friends reside in Big City, a place Colin says he would love to live because everything costs a quarter. Oswald is on the Noggin channel (owned by Nickelodeon) and it's like pre-school on tv, or at least that is what the commercial says. If you ever happen to catch an episode you might ask yourself by Oswald seems so familiar to you and that is because he is voiced by Fred Savage. I thought a stuffed Oswald would be a great Christmas present for Lily but I quickly learned that the lovely folks at Nickelodeon stopped making Oswald products and the only place to get one is ebay where they sell anywhere from $100 to $200. I love my daughter but am not crazy enough to pay that much for a stuffed octopus sooo I thought it couldn't be that hard to make one, right? Wrong! I did make one and I think he turned out pretty good but I would rather not repeat the experience.