you CAN have too much of a good thing

i've recently gotten into a pattern of putting on a video for sweet pea while i'm making dinner. don't judge me. it's also important to know that she only sees about 45 minutes of tv a day. 20 minutes in the morning for sesame street, and then the video i put on for her that she half watches/half helps me make dinner. she has become QUITE the elmo fan and also quite the little tech-savvy toddler. she now knows that the video machine also takes dvd's. what she doesn't know is that they go in 2 different slots and when you put the elmo dvd in on top of the elmo video it makes a horrific wheezing sound as the video player tries to turn the dvd. she came screaming into the kitchen but i already knew something was up. i heard buttons pushing and the video player clacking then the scary wheezing noise. i think she thought she killed elmo. luckily, she didn't kill elmo OR the video machine. and i don't think she'll try to double up on elmo anytime soon.