One of the highlights of my afternoon – the thing that keeps me sane between nap time ending and Dan coming home – is watching Ellen with my three year old. Right when we might otherwise be having the world’s biggest afternoon meltdown (you know the ones, moms) – instead we turn on Ellen. When life has gotten me down this year between the new baby, Dan getting laid off last year, the move to Wisconsin for his new job, etc. etc. Ellen has been there to take my mind off of all that heavy “where did all our savings go?” blahs with shake weights and Hawaiian chairs and Sexy Santa Musical Chairs.
MM might be just as big of a fan as I am – he loves dancing along with Ellen and the audience and gets super excited when they play some of his favorite games like Know Or Go or Sumove It Move It. He knows all the staff members like Jeannie and Andy Short Shorts by name. It’s kind of my dream that someday we’ll be able to go see the show together in person.
The next best thing? Was seeing this the other day:
This makes him basically a celebrity right? It would, admittedly, be better if she’d shown it live on her show and been all like, “MM from Wisconsin is basically my biggest fan and I want him on my show,” but I was pretty thrilled with this, too.
And thanks to the handy screen capture function and my blog, his celebrity status can now be memorialized in the interweb FOREVER. But Ellen, if you are reading this – his birthday is April 7 and I know he’d love to get tickets to your show. And I’d be happy to chaperon his trip.
Mommablogsalot 
9 responses to “what gets you through “the longest hour”?”
I love ellen!
Luckily for us, she comes on in the morning here, so that is how we start our day!!!
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I don’t watch Ellen all the time, but when I do she always lifts my spirits. I’m sure if Ellen saw the picture this post she’d send MM tickets in a heartbeat just so she could shake her little fan’s hand. She has a big heart, and of course you go along to supervise. ~hehe~
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It is astonishing how much they look alike…I mean wow! As for what gets me through the longest hour? Ha… I couldn’t say. Chris couldget home at 3 one day and 6 the next… there is no knowing so somedays I just don’t experience that longest hour and sometimes I experience the longest hour- few hours. But for now I guess I’ll say Nick Jr. is a godsend.
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I need to start watching her again–I love her!! And Bella loves the dancing 🙂
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I miss Ellen soooo much. I was so excited to watch Idol last night just so I could have a dose of Ellen.
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So cool. Glad you were able to capture the photo! I was hoping to catch her today but all the shows have been pre-empted (is that how it’s spelled?) for all the blizzard coverage.
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How cool is that. MM is now famous. I don’t think we get Ellen over here, which is a shame, as I used to love watching her sitcom.
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My grandparents live in Madison Wisconsin!
And congrats on this fame 🙂 That is so fun to see!!
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That is pretty much the coolest thing I’ve seen all week! Gotta love screen captures! xoxo
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