Entertainment
I hate children’s TV. I hate the loud, colorful dancing. I hate the patronizing tones. I hate the over-the-top skits. I hate the freaky costumes. I hate it hate it hate it. Erik loves Baby Einstein so he has to watch it with his dad. I don’t really hate it, but it bores me so much that I almost fall asleep. Falling asleep while taking care of a mobile troublemaker is not advised.
I was at the consignment shop the other day and decided to buy Erik some Wiggles videos because they were really cheap and it might distract him while I am cooking. Our main TV is upstairs, but I just hooked the VCR into our tiny downstairs TV.
Guess what? The Wiggles don’t suck! In fact, they are kind of funny. One of the Wiggles is even kind of cute. Plus they all have Australian accents, which are fun to listen to. I can’t believe there is a children’s show that is actually entertaining without being totally schlocky. From what I understand the four Wiggles are real fathers so maybe that’s why they seem kind yet intelligent. We shall be watching more Wiggles. It’s good to have baby television that doesn’t make me want to put an ice pick through my eye. Erik likes it too. He doesn’t really watch it, but he does dance around to the music and is willing to play near the TV while I work in the kitchen instead of thinking he needs to be on my hip while I try to cook. Score!
And then there are the Boobahs. I’ve seen Boobah hate on various mommy blogs, but I never realized just how awful the penis-creatures are. And make no mistake, they are penis-creatures. I don’t think I’m too prudish, but I wanted to cover Erik’s eyes during the intro when their heads were bobbing in and out of their bodies. There is no way anyone on this earth over the age of 10 could NOT associate the Boobahs with an uncircumcised penis.
I let the show run for about 20 minutes, totally mesmerized by the bizarreness of it all. I finally shut it off and declared that Erik will never be allowed to watch the Boobahs again. They were obviously created by someone in a drug induced stupor–most likely a Japanese someone. I don’t mean to disparage the Japanese, but you all know that they come up with some crazy shit over there. That’s really the only explanation for the Boobahs.
In other news, Kisha is an amazing web jedi and totally upgraded the FFF for me after it went down due to a server upgrade. Whoo-hoo! Isn’t it pretty?
We converted our crib into a toddler bed this weekend and Erik actually slept in it! I know it seems awfully early to get rid of the crib, but he would become hysterical every time we put him in it and it just didn’t work. We put the toddler rail on it and let him climb in and out several times. He was not happy at first until he realized he could climb in and out himself. Now he seems to like it. We put him down for a nap there this afternoon and he slept an hour and a half. Whoo-hoo! He has just been sleeping on our bed, which is totally nerve wracking. We have to keep a close ear on him to make sure he doesn’t wake up and fall off the bed. He still might fall out of the toddler bed, but it is much closer to the ground and we did teach him how to crawl out of it himself.
Now, let’s just hope he doesn’t puke all over me tonight. He’s puked every night this weekend, usually at 3:30 am. Poor boy. He has just not been happy this weekend.
If you want something fun to do, try out Retrievr. It’s a neat little program that searches Flickr photos based on a sketch you make. Really, it just seems to find things that are in the same color family as the sketch you make. Highly entertaining.
November 6th, 2006 at 5:23 am
We’ve never watched Boobah. But they are from the makers of the Teletubbies, and I can’t stand them so I wouldn’t like the Boobs either. Fae loves the Wiggles. She dances to their music. Her new favorite though is a Noggin show called, “The Upside Down Show”. I actually don’t mind it. It teaches using your imagination and creative play. It may be too young yet for Erik…
November 6th, 2006 at 5:35 am
Hoola loved the Wiggles when he was younger (he still likes them but he doesn’t want anybody to know, so I’m not telling you that)! Another one he really likes, umm…LIKED (sorry) is the Backyardigans.
And OMGOODNESS, I know what you mean about the Boobahs. That’s the most bizarre kids/baby show I’ve ever seen, all those little funny looking things do is run around while you hear “Boobah Boobah Boobah”! It’s enough to drive a person crazy!
November 6th, 2006 at 6:22 am
Peanut loves the Wiggles. She even sang the mashed banana song this weekend. She also likes Dora, Backyardigans, and Wallace & Grommit.
November 6th, 2006 at 10:56 am
The Yellow wiggle Greg has been very sick lately and is currently on hiatus to get better. He, Murray and Anthony are all married with children. Jeff, however, is still single without.
It’s kind of funny trivia wise to know that the Wiggles had their musical foundation in a Australian pub band call the Cockroaches. The Wiggles have two of the original band members (and Greg was listed on the Cockroaches album as manager).
Now you have a reason to love it, it’s just 70′s rock dreessed in primary colors and dancing with a pirate and a dinosaur.
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That’s just not right! When we plug in the curling iron it makes a weird buzzing sound at the outlet. I’ve never heard of such a thing.
Also, today we got a sewer and garbage bill from our landlords. We’ve never had to pay that before. It’s in our lease that sewer and garbage are taken care of by the landlords. I suppose they must have some legal loophole to let them screw us all over like that, but I’m still going to march down there tomorrow and demand an explanation.
The good news: my mom just called and said she and my dad would pay for Erik’s ticket if I would come out in June. That makes the decision a lot easier. I’m so relieved we have that option because I seriously don’t think I could do six days of this on my own. I’m a wimp.
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