tv shows

(or as the girls pronounced it "tee bee shows". ironically, we don't have tv, we watch everything on net flicks. So this last week when we stayed in a timeshare that had satellite tv, the girls got really frustrated that they couldn't pick the show they wanted and I didn't know when their favorites would be on. Instead they just had to wait and see. I found their frustration hilarious.)

One of the girls' favorite tv shows lately is called "Yo Gabba Gabba" (introduced to us by Daddy's brother who also has an adorable little girl). My first impression was to dub it as the evil twin sister of Barney. I tried to steer them back to our other favorites like Sesame Street and WordWorld. But they persisted and eventually I realized the show isn't too bad. Instead of vignettes about letters and numbers, it's teaching about character and behavior. So we've adopted some of the songs as our own and sing them frequently, such as "I tried it, now I like it!" or "Keep trying! Don't give up!" or "We don't bite our friends!". My favorite is when we dance "wiggle wiggle wiggle, FREEZE! wiggle wiggle wiggle FREEZE!" Another favorite activity they mimic from the show is "cool tricks". Butterfly will stand up on the hearth (or a box, or the couch, whatever she deems as an appropriate stage) and introduce herself and announce "and this is my cool trick", followed by some random action like jumping, twirling, somersaults, etc. Today Ladybug started doing it too, her cool trick was stomping.

They also like to watch Wonderpets and frequently sing the theme song or "what's gonna work? Teamwork!" when they play together.

However, they are not allowed to watch Dora the Explorer (every line is shouted rather than spoken in a normal voice, not such a great role model) or Backyardigans (ask Butterfly why and she will tell you "cause they have bad tat-itudes").