Since I am not yet a parent, my knowledge of and exposure to children's videos is very limited. When I was 12 or so, I helped my Grandma babysit my little nephew and he was totally obsessed with Barney.

Back around the time when everyone was talking about the Teletubbies and the alledged homosexual undertones of the show, I remember watching a few episodes. Now I can't remember - Why did everyone think they were gay? I vaguely recall talk of the purple triangle-shaped antenna on one of the Tubbies' heads....maybe that was the concern, I dunno.

The mother of the little boy I babysit packs Barney and Baby Einstein videos in his diaper bag, so I've had ample time to watch those over and over.

While I appreciate how all three of those examples could definitely aid in children learning important things like shapes, colors, numbers, sharing, and how talking vacuum cleaners like to suck up large amounts of pudding through their hose-attachment snouts, none of them actually ROCK.

You know what children's video does most literally rock?

A while back, my DH bought a They Might Be Giants video called Here Come the ABCs. He bought it before I even knew I was going to be babysitting a toddler. I suppose at that point we knew that we were going to have children of our own soon, but that's not why he bought it. We are both really huge TMBG fans. I have seen them live 5 or 6 times and DH has seen them 4 or 5. John and John write music that we both love. I can't really explain why I love it.



Here Come the ABCs is the only kids' video floating around this house that I look forward to watching. Some days, it stays on repeat, shining from our bulky ceiling-mounted 80's projector and serves as background noise as the little boy and I play and piddle around the house.

Oh yes, and here's a quick recap of what I ate yesterday and today:

YESTERDAY:
Beakfast:
1 cup unsweetened Cheeri-O's ( I think their real generic name is "Oaty O's" or "Oatt Puffs" or something)
1/2 cup Skim Milk
1 Handful of Pecans

Lunch:
1 cup mixed veggies
1/2 cup cottage cheese

Dinner:
A gigantic bowl of Peach Jello w/ cream cheese/whipped cream stuff
4 pizza bagel bites
3 peanutbutter brownies
1 bowl summer veggie salad w/ italian dressing
3 cream cheese/pickle/deli meat roll-up things
1 bowl of queso w/ tortilla chips

Okay, okay, I know! But I was at a pot luck dealy and had to indulge!

TODAY:

Breakfast:
Nada

Lunch:
We went to a Pizza buffet. I won't even get into the details.

Snack:
small slice of peach croissant dessert
Another gigantic bowl of Jell-O (It was leftover! Uuuughh. It is now in the trash can.)

Dinner:
TBA

Labels: children's entertainment, food, music