Something about It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown really seized Tad’s imagination this year.  He adored watching it.  This is great for me, since I absolutely LOVE Peanuts. It was hard, however, for him to stop watching Great Pumpkin and move onto A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.  We eventually got him to move on, but it […]

Rerun has exactly two favorite books that he asks for each night.  He even keeps them in his crib with him. The first one is a Cat in the Hat Learning book, Oh, Say Can You Say Di-no-saur? His pronunciation of “dinosaur” now sounds like “dine-door.” He loves, loves, LOVES dinosaurs.  I mean, he also […]

Ane spent part of her days off of school catching up on Harry Potter movies.  She has now seen the first three with no ill effects.  We do talk about the differences between the movies and the books while we’re watching them, and what is a CGI special effect and what is “real.” When she […]

It’s been a while since I ruminated on the quirks of the TV shows the kids watch.  So, here are a few thoughts about what they’ve been watching lately… – Obviously, we’ve been watching a LOT of the 1960’s Batman TV series.  And I’ve come to some conclusions.  Lee Meriwether was the best Catwoman, hands […]