He's Crafty
As I believe I've mentioned before, we're pretty lenient with the TV around here. Sometimes a liberal dose of Noggin is the only way to keep The Boy in one reasonably safe place while I nurse The Girl. I feel guilty about it though so I try to limit it: there's never adult TV on when The Boy is awake; there's never any TV on when The Boy eats; and on the weekends when there are enough grown-ups in the house to mount a successful man-to-man defense, there's as little TV on as possible.
Those are pretty lenient rules so they're not generally hard to live with.
Except when the Yankees are locked in a tight race for the AL East, and they have two day games scheduled over the weekend.
We watched some of the games while The Boy was napping, but as soon as we heard him begin to stir, we turned the TV off.
He came into the living room unhappy and sniffling. "Wanna watch Wonder Pets," he moaned.
"How about baseball?" we offered.
"Wanna watch Wonder PETS!" he was resolute.
We went back and forth for awhile and finally we relented--one episode and then off to the park.
When he returned, again he started in with, "Wanna watch Wonder Pets," but this time, we hung tough. We denied several requests, and he seemed to step back for a moment to think.
"Wanna watch...baseball?"
Oh, he's a smart one, that boy. Maybe he'll grow up to be a lawyer.
Posted by: Jenn | September 24, 2007 at 03:14 PM
We're very anti tv over here...but the Cubs are so close (as they are in MANY years past...but still)...and both girls watched more TV than ever before. Even to the point that we had to explain what a commerical is. :)
Feeling your pain!
Posted by: Toni | September 24, 2007 at 06:09 PM
lol! very cute!
Posted by: marie-baguettte | September 24, 2007 at 08:02 PM
Oh, you go little Yankee fan!
From a fellow Yankee-lover family, my husband has officially taught Ainsley to point to his NY Yankee tattoo on his arm and scream, "YANKEES!!"
Posted by: Sara | September 25, 2007 at 12:18 AM
As a Detroit Tiger fan, you understand I cannot share your enthusiasm. We are in fact rooting for them to lose around here. My child's nickname iss Magglio Ordonez, for heaven's sake.
As a a parent of said child, also a very clever two-year-old, I can, however, share your amusement. How DO they get so damn smart?
Posted by: AmyinMotown | September 26, 2007 at 02:58 PM