Sesame Street...

Today I was reading an article in the New York Times Magazine, and I was quite taken back. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/magazine/18wwln-medium-t.html

I don't think there is one person I know who doesn't remember Sesame Street. I remember sitting at Grandma Elenore's house after school and watching it while eating a peanut butter and butter sandwich in the kitchen.

I loved Sesame Street when I was in Elementary School, though I loved learning when I was little all together. I enjoyed counting cookies with Cookie Monster and seeing what the letter of the day would be. It was a very educational show, and it was entertaining to the younger audience.

The article was saying how the earlier shows are pretty much bad for your children now days. They were saying that just because Cookie Monster ate so many cookie's hes on the verge of Diabetes, and because Elmo has so much energy he must be put on Prozac. It's just a children's show teaching a child numbers, counting, letters, problem solving, sharing etc.

I don't know any 4 year old who is going to sit and watch an early show or even a newer show of Sesame Street and say just because Ernie likes his rubber ducky he's slow or weird. A four year old is going to be so engrossed in the program that, that is the last thing on their mind.

I sit and think when did a show like Sesame Street become so bad, when you have shows on Nick that are so nasty and awful and horrifying that I would never let Brian watch them. If they want to rip apart and dissect a learning show, please take a remote and flip through 95% of the shows out there that are targeted to children and tell me how bad Sesame Street really is.....

Next thing I am going to read is that Mr. Rogers, Reading Rainbow and Thomas the Train are bad for your kids.

GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!

Thanksgiving Week

This Thanksgiving week will be a good one...Brian and I are headed to Uncle Mike and Aunt Connies on Thursday. He will love it of course...seeing his Guncle Mike and all.

Thanksgiving morning Kira and I will be doing a 3.4 mile walk...I'm not quite such yet why we are doing it in the morning since we won't be burning all the calories we will be eating :)...yeah were smart ones huh?

Friday I am taking Brian to the parade and than that night we will be going to the Tree Lighting. He will love both events.

Saturday is our BIG Thanksgiving with the whole family. That is what I am NOT looking forward to since my mom has to work on Friday and I will be stuck doing all the prepping and cooking. PRAY FOR ME!!!

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Two weekends ago Uncle Mike and Aunt Connie took Brian and MacKenna to Amity to an annual activity at the local elementary. I will download pictures tomorrow for you all to see. He had a great time.

Little Frankenstein!

Isn't Little Frankenstein SUPER scary? Heck No...He's super Cute!!!!

Last night was so much fun. Brian had such a blast and thoroughly enjoyed himself. I had been asking him whats he going to to say when you knock on the door and he would reply "Trick-or-Treat, knock on door"....funny funny.

We left at about 6pm to go Trick-or-Treating and we went over to the Overlook area, they had like 2 flights of stairs to get to the door of their house....gave Brian and I a real work out. We only did one block and than went over on Willamette where we went last year and did another block and a half. As soon as we got to the doors I would knock and he would yell before the door opened "Trick-or-Treat" and than when the people opened the door he would very quietly say "Trick-or-Treat" and than get his candy and very politely say "Thank You".


I am very glad that my mom the last month of so would take him down the Halloween aisles at the stores so he could see the scary masks and all the Halloween stuff so that way he wouldn't be so scared when Halloween did come around. Lets just say it paid off. He loved all the Halloween stuff at the houses. There was one house that this guy dressed up really scary looking and was in this long black witches cloak and had the bowl on his lap and as soon as Brian and I were approaching i was thinking "Oh S***, Brian's going to freak"...but to my shock, Brian went up there and was so amazed and didn't want to stop looking at him. This other house had a whole bunch of scary looking dummies on the porch and he wanted to be right up with them and the owner was shocked on how little and interested Brian was in it all. He said almost all small kids are scared. Not mine...I was very proud!!

For only doing 2 1/2 blocks, he got a lot of candy. My mom and I had a lot of fun with him and to hear him say "Trick-or-Treat" and to say "Thank You" after he got the candy made me so proud. We got lots of compliments on how cute he looked and what a good looking chap he is!! I was such a proud Mommy last night. I had a lot of fun with him and to see the smile on his face all night was so great. He really got the hang of it.


The poor little guy was pooped out, so we went and grabbed a bite to eat and headed home to eat it. When we pulled up to the house he was sleeping in his car seat. He was so worn out.

Brian was being such a pain on letting me take some photos so here are a few decent ones I was able to capture.

Look Mommy I have a leaf

I would tell Brian "Say Cheese" and he would scream "Cheese" and this is what I would get!

Silly photo...