Children's shows

Jack and I are watching Octonauts. This show just plain makes me angry. WHY would a domestic house cat and a polar bear not only be friends BUT WHY are they the same size (all of the animals are the same size, including an octopus, a dog, a cat, a penguin, and the polar bear)? Why do the polar bear and penguin require full on wet suits when in the water? I haven't watched it enough to know if the actual octopus wears a wet suit, but considering the insanity that is already going on, I wouldn't be surprised if he did. ALSO, the crab has a french accent and when he said "beach" I totally thought he was talking about the whale and was saying "this bitch belongs to us."

Last week I was watching Sesame Street with Jack and Elmo or Baby Bear or someone was sad because there was no wind to fly a kite. The Big Bad Wolf came along and huffed and puffed the kite so the kids could have some fun. Towards the end of the skit, Big Bird made a comment about taking a break from all the huffing and puffing and I swear I heard him say "take a break from all this mother f**king..." whatever. I about died laughing and have no idea what he was talking about.

Don't even get me started on Mickey Mouse and friends shaking their peanuts. That has to be one of the most obscene skits in Mickey land. Seriously, this is why I have kid(s): to make fun of the shows they watch.

We're strictly Disney Channel viewers. I can't stand half of what's on Nick Jr. and I like the fact that no matter how late in the day we watch the channel that there aren't commercials for anything other than Disney shows. Very early in the morning, there are "sponsored" by ads, but they don't hype up THIS IS THE BEST TOY EVER!! commercials that I remember from my own childhood. I think this is why we don't have any problems going into a toy store (besides walking by the ball display. Admittedly, that's our fault. For a while, we'd buy the $2 balls just to shut up our kid and he thought he was entitled. We've since shelved this behavior, but not by any deliberate "good parenting" just by avoiding the aisles long enough for Jack to forget that he used to get a ball every time we shopped.)

Now, I really, really enjoy Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I do. It's the ONLY show that doesn't drive me bonkers. We have some DVDs and we have a ton of recorded episodes for dinner preparation and Mommy's shower time (or nap time, depending on how I'm feeling that day.) Considering at least 1/3 of the words Jack knows now are from Mickey Mouse, I admit that I adore our favorite babysitter :)