Here's something that doesn't suck today. The book McDuff Comes Home. We like it because McDuff is a little white dog just like ours. McDuff doesn't seem to have an obsessive licking habit though and that makes him eminently more appealing. It occurred to me just this week that the the author of the McDuff books is also the author of the Max and Ruby books as well. We were talking about Max and Ruby the other day at a playdate. Because where are their parents as they take the bus downtown and blow all their money and have to call grandma to pick them up? One of the moms says that a "theory she heard" was that Max and Ruby's adventures are imaginary. And I'm thinking a theory you heard? Are there scholarly journals delving into this literary mystery? If so then I'm really quite relieved as I'm nowhere near that obsessed in my deconstruction of children's books. But really, isn't Ruby super bossy?
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Trickery
Today I was getting lunch ready and was trying to keep my daughter occupied for a few minutes so I (gasp) offered up Sesame Street. We've got a few of them on the DVR for just such an occasion. I turned on the Bookaneers episode with Tina Fey (one of my faves) but before the episode started they said "stick around" for Sesame Street. My daughter heard that and got convinced that "stick around" was some sort of awesome show and oh my god, she wanted to watch it. When the bookaneers came on she kept saying "stick around! stick around!" and at that point I was trying to explain, to no avail, what they meant by stick around. Finally it dawned on me. I am the one with the superior intellect here (well, theoretically) so I dug around and found a DVD and said "oh look, it's the stick around DVD, let's watch this." Amazingly, problem solved.
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Sometimes I get really flustered because my kids won't listen to me and then I realize OMG I am the boss. I can do stuff like turn off the TV, close the door, make us all leave the house, fill-in-the-blank because I AM IN CHARGE (at least in theory, right?). For some reason it's easy to forget. Nice going with the "stick around" DVD though. I love it!
I once read a comment about Max and Ruby from an irate parent about how it's clear that Max has a severe speech delay and why isn't he getting the help he needs and Max and Ruby are two severly neglected children. I guess that was from someone who reads those children's book literary criticism journals or something like that. Anyway I remember thinking who are we to judge? Maybe he gets his speech therapy off camera?
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