Comments on: role-playing

By: Karenzicus

Karenzicus — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:38:18 +0000

While I love Blue’s Clues and Sponge-Bob SquarePants as much as the next six-year-old trapped in a 24-year-old’s body, I can not stand Dora or the Teletubbies. The teletubbies are insipid, but Dora strikes me as really self-righteous. “Ooh, look at me! I’m four and I’m bilingual and travel all the time and have tons of adventures!” Maybe I’m just jealous…

By: Mama Duck

Mama Duck — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:40:40 +0000

Hi there. Grannyp linked to your telephone blog, and I followed. You go, girl! Now then: cartoons. My 5 year-old son (loved, nurtured, exposed to Good Literature and Enriching Experiences) saw an episode of Count Duckula after school one day, featuring a fruitbat which only ate chockie bickies. Result: two years as a fwootbat, and leader of small group of fwootbats from school, with secret password and solemn vow to live on chockie bickies and fwoot. Huh?! No idea. FYI fwootbat is now 18 year-old gorgeous person living independent life on well-balanced diet. It’ll be fine……….. And I’ll bet you looked great in a tiara, just like Barbie…. Don’t ask about the duck thing….

By: sue

sue — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:35:47 +0000

I understand the whole, “It’s funny how attractive housework can become when the alternative is play doh. Or fuzzy felts.” I have the same attraction. Are we bad mothers? I don’t think so.

By: Franny

Franny — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:11:20 +0000

I do know all about Dora and found your story exhilarating (and the photo too !)
My daughter, who is about the same age as Tadpole, also loves Dora the explorer. Fortunately, she only has books, t-shirts, videos… but no monkey headgear ;-)

By: Alethea

Alethea — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:11:40 +0000

Dora beats the Teletubbies by a long shot. I think every recent generation of moms has this to contend with – brainwashing, that is. My generation? it must have been the Muppets from Sesame Street (US) – for you, the Magic Roundabout? Here, Barbapapa, Casimir…?
Believe me, the pizza guys see some weird shit; my colleague was regaling us with stories of his delivery days and you’d be surprised at how many women try to get a rise out of the delivery guys. But they’re paid by the run; in his mind, the money won out over potential trouble with clients. Or maybe it was all in his head :-)

By: Dave of the Lake

Dave of the Lake — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:16:53 +0000

“Pay no attention to the woman with the odd headdress behind the curtain…….er, door….”

By: petite

petite — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:35:12 +0000

no no, you have to click on the words at the end of the post…

By: Always Ace

Always Ace — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:28:18 +0000

Hey there Petite,

Did I miss out on the photo of this one while I was away on my own Easter weekend in Le Havre? I’m sorry to have missed it, because it sounds like such fun!

Oh well… The photo in the post just above is so beautiful, if that’s you only 4 years ago then you definitely look younger than your years — and you are so beautiful!

Hope you spent some nice weekend time with Tadpole,

Ace

By: petite

petite — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:43:31 +0000

absolutely not. I used to, ahem, dress up as a fairy to go clubbing in my younger days…

By: Paris Lights

Paris Lights — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:24:21 +0000

Sounds like fun! Do you need a child to take part in all that dressing-up fun? I also feel like I need to watch an episode of Dora the explorer to know what the fuss is about. What channel and what time?