Simon Says

BigM has always been a huge fan of television. And since we watch t.v. in lieu of a regular quiet time (when every other normal child would have/should have been napping) she owns quite a few different types of videos. That's also due to the fact that we cut off our cable while we were in dental school. (I kind of wish we could do that now, but then again, how else would I know that Ali chose her career over love?!?!?!)

For awhile, BigM's obsession was with Little Einsteins and we only have one video with four episodes. Sometime back with BigM was 2, I distinctly remember Leo asking the audience something like, "Can you help us find the little instrument fairy? Look all around." and she just sat there. I asked her, "BigM, aren't you going to help Leo?" and she looked at me as as though I had just suggested she wear her father's clothes to school and said, "Mom. I can't do dat. I'm not in da teebee." I was actually really proud of her, at her young age, for not believing she was on television and for knowing that what she was watching wasn't real.

We're apparently taking a short hiatus from our regular Dora watching, and she's watching the Little Einstein's video for the first time in at least 10 months. June just told her she needed to help the silly puppets get through the Pastry Factory without getting sugar on their heads and BigM shouted at the television, "Okay, I can do dat!" and drug her chair in front of the tv and started ducking her head and lifting her feet to show the puppets how to do escape without jelly on their feet and sugar in their hair.

So somehow we're regressing, but it's pretty cute to watch her do it. And LM already does what Dora tells her to ("Say, Backpack!" and "Say, Arriba!") Maybe if I say it in Spanish, LM will stop trying to climb on the dining room table.