Counting To Four

at the moment, i dont regret making cayden watch tv/video a lot. aside from it helping me do my chores (as it keeps the tot occupied), i see that he is learning from it.

cayden doesnt like to be forced to learn. he follows his own schedule. he'll do things in his own pace. when he's in the mood, he'll answer your questions properly. if not, he'll play you along and pretend he doesnt know anything (when in fact he does, bec he's done so when he's playing by himself, without being asked). we teach him through play but most of what he knows, (though im embarrassed to admit this) he learned from watching the telly (bec when we teach him, either he'll change the subject, go somewhere else or play with something else). he'll just surprise us with how much he knows!

aside from numbers, he knows his basic colours and shapes (square, circle, triangle, heart, diamond) and animal sounds (monkey, donkey, horse, bird, dinosaur, etc). if only he'll concentrate more when we teach him the alphabet! the shows that he watches doesnt teach letters much lol

i know one day we'll have to reduce his tv time but for now, i let him be because it's doing him a lot more good than bad.
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counting to four lyrics:

One, two, three, four

monsters walking 'cross the floor
I love counting, counting to the number four

Oh you counting, counting with me
to one less than five, and one more than three

Oh, Oh, Oh, we're counting to four
Oh, Oh, Oh, let's count some more

One, two, three, four
penguins that went by the door
I love counting, counting to the number four

I see four here, I see four there
favorite number, nothing can compare

Oh, Oh, Oh we're counting to four
Oh, Oh, Oh let's count some more

One, two, three, four
chickens just back from the shore
I love counting, counting to the number four

Oh, Oh, Oh we're counting to four
Oh, Oh, Oh lets count some more

One, two, three, four
chickens just back from the shore

One, two, three, four
penguins that went by the door

One, two, three, four
monsters walking 'cross the floor

balm balm balm balm (repeat 2x)
Ohhh
counting to four
Ohhh (repeat 2x)
counting to four (repeat 3x)

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My New "Friends"

even though "Friends" (the popular sitcom a few years back) has ended, reruns are still being shown on a local channel. and i still watch it, no matter how many times i've seen it. and i still laugh as hard as if i was watching every episode for the first time.

then, i saw an episode of "how i met your mother (HIMYM)", while waiting for "friends" to start. and instantly, tantan and i got hooked. i know, i know.... we kinda discovered it late. 6 years late to be exact. dont get me wrong, i've heard of it, just didnt take the time to check it out. i was sad when "friends" ended its run. i still ask why they had to end it. they were doing great. ratings were high. but like all other good things, it must end, i guess.

fanpop.com

HIMYM is supposedly about ted mosby and how he met his wife, as narrated to his kids by his future self in the year 2030. but really, it revolves around the lives of 5 friends (covering relationships, work, gimmicks, quirks) just like the characters in "friends". they also have their own "centerpark", the "maclaren pub", where they hang out. lots of similarities but because each episode has been cleverly written, you can overlook and forgive them. you'll actually only realise these similarities when you think about it.

i particularly love neil patrick harris' character, (have you met...) barney stinson. he is the bomb! really, im in love with him!!! well, he's a serial womanizer, devious and cunning in every sense. but he's also the sweetest friend and though his ways are mean sometimes, he just wants what's best for you. come to think of it, most of the time, he has a valid point. and his catchphrases? LEGEN- (wait for it...) -DARY! lol. i did say i love him, right? lol

we are slowly catching up. we're on the 5th season already. im getting a little bit sad bec once we catch up, we'll have to wait a week before we see the next episode. and that sucks! i hope this lasts longer than "friends" did.

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Oh Toodles!

if you have a young child like me, you probably watch more kid shows than adult ones. and you're probably glued to playhouse disney channel more than others because of mickey mouse (clubhouse). you even know each song lyrics and probably memorised the dialogues after watching the show over and over and over and over......

as much as i want to limit cayden's tv exposure, i cant. the tv is the only thing that can make him sit down in one place for a long period of time. that means, i can do other chores without worrying on what he'll be up to as soon as my back is turned. he only watches the disney playhouse channel (and +1), alternating between mickey mouse clubhouse, handy manny and special agent oso.

anyways, watching the mickey mouse clubhouse, you're probably familiar with toodles.

Once the problem of the episode has been explained, Mickey invites viewers to join him at the Mousekadoer, a giant Mickey-head-shaped computer whose main function is to distribute the day's Mousekatools, a collection of objects needed to solve the day's problem, to Mickey. Once the tools have been shown to Mickey on the Mousekadoer screen, they are quickly downloaded to Toodles, a small, Mickey-head-shaped flying extension of the Mousekadoer. By calling, "Oh Toodles!" Mickey summons him to pop up from where he is hiding and fly up to the screen so that the viewer can pick which tool Mickey needs for the current situation (wiki)

pic from google

now cayden thinks we have a toodles! one time, he wants me to change the channel (to +1) but the remote was on a table a few feet from where we were sitting. i told him to get it. he didnt want to get up so what did he do? he shouted, TOODLES!!!!! it was really a laugh-out-loud moment =D

another time, he came in to my bedroom and asked me to read him a book. i asked him to get his book from his room. instead of getting up, he again shouted TOODLES!! =D

if only there really is such a thing! (and handy helpers too!) but sorry, baby, you would have to do things yourself.