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The movie critic

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

I had promised Ane that once we had read all the Ramona books, we would go see the new movie.  Well, we finished Ramona’s World right around Tad’s birthday, and she has been waiting to see the movie ever since.  On Sunday afternoon, the Webmaster watched the boys while Ane and I went to the [...]



Tad celebrates Shark Week

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Thanks to Gymboree, he can pretty much wear a different shark shirt every single day this week to celebrate.
Ane is point-blank sick of Shark Week already, and is questioning WHY the Discovery Channel is making life so hard for her.  After all, she lives in a perpetual version of Shark Week.
Tad just wants more shark [...]



Questions… about children’s TV

Monday, July 26th, 2010

We’ve been watching a little too much of the magic box around here, I think.  Some things I can class as “educational,” like Tad’s favorite shark documentaries or the Food Network shows, but Nick Jr. and PBS really don’t count.  Yes, PBS, you are not as educational as you think.
So, here are just some random [...]



The Magic Box

Monday, June 7th, 2010

So… we recently got Verizon FiOS – even though Verizon is leaving Washington state and Frontier is going to take over… blah blah blah…
This was entirely the Webmaster’s decision and doing.  But as a result, we now have more channels than I know what to do with.
(And I made the mistake of getting hooked on [...]