Watch and Learn

So Carrie is practicing piano with Annelise and asks her, "can you do that?" and Annelise responds with, "watch and learn". Bit of an ego for a 4 year old if I do say so myself.

Kid's TV, Part I

Annelise and Carrie are off at Nana'a today, so with nothing cute, evil or indifferent to say about my girl, I will use this post to review a couple of her favorite TV shows:

Sponge Bob Square Pants - Hey. It's not that bad. I thought it was going to be one of the deeper levels of Hell. And while it turned out to be not be Heaven, it is at least a comfortable 30 minutes in Purgatory.

Sponge Bob is annoying; Patrick is an idiot; Mr. Krabs is a cheap, money grubbing bastard; and Squidward is a tight-ass tool. Children will need to know how to deal with all of these types of people, so it's good to have them meet the models early. And it is just lighthearted fun for children of all ages.

Please sit on my lap Sponge Bob.

Thomas and Friends - Again, not too bad. Very mellow. Very English. Kind of screwed up when Mr. Topham Tatt (I do not recognize royal titles) says, "usefulness before cleanliness". What the? No wonder the Brits stink. Take a bath and be useful! They are not exclusive.

All in all just trains doing stuff and solving problems. Good for kids.

Caillou - I really thought he was retarded, or at least dying or something, and this was an effort to teach kids to be understanding with retarded or dying children. Nope. He is French-Canadian. DO NOT LET YOUR KIDS WATCH CAILLOU!!! Enough said.

Just like Caillou only less special.

The Wonder Pets - Uuuuggh! DIE!! DIE a thousand deaths!!! Oh God how I hate the Wonder Pets! ARRRRRRGGGHHHH!!! Give me some bleach for my eyes and a sharp needle to shove into my ear canals! NO WONDER PETS EVER!

OK. Nothing to see here. As you were.

Zombie!!!

Annelise after going to dinner on a Wednesday night.

Like any little girl Annelise enjoys the face painting. Here zombie Annelise is looking to eat a few brains. Good for her. Brains are brain food. Just don't forget to eat your veggies with that.

A father's pride

"Son you got a panty on your head."

This is my daughter and at times like this I couldn't be more proud. She is my sunshine.

Yeah. Sure. Whatever.

Yeah. Sure. Whatever. That has been Annelise's response to mundane questions for the last month or so and I think it's pretty sweet. There is true sarcasm in her voice and that makes daddy proud. My little girl has a sense of humor and a low tolerance for the stupid. Look out world.

So, yeah. Sure. Whatever. It does have a ring to it.

On the shopping list for today, LICKOLISH!

Annelise's shopping list for today:

• Licorice or Lickolish
  
• Lickolish
• Lickolish
• Lickolish
• Lickolish
• Lickolish
• Lickolish
• Lickolish
• Lickolish
• Lickolish
• ...

She actually wrote out 15+ lines of squiggles and when I asked her what was on her list she went all in with the Lickolish. On you go Miss Annelise! A fine choice.