Cookie Monster

We don't have TV and even when we did, the Lambs rarely watched Sesame Street. When I was little I watched Mr. Rogers, but I rarely watched Sesame Street. We went to the library on Saturday and I let the Lambs each pick one book to check out. The Lambs do know who the Sesame Street characters are from the Pampers they wore when I didn't use cloth diapers and we also have a few books with Sesame Street characters. Lamb 3 chose a book called Food! by Cookie Monster.
Reasons why I didn't like this book-
1. Bad grammar-continually uses "me" instead of "I". "Me love healthy food!"
2. I thought the point of the book was to teach there are healthy foods instead of just eating cookies all the time. Some of the healthy foods it shows him eating are pizza, a huge hero sandwich, birthday cake, and movie popcorn. Pizza can be homemade and made healthy, but they missed a great chance to show Cookie Monster eating lots of fruits and veggies to encourage children to eat healthy.
3. Lamb 3 just turned 2 and he wasn't very interested in this book like he is when we read some of the classics like Goodnight Moon! If it isn't interesting for a 2 year old, what age group would this book be for?
This experience is why we rarely use the library even though we homeschool. We have a better library at home. I'm not sure I would allow the Lambs to watch Sesame Street if we had TV. Or maybe I would purchase the old Sesame Street DVDs and not allow them to watch the new modern ones.

Commercials on TV

Ram's dad was nice enough to tape (to DVD) the 2010 Rose Bowl Parade for us. Lamb 2 was sick with a cold so we didn't go to church yesterday. I thought it was a good chance for the Lambs to watch the parade. They thought it was really cool that Grandpa had a title page on the DVD. 2010 Rose Bowl Parade for Lamb 1, Lamb 2, and Lamb 3 from Grandpa.
We watched the first section and then there were commercials. I told the Lambs they were allowed to go play or take a break during commercials and I would let them know when the parade was back on. Then we watched the second section. When we got to the second set of commercials, Lamb 1 asked a lot of questions about commercials. I could have fast forwarded the commercials but I didn't want to mess with it, plus the Lambs needed a little break during the long parade. When it came time for the parade to be back on, the Lambs didn't want to watch any more parade. They had enjoyed the parade, but not the commercials!
The Lambs watch movies, but we don't have TV. Even before we gave up TV last year, the Lambs rarely watched TV and when they did they watched PBS without commercials. Ram and I watched the Super Bowl commercials on the internet after the Lambs went to bed.