TV is a funny thing in my house... I so wish we could purchase our cable a la carte - because we tend to watch the same channels. (for the record, Golf, FSN, Nick Jr., Sprout, PBS...) Dave and I are pretty in touch with what we allow our kids to watch. We just think there are some things they don't need to see yet. And to be completely honest, there are things my own eyes don't want or need to see. It just gets to me in ways I can't explain.
But if I am being honest here - there are days when I can't take to watching another kids show. My sanity is dependent upon not seeing anyone animated. So Dave and I have created a plan - but we didn't even know we did it. It all started with Andy Griffith. We simply bought the TV series on DVD. They like it, we like it. Total win. We have Gidget and Leave it to Beaver too. What makes me smile is these shows were funny. I belly laugh. And it isn't sarcastic funny like today - it was just honest laugh at the person or situation funny.
Our latest purchase was The Dukes of Hazard. We bought this for Noah's birthday. I have such great memories of that show. Every Friday. 8pm. The Dukes. The best part - My kids are loving it! Just enough action to make them happy and us too... Dave and I were working at Mom and Dad's last weekend before they came home. I walked into my parents garage to find Noah and Hannah jumping the front my Dad's Impala as if it were the General Lee. I caught them red handed but the only thing I could do (aside from call the Dent Wizard) was to smile having been there done that myself. This morning, I heard them having an extremely serious conversation as to who was there favorite Duke character. (Bo won - hands down).
One of these days my kids are going to catch on to our scheme of keeping new TV away from them by giving them old alternatives. But for now, we are all happy happy happy!
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