Breakfast with Bear

Because it takes me a while to wake up in the morning and Eddie not so much, we've been watching Disney Playhouse from about 6:30-7:30 each morning. I have resisted watching this and in particular having Eddie veg in front of the TV, but ultimately, I decided both Eddie and I would be better off with a morning TV fix.

Originally we started with the Wiggles, but now there are 2 shows to which I am addicted. Breakfast with Bear and Charlie and Lola. Read that again--I am addicted. Not Eddie--although now he will sit and watch most of it as opposed to before when he would be moving all over the bed.

Much to my dismay, I discovered that the content is geared towards those who are 3-6 years old. Argh! I am either poisoning Eddie's young mind or setting him up to be advanced.

Breakfast with bear is kind of like the commercials for in between the 20 minute shows. So we see B-fast with Bear in two-minute snipits--he meets the kid, Charlie and Lola, then B-fast with Bear where they do the "morning mambo" (an improvised dance) to get going (I could probably stand a mambo to get going), then some lame-o 'This is Daniel Cook'--a carrot top, precocious 6 year old does a variety of things from milking a cow to visiting dinosaurs. Then we get Breakfast with Bear where the kid gets ready for school and then eats b-fast. Then we get the Wiggles and one more Breakfast with Bear where they go outside and play.

Don't quote me on the exact order, morning is not my finest hour, but my point being, I love this hour of my morning. It reminds me of being a kid and sitting around in my PJs with nothing better to do than watch cartoons. Charlie and Lola reminds me of the "Simon" chaulk drawings of my youth. it's hilarious. The Wiggles TV show I watch for Eddie--or so I thought until I realized the content age.

The commericals are also cartoons so it's hard to differentiate between the cartoon and the commercial. McDonalds seems to be a major sponsor. And interestingly the ads are kind of healthy food conscious--did the docu-movie, Super Size Me have that much of an impact of McDonalds? Hope so.

Finally got around to some photos. And now they won't post. We'll try the next post.