cartoon overdose

If you read my post yesterday, you are probably thinking "Wow, she reads really fast!" I don't really read fast, but when you have two children with fevers and no other symptoms, you basically just snuggle on the couch in between them and watch cartoons all day. Now I love Phinneas and Ferb and The Backyardigans as much as the kids. I can watch them over and over again without feeling the urge to clean(I hate to clean!) My daughters love Tom and Jerry and Bugs Bunny cartoons too, which also makes me very happy. But I have to draw the line at The Fairly Oddparents and SpongeBob and anything with anime-looking martial arts wielding characters. Oh, and I am also glad we are beyond Yo Gabba Gabba and The Wiggles. That is enough to make me want to go back to work already.

We also watched a movie I remember from my childhood, The Last Unicorn. Well, I guess I didn't remember it exactly, because I was incredibly disappointed while watching it last night. What was up with the crazy tree that turns human-like, M said that was disgusting! For as many times as I remember watching it as a child, I will probably not watch it again as an adult. Not when Disney and Pixar have made such awesome movies since then. I can watch Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty(I do realize this was made long before The Last Unicorn/it is one of my all time favorite Disney animated films), and The Little Mermaid multiple times, and my personal favorite Mulan. Not sure why I connected with Mulan so much but get goosebumps every time when all of China bows down to her at the end. I love it!

Anyway, while watching several hours of said cartoons, I got out my book and read. So the first book went fairly quickly. This next one is huge and will take a bit longer I reckon. ("I reckon"- that is a tribute to my friends down here in VA) I think I will count the books from the basement today, not to make my task feel overwhelming but to keep track better, to see how far I have come and how far I have yet to go. I will also turn the TV off today because even good cartoons get old after awhile. Maybe we will all read together. We do need to catch up on our mother-daughter book club pick! But I must confess that I did enjoy my snuggle time with my girlies though. Who knows how much longer they will find snuggling with mommy comforting. Hopefully a lot longer....