I've always said how I don't plan on having cable at home or making my kids watch TV. Well, right now we are living at my father-in-law's home and we have cable but I try to stick to not watching much TV and not placing my son in front of a screen all day. Most of the time, I check out Baby Einstein and Baby Signing Time from the public library and he seems to be quite entertained by those shows. But since he was about 3 months old, I would turn on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse because I wanted to see his reaction to the colors, the music, plus, it's Mickey Mouse, I like him and he doesn't have anything controversial in his background yet, so I decided to give the little mouse a try.
Man, little did I know that all 3 songs - "The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme", "Tootles", "and "The Hot Dog Song"- would become my anthems, my ringtones, and the most played YouTube video EVER to come upon our laptops and our phones. But they also have become my lifesavers. They allow me to take my time during my morning shower, make the bed, clean the bedrooms, cook, fold some laundry, etc. And most of all, they calm my little one from whatever he may be feeling, whether that is anger, frustration, pain (usually due to not being able to reach certain toys, or not getting his toys to do what he wants them to do, or falling on his face during his crawling attempts, or hitting his head with anything that surrounds him...which happens a lot).
So here's what we live by:
I am so GRATEFUL for the genius that compiled all 3 songs in one video AND repeats it TWICE in a single hit! And I just learned about the queue list. Things just got better!
Alejandrito LOVES this video! He never EVER gets tired of it. I have memorized the songs. Alex has memorized the songs. My sister-in-law has too. My mom learned them and sang them well. Pretty much anyone that's been around us has learned a line or two from these songs....because we play them so much!
He he he he
So back to Jandro. He is the CUTEST when he watches this video. His arms flip all over the place. He tries to reach and drags himself all over the floor so he can reach it on my laptop. If he's sitting, he bounces so much that he's lost balance and has fallen flat on his head/back. That is usually followed by a cry that is soon calmed by our friend Mickey. But seriously, this little man will stop doing whatever he was doing to watch Mickey during these songs. He will LITERALLY bend over backwards for it.
Here's proof:
This is in the family room when "Tootles" came on. Here's a better up close pic:
Yep, bent over backwards it is!
And here's a series of videos of him watching Mickey. Man he is a cutie!
#1: He's just enjoying him during a weekday morning
#2: I began to badger the little man...you know, just testing his patience. But to no avail, I quickly learned that no one comes between my baby boy and his homie the Mouse.
#3: I continue to badger...but I think this time I took it too far. This is frustration and attempt to quit at 0:53 seconds. But he did move all around!
#4: He learned not to bounce as much because of the falls, so he just looks like a baby chick, a little "pollito", flapping his arms up and down. He's so cute!
As I review this blog, I notice I've been overly repetitive with the word "cute" or "cutie", but you know what? I don't care! This ain't no research paper! It's a blog! MY blog! and I'm gonna say it over and over again, my baby is cute, a cutie, a cutie pie, mi pedacito de cielo, mi corazon, mi little little, mi wawita, mi cuchifluy, mi chiquilines, mi chiki chiki, mi bello, mi cuchirilis, mi hermoso, mi vidita, mi cholito, mi bebe, la cosita mas linda, mas tierna y mas dulce que me ha podido dar Dios en esta vida. But that's gonna be a another blog entry. I won't jump into another tangent, this is about Mickey, so here are some pics when they met back in December at the magical land of Walt Disney World.
*hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog...*
