If there was a letter of the day/week/month/year in our house, it would be the letter B. Why, you ask? Well... after countless viewings of the wide variety age appropriate kids programming that Netflix has to offer, it has been discovered that Olive has a new favorite.
Barney.
Yup. Back in my childless days, when I would make all these grand proclamations about how I planned on raising my future kids, I had a list of shows that my children, under any circumstances, would not watch. Keep in mind, this list was entirely based on my personal experiences with these shows. Years of working with kiddos at The 'Tree had made me callous and full of hate towards shows like Elmo, Thomas, and of course, Barney.
So, wouldn't you know it, Olive took to it like a moth to a flame. Out of the 10+ options available on Netflix, in this house, we watch the same two shows on repeat... the farm episode and the doctor episode.
.... I suppose it's not so bad. I've tried to sprinkle in some other activities into our day (aside from binging Netflix), which have included, but are not limited to, visiting a real farm (where we bought eggs, pork products, and were given a large basket of squash), baking anything worth baking, and obtaining our very own library card so that we can check out all of the library books that our little hearts desire.
Olive has been super helpful baking. She's exceptionally tactile lately, so everything that we cook is a very hands on process. In the past week, we've made cookies, banana bread, chocolate zucchini bread, and pizza. We made two loafs of the zucchini bread, with plans to bring it back to the farm to give to Brian, the owner. It's also a great excuse to visit with all the farm animals, and of course, sing a modified version of "down on grampa's farm" while we drive there.
And Lou? He's been quite the trooper - just along for whatever ride is in store for him that day. He's really great like that.
Here's a glimpse of our baking adventures.
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