While I'm not a big fan of allowing too much TV in the house, many favorites have had their way of sneaking in....call it motherhood of two under two. Little Mermaid is a new favorite and often is begged for above all others. So the other day I was in the kitchen making dinner while Ana was watching the end of Nemo (another favorite). I could hear her asking repeatedly for "Mermaid", "Mermaid please". "Please watch mermaid". I continued with my dinner making trying to talk sense into her through the family room (her play room and kid TV is on the other side of the family room), explaining ever so nicely that Nemo was on and mommy was cooking, yada, yada. At one point she even brought in the disc of Nemo to me, a note I didn't think much of until later.....
The point of amazement is now, after dinner was complete and Daddy was home. I hadn't heard Ana in quite a bit and figured she'd found a book or toy to occupy her mind. So when I went to get her for dinner and found her sitting quietly in her chair watching The Little Mermaid I was more than shocked. This was no easy feat as we have all the DVD's stored away behind a closed drawer and the DVD player was playing Nemo when I left. This means that little Ana, all through her own determination, figured out how to open the DVD player, take out Nemo (and give it to me in the kitchen- have to give the girl credit for not throwing it on the floor....a big no no), open the drawer and find Mermaid amidst a couple of dozen DVD's, open that, put it in the DVD, close the DVD, push start and play on the menu. WOW!!!!!!!!! I guess when a mind is determined just about anything can be figured out! None the less...we let her watch Mermaid. She earned it, right?!?!?!?!?
Little smarty pants!
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She TOTALLY earned it! Nora does the exact same thing. She'll bring me the DVD and say, "I want Bob the Builder DVD Mommy."
Unbelievable! We underestimate the abilities of little ones.
BTW...how's the potty training going? I'm going to start it full force pretty soon.
The first time one of the boys did this I just about died. I did figure out how they got it to play though...Disney DVDs are "equipped with Fast Play." We have resorted to unplugging the DVD player when not in use. I'm too afraid they are going to break the tray!
I don't believe you....but I do.
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