Bad Mommy confession!
I’m thinking I should make this ‘Bad Mommy Confession’ thing a recurring thread idea 
The Timmy Turner Show (aka Fairly Oddparents)
I love that show. So do the kids. There’s this ‘Schools Out‘ musical special that was on ‘On Demand’ before we switched from Cable to Dish, that they watched every night during dinner (yes, in front of the TV) for a couple of weeks. They’ve got the whole show memorized (Allison, too). And, they can act it out for us from start to finish. The whole family’s breaking into song throughout the day - “Hey, Floppy Bob, can’t you see what you’ve done?” (the character is actually Flappy Bob, but Annie says ‘Floppy’ & it seems to have stuck for all of us - and, Annie sometimes says ‘Floppy Mom’ when she’s singing it to me). They get down on the floor, imploring, on that lyric. They know the choreography on almost all of the songs.
“Where is the fun! Who can I turn to?”
They were singing it in the bathtub last night.
Anyway, I’ve heard moms on message boards say that they find The Fairly Oddparents to be rude, disrespectful to adults, makes adults looks stupid, etc. Well, quite honestly, Timmy’s parents are pretty bad & not all that deserving of respect, but… Timmy loves them anyway & keeps on trying to get their attention. Cosmo is an idiot, but a loveable goofy one, who means well.
And, my kids know the difference between cartoon people & real people They know that some things are just plain fun & silly, and, that’s a good thing. They know that life is to be enjoyed, whenever possible. I’m glad that they know that.
Additionally, the Cosmo/Wanda love song led to an interesting discussion last night about armpits, the physical changes of adolescence, tarpits, dinosaurs and what would happen if dinosaurs were still alive today
