the Effects of watching TV with A Two Year old

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is one of Ellie's favorite shows right now.

Have you seen it?

'Cuz I sure have.

Yesterday we watched the episode where the children learn when it's appropriate to be silly and when they need to be calm.
All the children were sitting on the floor for story time as the Owl read to them.
Except Prince Wednesday. He was hopping around the floor saying “Ribbit! I'm a frog! Ribbit!"
It distracted from the story, but Owl didn't seem to notice. He just kept reading.

Daniel noticed.

At first he said softly, “Prince Wednesday, I can't hear the story.”
“RIBBIT!”
Slightly louder, but still kindly, “Prince Wednesday, I really want to hear this story.”
“I'M A FROG! RIBBIT!”
Now with a soft tiger growl, “Grrr, Prince Wednesday, I can't hear the story!”
“RIBBIT!!"
Then Daniel stood up, “Stop it, Prince Wednesday!”
And two guards marched in, “Did you raise your voice to the prince?” seized Daniel and took him away.
His mother cried as he looked out from behind cold, iron bars of the dungeon-

No. Wait. That's not right.
Oh yeah....
They sang a song together so Prince Wednesday could calm down. And finished story time. That's what happened.

I should probably get out more.

on Bad days, There's No Such thing as TMI

I should have known this would be a rough day.

I should have known the moment the cashier in Walgreens asked me, "How are you today?" when I was checking out with nothing but two large packs of Kotex.

If, first thing in the morning, I'm loading up on maxi pads, then I'm pretty sure you can guess what kind of a night I had. You don't need to ask about it. I know you know, just ring it up and let me out of here.

I wanted to say:
"Take a guess." (gesturing to the merchandise)
 or even:
"Better now." (thumbs up toward the merchandise)
but instead I said:
"Great, how are you?" (deliberately NOT looking at the merchandise)

Because cultural programming.