What Boys Are Watching

(This is Part Two. Part One is here.)

Let's start with the good shows.

Jackie Chan Adventures is a show that I used to watch when I was too old to watch cartoons. The characters are funny, the plot has a good arc through the season, and your kids will learn to say things like, "Ai-yaaa!" which I think is Chinese.

Spectacular Spiderman is the best spiderman show there is. I have watched them all, and the rest are terrible. This show is no longer on Netflix, but you can buy the first season on DVD, and the second season was never released. I found a copy online from Ireland that I bought to give it to Wills on his birthday, but first I have to transfer it to DVD format that will play in the US. It's worth it for this show.

Fraggle Rock is another show that we both used to watch when we were little. It's not the best, but there are some cute toons and at least it's not potty humor like a lot of shows now are.

And now, here are two shows that I recommend you never let you kids watch, because then they will never know they exist, and they won't ever ask you to watch. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, and The Karate Kid. Both are from the 80s, and they are so terrible there are no words. If you don't believe me, you can check them out on Youtube.

Barenaked Ladies!

Danny, Kylee, Eric and I went to Wendover for a Barenaked Ladies concert! They are so great. We laughed about how we want to be the nerdy people who follow around the country the bands that were famous when we were in high school. I would do it for BNL.

It was pretty funny to us how many people younger than us didn't know who they are. They sang all the songs that I was hoping to hear, and some I didn't realize were them. Yay concerts!

(I never know what to write. I like pictures a lot better. So I am just going to sound nerdy here, and I stole a picture off of the internet for a visual.)

What We're Watching

This might be boring for you, but I'm going to write about it anyway. We haven't paid for cable for at least five years now, so all of these shows are from Netflix on the Wii.

White Collar is an awesome show. Eric's favorite kind of show is crime/mystery, and this one is suspenseful and funny at the same time. Plus our neighbor told me he thought Eric looks just like the main guy (in this picture), so Eric says goofy things about how good looking he is when we watch it. Dork.

Lost started out really great in the first couple seasons, and it is getting pretty weird. We actually haven't finished this one yet because Eric has been going out of town too much for work and I've been waiting for him so we can watch it together. I'll let you know how it ends, unless everyone else saw it six years ago.

Better Off Ted is another one recommended to me by the neighbor and we must have pretty similar taste in TV. This one is hilarious. I loved it; I thought it was similar to my all time fave, Arrested Development. Too bad there were only two short seasons.

And last, something I should have started watching a while ago, Downton Abbey. I love it! I usually go for the witty comedies, but I love a good romantic drama too. Especially if they are English and they wear pretty clothes. And you gotta love that it's on PBS so when I get caught up, I could watch it on the regular schedule! (If I can bring myself to actually watch commercials.)

I'll do some kids shows on another post so this doesn't get super long.

Motorcycles

Wills has been obsessed with motorcyles recently, and I think this is coming from the trip to California last month, when he got to sit on my uncle's motorcycle and wear the helmet.

The other day when we were in Toys R Us he wanted me to buy him a motorcycle. Not just a little toy one, he wanted the one you can ride on. Like a real baby motorcycle. I didn't even think they existed for kids that little.

And every time we see or hear a motorcycle, he tells me that it is his or mine or dad's. Silly boy.

Luke's Food Obsession

Luke is obsessed with ice cream. I think that is the first food word he learned to say. Wills still says it like a bad word, which I think is hilarious and Eric thinks I taught him. But I didn't. Anytime we go near the freezer, Luke starts saying, "ice cream! ice cream!" I got these funny pictures of him waiting for a bite.

The Highlight of My Week

I LOVED watching all the news coverage on this wedding! I didn't wake up to watch the actual wedding (it was at 4 in the morning for crying out loud!), but I did see the news coverage that came after. Everything was so beautiful!

What We've Been Doing

We got Netflix on our Wii and we have both found new shows that we love. Eric has been watching this:

... and this is my new favorite.

We're blowing through these with no commercials, and soon we will need to find new shows to watch.