Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Sesame Street confusion

So we started a "no television" rule for the children almost a year ago that, for our family, has worked out really well. We have relaxed a little bit over time---they are allowed to watch movies occasionally, and we allow a little bit of television when they are sick, but for the most part Grayson and EC don't watch tv, and Whitt has never watched it.

When they did watch tv, they really only watched Disney Channel, so Sesame Street isn't a show they have ever seen. Today, they received Valentine's Day cards in the mail from their Gee Gee, which included stickers for each of them. Grayson's card had Batman stickers, EC's had Dora stickers, and Whitt's had Sesame Street stickers. I passed out the stickers and they went to work decorating their cards with the stickers, happily chatting about the stickers, the cards, and life in general. I was cleaning up the kitchen and half-listening to their chatter when I suddenly realized what Grayson and Emma Claire were saying....they had no clue who the Sesame Street characters were, so they had named them themselves.

Meet....

Stinky Garbage Can Guy:


Cookie Man:

and, The Duck:


Ha ha ha!!!! What sheltered lives they lead!!! :)

9 comments:

Megan Elizabeth said...

Hahaha! Love it!

Mary Loyal said...

haha that is so cute! I was not allowed to watch TV as a child either and now I am so thankful my parents did that.

Andrea said...

That is hilarious!

Angela said...

this totally made me laugh out loud at my desk. your kiddos are so precious.

I'maNolaGirl said...

That is toooooo funny! We miss those little ones!

Melissa W. said...

You made me laugh out loud, not the LOL kind :) Really, a laugh :) haha!

Nicole said...

That is too funny...and precious!

Liz said...

Oh my goodness....I love it! We need to cut waaaay back on TV....you've inspired me! ;) lol! xoxoxo

Dena said...

fantastic!