Voting Day

I was just watching some fascinating coverage of this year's voting day - and the triangle has it!! Alex and I are watching Sesame Street, and today's episode is all about voting. It was hilarious in a stay-at-home mom who only gets to talk to a child type of way. Elmo and Zoe were trying to out-do each other to get Telly's vote. As the campaign went on, each one was making bigger and bigger promises. Hmm...this sounds familiar. On Sesame Street though voting often involves dancing pigs and singing birds. Who can compete with that?

The show really helped me decide something I regularly debate. Should I let Alex watch TV? So much research shows that too much TV is bad for kids, but I have always loved Sesame Street. I watched it faithfully when I was little and with my brothers as they grew up. When I was hoping to start a family, I looked forward to watching it again with my kids. I have even been looking for DVDs of the missing years. Didn't everyone used to think Mr. Snuffleupagus was imaginary? Now everyone sees him, not just Big Bird. The show has so much to offer and is educational. Today, for example, LL Cool J taught the meaning of unanimous. Last week, Megan Mullally explained what distracted meant.

I have finally made up my mind. My vote is cast. Sesame Street will be showing daily in our house!! I really don't know why I questioned this for so long. Alex loves it, and so do I. Here is a picture of him watching as a baby. Isn't he cute?



In other voting news, Scarlett Johansson just called my house urging me to vote for Obama. I didn't have the heart to tell her I am not registered to vote here!