Netflix is hazardous and helpful to Baby C

Older British cartoons are all the rage here in Texas, at least at our house. Kipper the Dog is a slow-paced cartoon about a dog and his friends, all with British accents.

Baby C loves the show, and decided to emulate lots of the language from the episodes she craves daily. She re-uses the language for her own purposes. Now, instead of saying, "I wanna do it now," she says, "I'll have a go."

In another side effect of the show, Baby C also now occasionally sucks her thumb like Arnold the Pig. Why? This cartoon is causing progression and regression all at the same time. While sucking her thumb, which enrages her father, Baby C is grinning through it, enjoying the infuriation it causes. I have to laugh, which makes it one of those lovely vicious cycles.

So let's have a go at a great weekend. May it be full of language from faraway lands but no thumb-sucking.

Sleeping Booty has a crush

Baby C tends to be creative with her costumes. This could be because we have butterfly wings, lots of headbands, and hats laying around. She names herself most creatively, though, when she wraps her blanket around herself. Then, and only then, is she "Sleeping Booty!" She doesn't get the sound of the "eau" quite yet.

We laugh. But Sleeping Booty thinks she has found her prince in her 14-year-old brother's friend. The whole family went to a dance last night. Yes, those big weekday school dances are great. We did the chicken dance, and indeed we looked like chickens, albeit with our heads missing.

At the dance, Baby C wanted her brother's friend to say hi. Remember, she's two. And a half. When he did tell her hello, she smiled, hid her face in her hands, and then looked up at us, and said sweetly, "He talked to me!"

Oh, goodness. Sleeping Booty woke up.