Rules for Grown-Ups

Have you guys seen that show Yo Gabba Gabba? It's freaking crazy. There's this anorexic looking black guy who wears an orange track suit who carries around little aliens in a 007 looking briefcase/boom box. If you haven't seen it, my description has intrigued you, hasn't it?

Anyway, Tatiana has sort of developed a like for this show. It's my own fault because I don't turn it off when it comes on. Keep your comments to yourself. Every stay at home mom who says they don't use tv as a babysitter is lying. Just because I fess up to it is no reason to crucify me.

So, where was I? Oh yeah, so Tatiana watches this show and the songs on it kind of crack me up. My favorite so far is "Don't Bite Your Friends". There are also songs with words like this, "Keep trying! Keep trying! Don't give up, don't give up!", and "Please, thank you, please, thank you, MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC!". Then there are these little kids that get on there and show you their cool tricks or "skills". This part cracks me up because they have kids who's skills are everything from gymnastics to (and I'm not kidding) making noise with a recorder while using their nose instead of their mouth, also one of my favorites.

So, almost every day I watch this, ok, Tatiana watches it while I try and clean the family room again, and I'm thinking that maybe these are really good things for adults as well as children. Like "don't bite your friends". If we adapted this even a little we could change it to, "Don't screw over your friends," or "Don't stand up your friends". Every adult needs a reminder to say please and thank you and I need to remind myself every now and then that just because I can't stand in front of a judge and plead a case or interrogate someone to get important information out of them, my skills are just as important, even if those skills include being able to pour the bubbles into the automatic bubble machine without spilling and making perfectly shaped cookie dough balls from the premade cookie dough bought at the store.

So my friends, take a minute and ponder with me the depth of Yo Gabba Gabba...ok, don't, but maybe today you could remember to keep trying and don't give up.