Health & Fitness
Caillou's Mom vs. Sid the Science Kid's Mom
My daughter likes to gauge how cool I am by comparing me to cartoon character's moms.
My girls are obsessed with Caillou. Certifiably obsessed! My four-year-old has decided Caillou's mom is a great gauge to tell how well I am doing in the mom department. 'Caillou this....Caillou that...Caillou's mom this....Caillou's mom that!'
The love affair has been going on for months and daily I hear what we should be doing because 'Caillou's mom does....' The other day, my 4 year old told me we needed to make ice cream from scratch. I looked at her wondering if she got me confused with Martha Stewart. I was thinking more along the lines of Edy, as in Edy's Light Done Right ice cream line. Ice cream from scratch?? Really? What am I exposing to my poor child? Before I could think anything else, she added 'Caillou's mom made ice cream from scratch with her kids!'
REALLY?? I looked at her and said, 'okay, I will make you a deal, if you wake up as a cartoon tomorrow morning, we can do whatever Caillou and his mom do!' She seemed satisfied and luckily, she hasn't woken up as a cartoon yet!!
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Why can't she set the standards with Sid the Science Kid's mom? She's cute, cool, hip AND drops him off at school and leaves!
