I love the news!!

My mornings this year are different than they have been in the past. I have Jes in the mornings so that means no more headline news or CNN. I’m back to watching cartoons and t.v. shows that make me want turn and bite her as she giggles as if THIS show is the best thing since tear free shampoo.

This morning before she had a chance to crawl into bed with me, I had turned on the news and made a pot of coffee. She crawled into bed as the Today show was on and they were promo’ing that Elmo was going to be on. I asked her, “You like Elmo, Jes?” She just smiled like I was an idiot because clearly Elmo is just for babies and why have I not turned on Spongebob yet?
I then told her how much I LOVE Elmo and I wanted to watch that part and she agreed that it would be alright if I left my television tuned into this show with people that were not yellow and did not live in a pineapple under the sea.

She was OUT within 5 minutes of watching the headlines. I left on the show and when Elmo came on I got all excited. What? You thought I was kidding about my love for that red, furry guy? Well, I do love him. Growing up watching Sesame Street I was a Big Bird fan and my brother, Michael, was an Oscar The Grouch. (Notice I didn’t say ‘fan’?)
When Elmo was introduced to the show I thought he was sort of annoying and then when Rosie went nuts over that stupid “Tickle Me Elmo” doll I about barfed, but since he shook that image and is just as cute as they come.

All morning I got to watch the news as she snoozed. I was in heaven. I switched from Headline News to CNN and then to local news and then back to CNN and then I watched Regis and Kelly (and it doesn’t matter how many years that lovely woman is on the show, I will always say the first few syllables of Kathy Lee.

Heaven. She slept all the way to the point of having to wake her up for school.

Hell. Waking up a fiery, red head who didn’t get to watch her programs before school.

Tomorrow we will be watching Spongebob.