What's on TV?

We’re having a bit of a lazy day today, and watching TV. The show on this morning was a collection of commercials from all over the world. We had forgotten that American stars frequently make commercials for other markets…cash is a good thing! So far we’ve seen translations of familiar spots from a few years ago, and others that were obviously done for local markets by people we don’t normally see in commercials in the states: Sean Connery, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Brad Pitt and a host of others.

Other thoughts on TV shows here:

• Animal Planet works in almost any language, and so far we’ve seen Meerkat Manor in English (Bill Nighy narrating) and Russian (you can still understand “Mozart,” “Shakespeare” and “Flower”)
• Many voice-overs ignore the fact that there are multiple speakers – same V/O person regardless of character or gender

Check out Mr. Rally Cap! This is how we were greeted today on arrival at the baby house. The boy’s already getting into the swing of things!

We did a little more cruising and speed crawling today. Nicholas was the only one on the loose, and he seemed intent on showing all the girls what he could do. Some of them were watching carefully; others were ignoring him in favor of rattles and squeaky toys. Oh well, he’d better get used to fickle women at an early age!

After another round of playing “examining Daddy’s face and glasses” it was on to the new game of “getting into Mommy’s bag.” Sorry kid, no car keys for you.

Then we had the new and humiliating experience of trying to feed a child who REALLY wanted his snack, in front of the caregivers who were trying hard to hide their grins at my ineptitude. Not only are you taking on a new challenge, it comes with a new costume. I think I should get points for the fact that I’ve never had to feed a child bread in warm milk with a tablespoon. Yes, I said tablespoon – it was like feeding a rabbit with a wheelbarrow!

The final shot of the day is the peaceful child with the binkie – about to fall asleep.

Our plans for the rest of the day are to follow suit! Nap, followed by "A Beautiful Mind."

Someone asked size info. Nicholas is currently about 17lbs, and 26" tall, but keep in mind that he won't be home in Boston for almost 2 months and will then probably start growing rapidly.