I’ve decided to turn the TV off during the day. I can’t have it on without being slumped in front of it and I don’t really like having the telly on as background noise. As I work on laying down a loose daily routine which will help to ensure some sort of balance between Alby, Percy, chores, work and friends in addition to being on a punctuality drive at the moment, daytime TV is simply not an option. (I don’t care what I said in high school, you can’t do your homework in front of the telly. Trying only turns a 15 minute job to turn into a 3 hour effort and I’m looking for shortcuts not massive extensions to every task).
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| Transfixed Albert |
I confess my no daytime TV decision only came after I found out that this show makes a daily appearance on CBeebies. With Alby’s routine the timing couldn’t be better and for me knowing that come 6:20pm I can stop, sit down for a family cuddle and turn my brain off actually helps me to get through the preceding few hours after work/nursery.
And Alby loves it. He is utterly transfixed for the entire programme. He hasn’t watched it very often but he seems to have already developed a soft spot for Makka Pakka and the Tombiloos. When they come on he starts clapping, waving at the telly, slapping his hands on my legs and jumping up and down. Not quite the bedtime calm I expect and a far cry from the high brow intellectual stuff my father has spent his life trying to indoctrinate me in, but if it keeps Alby happy I’m happy. And Percy doesn’t seem to mind either.
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