WHAT????

I never thought that I would ever be thankful, to the extent I am anyways for todays gift. Saying that however I am thankful today for television. More specifically PBS. My boys have been sick lately and today it was a down day for them both. Great for me bad for them. They woke up and wanted to do nothing. I have never had this happen. They have both been sick before, Benjamin a lot with his asthma, but they have always had tons of energy anyway. Today all the energy seemed to be sucked right out of them. Do not know if it was the medicine they took to sleep the night before or if there little bodies just knew they needed to get better. They sat on my bed the entire day. I turned PBS on and they watched from 7 a.m. til about 2 p.m. I watched with them in between cuddling them and having Jacob pick a book to read, and doing my household duties but most of the day was spent in front of the television.

What I love most about PBS is first, no commercials. I do not have to continue to check if they are seeing something that there little souls do not need, second they learn while they watch. They interact and respond to questions there brains are still turning as they sit. They do not turn into zombies who are having there intelligence sucked out of them. There shows are smart and aimed at bettering children and making them love reading, activities, and asking questions. (I know at the same time sucking you into there world so you will continue to watch and totally contradicting but hey you go with what you got right?)

So today it is PBS.