Monday, November 16, 2009

Mystery solved


Believe it or not this picture helped Brody and me figure out the mystery as to why Baylor is afraid of almost every cartoon or movie ever made. Actually, Brody figured it out, I'm just trying to take some of his credit.
I'll sometimes turn on PBS kids or Disney and let Baylor watch harmless cartoons, but he often ends up yelling, "I don't like it. It's scary". I'm sure many of you moms have watched the cartoons on these channels, and you are well aware that they do not broadcast anything even close to being scary.
So, we were doing some activities in a preschool book when I came to this page. Baylor immediately said, "No, I don't want this page, it's too scary". I showed Brody, so Brody ask Baylor what was scary about it and Baylor said, "The chicken is too scary and not nice". So apparently because one of the chicken's eyebrows is crooked, and he has his hands on hips, he is scary. I admit the chicken does look like he is scowling, but seriously is that really that scary?
I went on thinking about all the cartoons Baylor has been afraid of and that really is the reason why. For example, Baylor is terrified of Handy Manny and Handy Manny has a tool that is always scowling and complaining and doesn't smile. I guess in Baylor's mind everyone should be happy and smiling all the time, and if not than they are scary.

1 comment:

Dan and Dee said...

no pressure as a mom....don't put your hands on your hips and scowl or he will have nightmares.