Not Quite Right

NorthernMommy and Daddy have been trying to raise Toddler in the correct fashion: proper manners, good behavior, balanced meals, and life skills - to include safety. They think that they've been doing a fairly good job; Toddler's fairly intelligent (with a side of common sense) and has made it to the age of four with no major injuries.

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Since so many of the Northern Family's meals are made at home, the stove gets a workout. Each night, as dinner is made, Toddler's games, activities, and/or general mayhem is moved away from the cooking area with the warning that the stove or oven is HOT! After years of this, Toddler knows to steer clear of the oven to avoid the possibility of a burn.

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Tonight, as NorthernDaddy was preparing dinner, he needed to heat some leftovers in the microwave. When the bell rang, the container being heated was, um...hot. (Duh) NorthernDaddy had to leave the microwave door open as he juggled the steaming dish to the countertop. As usual, he got busy with other dinner preparations and forgot to go back and shut the microwave door.

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NorthernDaddy was switching between cooking some bacon and slicing some tomatoes when NorthernToddler began yelling at Daddy. Due to the sizzling bacon and the loud radio, Daddy couldn't hear Toddler too clearly. When asked to repeat himself, Toddler shouted, "Close the microwave oven door, I'm getting hot in here!"

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Don't think he understands the difference between the microwave and the conventional oven just yet.....

 

 

Lost the Will to Live

 

No cake for dessert? NorthernToddler says he might as well lie down on the tracks in front of this train....

 Nah, that's not the way he rolls....gotta keep moving; something good will come along.... 

Maybe he'll stumble upon some cookies...or pie...or ice cream.

Music Videos

Most of this blog's readers know that there is no television in the Northern household. Physically, yes, there is a TV upstairs with a DVD player hooked up for watching the random movie, and there is a computer for streaming a show or two, but nothing is watched regularly. NorthernMommy watches maybe two shows per week and NorthernDaddy feels that he has wasted enough of his life in front of the idiot box (but he'll watch snippets of "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition" if Mommy has it on when he's doing the dishes. That show's inspirational.) NorthernToddler? Toddler would sit in front of a screen for hours and watch Dora or Sesame Street or just about anything that is on. He is kept away from the TV as much as possible to prevent the development of the Thousand-Yard Stare/Brain Rot.

Because of the no-television leanings in the Northern household, Toddler hasn't been exposed to very many (if any) music videos. He got a glimpse of Eric Church's video for the song "Homeboy", where the title character lives a rough life, is arrested, and eventually returns to the farm where he was raised. The expression below is Toddler's reaction the video....

 

 After the bazillion questions that "Homeboy" generated, NorthernDaddy decided to switch over to Dave Matthews Band - less questions, more rocking.

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Twelve seconds into the video for "You Might Die Trying", Toddler ran off to grab his guitar. NorthernDaddy cranked the volume and he and Toddler danced and played guitar and sang along. It was a high-energy, rocking-loud good time...

 

...until NorthernMommy came home from her run to announce that she could "hear the music clear across the street and what kind of crazy are you two?"

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Oops.