At Home with SpongeBob.
I am at home today with John-Heath and his typical sickness...fever. I'm beginning to think this kid is more my clone than my child. He looks like I looked, he acts like I acted, he has the same attention span I had (or lack of one thereof), and now it just dawned on me that he often gets sick in the same way I did by spiking a fever, often with no other symptoms. I have been told I had "fever convulsions" as a child, where my eyes would roll back in my head and out I'd go! Luckily,
that hasn't happened with my son.
For the moment he is feeling better. He has moved his drum set into the kitchen and periodically performs something for me. Yayyyy!!!! He is also enjoying time with one of his best buddies...Spongebob.
Mr. Squarepants has been a dear friend of the Tire Swings Family for years now. I can rememeber one day when Ren, who was about 5 at the time, and I came home to find our first Spongebob
marathon. We both squealed with delight and the joy was palpable!
It wasn't until a year or two ago I heard someone actually say something negative about Sponge. Frankly, I just don't buy the
Spongebob is inappropriate because its humor is vulgar argument out there. Yes, I know he lives in
Bikini Bottom and has a friend named Sandy
Cheeks, but good grief, people. Don't be such a prude.
Personally, I think the little guy can be a good role model. Just think about it. Don't we all want our children to grow up and be successful in their jobs, have a strong work ethic, dress nice (have you
seen how some teens dress?), love family and grandma's cookies, and be a good neighbor and a loyal friend (even when your best friend is rather dumb)? I think so.
Okay, if I'm being perfectly honest, even though I love our porous, yellow friend,
Squidward is
my favorite.
Squidward: And he replaced his hand with a rusty spatula. And then, he got hit by a bus! And... at his funeral, they fired him! So now, every...what day is this?
Spongebob: Tuesday.
Squidward: TUESday night, his ghost returns to the Krusty Krab to wreak his horrible vengeance.
--from "The Graveyard Shift"
3 comments:
My favorite episode is the one where Mr. Krabs talks about the bad words that shouldn't be said....and they are blocked out by dolphin sounds. Cracks me up.
Have you ever heard of the saying "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree"? That reminds me of you and John Heath!
I think SpongeBob is great! Don't tell anyone, but I always enjoyed watching it with my kids! :)
Heather, you are sooo right. In our case, though, I think the apple is still attached. haha
Oh, and I won't say a word. I've been known to watch an episode or two by myself!
Chick, that's another one of my favorite episodes. I love it when Patrick tells him they are "sentence enhancers" and Spongebob just innocently walks into the Krusty Krab and says aloud, "Hi, Squidward. How the *dolphin noise* are you?" and everyone gasps.
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