Valentine's Day Idea

I am an elementary school teacher by profession, and during the 10 years that I taught before becoming a mom, I made this Valentine's Day craft probably 9 times.  It's really easy but it turns out pretty cute.  It's perfect for kids of many ages.  My daughter is only 2, but I was able to make this work for her, too.  And when I taught, I even had 4th graders make them. 

This is for a valentine holder.  You will need 2 different colored (or patterned) pieces of paper, large enough to make a holder the size you want.  I used 12x12 scrapbooking paper, but in school I just had the kids use regular 9x13 construction paper.  You will need some glue and you might want string or ribbon to hang it up; it's up to you.  You will also want whatever embellishments you want to use: crayons, stickers, more patterned paper, doilies, whatever is on hand.

Start by cutting out two large hearts, exactly the same size (cut one and use it as a template to cut the second one).  Make them kind of puffy and make them almost as big as the paper you're using.  So you would, in my example, have one big red heart and one patterned heart, but they are both the same size exactly.  Keep them folded in half.  This is the trickiest part, but trust me, if my third (and second) graders could do it, you can too!

Take the two hearts and hold them so that the FOLDED edges are facing AWAY from each other and the open, puffy edge is in the middle.  You are going to glue along the edges of these so that they form a pocket. 

Here I am holding open the pocket.  See where the pieces are glued on each side, but not completely together?  You want to make sure there's an opening to make the pocket.

Once you have it assembled, you can add the hanger if you want (mine doesn't have one) and then get to work decorating!

Here you can see the pocket a little better with the front showing.  Karina did this one.  Here's her finished project, front and back.

We just stuck it on the refrigerator for now.  I'll put a card and some small treats inside it for her on Valentine's Day.  I think she did such a great job.  I cut out all the hearts and helped her put the envelope together, but she glued everything else down herself. 

I hope my instructions are clear enough so that you can try one if you want.  Feel free to leave a comment or email me if you aren't sure.

Updated post

Just letting you know I updated the post about Karina watching Elmo in a trance.  Here's the link if you want to see the picture.

http://daydreamingofclothdiapers.blogspot.com/2011/01/library-and-elmo.html

Oatmeal. Really?

My daughter is weird. 

There, I said it.  She is really, really weird.  She hates stuffed animals and doesn't like dolls.  Instead, she chooses strange things to be her "babies".  She went through a phase with a bottle of cooking oil.  That was odd enough.  Then she stopped for a while.  Until two days ago.  We got her pictures taken, and afterwards stopped at the grocery store.  We needed milk and bananas, and as we walked out, I saw a box of my favorite oatmeal flavor that is hard to find, so I grabbed that too.  We checked out and went home.  When we got home, she was helping me put the groceries away (which means she was playing with stuff) and got to the box of oatmeal.  Suddenly, it was her best friend.  She put down a placemat on the floor and got one of her paper Elmo plates left over from her birthday and put a pop tart package on it to feed the box.  Then she got a sippy cup so the box could have some water.  Then she took off her sparkly princess shoes and put them near the bottom of the box so it could have shoes.  Then she disappeared for a few minutes, and when she came back, she had gone up to her room and gotten out a purple shirt and purple socks.  For the box.  She was very excited about playing with her new pal, the box, and even ate her own lunch on the floor with it.  After lunch, she put it in her doll stroller and walked it around the house. 

She forgot about it for a few days, but today she saw it and wanted to play with it again.  Not as dramatic as the first day, but she did get out some clothes for it, and she did put it down for a nap in her room on a little mat she has.  And when we dropped off some prescriptions today, she had to bring it with her.  She wanted a coat for it, but we didn't have one, so I offered her a hat, which she wanted me to put on it.  Once the hat was on, she didn't like it so we took it off.  I'm really glad.  The whole thing is starting to freak me out.  I mean, it's a box of oatmeal for crying out loud. 

I asked her what she likes about it so much.  I thought maybe it was the face on the top of the box, but no.  It's the oatmeal picture on the box.  So she loves a box because it contains yet another inanimate object??

My mom says she just has a fantastic imagination, and do I think that's true.  But still.  It's weird.  (I have pictures of a few things but they're on my big computer in the other room and I'm in bed working on my laptop so use your imaginations til I can post them.)


She's weird all right.  But I love her, weirdness and all!

Portraits

We got Karina's portraits done today.  I had planned for her to wear a pretty purple jumper that I made with a black shirt underneath.  The jumper was two different corduroys, one solid fuschia and the other with a rose print on black.  I chose it because Karina really loves purple right now.  Well, once it was on her, she hated it and wanted it off right away.  She said it hurt, so something was uncomfortable.  She was pulling at the neck of the shirt, though.  I think the corduroy was clinging to the shirt and causing it to pull in a strange way.  Maybe if she wears it without something under it instead. 

We didn't have time to mess with that, and I had prepared two backup dresses because this has happened before.  One was black velveteen with purple and the other was white with large red poppies all over it from Gymboree.  I love Gymboree, but I can't afford them on their regular prices, so I usually only buy a few things on clearance once in a blue moon.  This one, I just loved it so much, I paid full price for it.  I'm so glad I did, because this was the one she chose to wear.  I had gotten a white cardigan (the kind that's really short on the torso--there's a name for it but I can't remember it right now).  She had white tights and black dress shoes and she looked super cute!

We went to JCPenney's, where we get our pictures taken, and the store wasn't open for 20 minutes, because I am perpetually early.  So we walked over to a bookstore to wander for a few minutes (it was cold so I didn't want to just wait outside).  We walked out with two new Elmo board books.  She ended up using them as her props throughout the whole session.  She was so good!

The photographer, Melissa, was fantastic.  She was so great with Karina, and Karina warmed up to her so fast.  She did some formal shots and then some casual, with her cardigan, tights, and shoes off.  All the pictures she took were so cute!  I think we only deleted about 3 total shots.  Karina was great, too.  She was really listening to Melissa and did all the things she asked her to do.  Melissa even got her to lie on her tummy, put her chin in her hands, and her feet up in the air.  She didn't hold it long enough for a picture, but she did do it.  I thought that was pretty amazing considering she's only 2.  She was just amazing.  I was so proud of her.  She even let me move away from her for the first time ever in a photo session.  Usually I have to be right there with her, and end up partly in a lot of the pictures because of it.  Not this time!  We did get one picture of me reading to her, but it wasn't great so I didn't order it. 

Now I'm just dying to get the email with the pictures in it.  I know I'm biased because I'm her mom, but I just think she is such a cutie.  I almost wanted to just cry looking at her pictures.  I thought her 18 month ones were amazing, but these were even more so.  Way to go Karina and thank you Melissa from JCPenney!!



Nobody paid me to say this stuff.  It's just my opinion of my own experience that I paid for myself and wanted to share with you. 

Football

For the record, I'm not into sports of any kind.  My husband, however, loves football, hockey, and baseball, so pretty much year round there's some type of sport on television.  Today was a big game for him, Bears versus Packers.  He's from Chicago, so he got a big disappointment today, but that's not the story.

Karina isn't allowed in Bill's room (we call it his music room, but it's just a room where he keeps a lot of junk in messy piles everywhere and on every flat surface) because there's so much stuff she could get into and either get hurt by or damage.  We keep a baby gate up because there's not a regular door, just a curtain to separate his room from the kitchen.  Today, since he was in there watching the Big Game, I suggested he take the gate down, because Karina wanted to be able to go in there and come out to the kitchen where I was.  Since he was in there to watch her, it was fine, and really she is so good that she doesn't get into much as long as someone's there.  She was absolutely thrilled to be allowed in there, and wanted to bring all her books and toys in there to play with and read.  Then she saw the miniature football.

I gave Bill some small sport balls for a birthday or some present a while back, that he could play with Karina with.  The football was lost for a while because it didn't roll, but she found it today, picked it up, and stuck it under her arm like she was some kind of quarterback.  Maybe we should have sent her to Chicago today to help them out! 

Auction to help another blogger

I don't know if any of you read Coupon Mommy of 3's blog, but recently her 3 year old daughter was diagnosed with cancer.  It has been really scary and hard on her family, and some blogs and websites are working together to help her out financially.  Check out Simply Stacie's post here to find out more about the auction (for ad space on some blogs).  Chandice from Diaper Style is hosting the auction, it just happens that I follow Simply Stacie and found out about it through her.  Here is the link to Emily's story. 

I think it's just awesome that bloggers are doing this to help this family.  It makes me really happy that I started a blog and even more happy that I started following blogs, too.  There are really some wonderful, caring people out there. 

A Good Little Girl and Silly

Three short stories for today (I'll try to be short, ha ha!).

First of all we went to Target to get some groceries (ours has a grocery section and most of their dairy is marked hormone free, so I get our milk and cheese and stuff there).  I ran into a friend of mine from church who remarked on how good Karina was being in the store.  Her granddaughter is a month younger than Karina (and the funny part is I used to babysit her daughter, how crazy is that?  We're only about 8 years apart in age, so it's not that hard to fathom when you remember I'm no spring chicken.  Anyway, I said short.)  My friend was saying how good Karina was.  She was impressed that she wasn't yelling or screaming or trying to run off, as she said her granddaughter (also 2) often does.  Karina showed my friend "Jan" her pinwheel that we'd picked up in another section of the store, and I asked Karina to tell her what color it was.  "Bupa," said Karina.  (That's purple).  Jan was impressed.  I was proud.  It was all very cool.

The next story takes place at home.  Friday's pizza night at our house, to my everlasting joy and thankfulness.  It's a night I don't have to think about what to make or wonder if Karina will eat it.  So while the oven was preheating and later while the pizza was cooking, Karina played in the kitchen with me and I cleaned up some stuff.  She saw my pink measuring cups in one of the drawers and wanted to play with them, so I let her (this kind of thing just doesn't bother me because I'll just throw them in the dishwasher; they don't take up much room, they're easy to clean, etc.).  She played around with them, unhooked them from their little loop, walked around with one in her mouth covering up her nose a little and laughing.  Very silly!  Then she was kind of done with them, so I said, "Karina, when you are finished playing with the measuring cups, will you please put them into the sink for me?"  Then I went about what I was doing.  The pizza was ready, and Karina knows that the beeping means food's on the way, and while I was getting out the oven mitts, I saw her go to the sink and start putting the measuring cups in.  She remembered me asking and she did what I asked.  It was so awesome!  I was so proud of her.  

The third story is from after dinner.  She has two little die-cast cars, not Matchbox, but similar, that she sometimes plays with.  She had them at the table and had been playing with them while the pizza cooked, too.  She was "feeding" them her pizza and they were sharing her food.  When she got down, she started driving them on the doors of our fake pantry (it's fake because it's not a real pantry.  It's one of those put-together-yourself white laminate jobs with two doors on the front and some shelves inside that can be used for anything.  We use it as a pantry).  I wondered aloud, "Maybe the cars can drive under the handles like a tunnel?"  and she heard me and tried it.  They didn't fit, but even Bill was impressed by her comprehension. 

I guess it was just a day to be really proud of my little girl who's really growing up way too fast.

Library and... Elmo?

This week we had to return some library books that Karina and I checked out together.  When we went in, she wanted "dodo" books.  (That's "doggie for those of you who don't speak Karina) We pulled out all these books about dogs, with dogs in them, stories about dogs, and factual books about dogs.  The entire hour we were there, all I heard was "Dodo!  Dodo!"

Me: "Karina, do you want me to read this book to you?"
Karina: "Dodo!  Dodo!"

So I'd read it to her, and halfway throught, it was "Dodo" again.  Down we went to find the perfect "dodo" book.  Finally we found two, one called "Chewy Louie" about a little puppy who eats everything to the point that they have to rebuild their house, and another one that I think is by DK or something similar; it's got some clear pages in it and it's just a fact book about dogs, but it's intended for little kids.  She loves it.

We took them home on Tuesday and have been enjoying them.  All week, Karina has been more obsessed with dogs than usual.  It's like they've invaded her brain.  The only thing they haven't pushed out yet is Sesame Street and Elmo.

We decided last week that in order to have a routine for her, she gets to watch Sesame Street on Monday and Thursday nights.  So, we turned it on, and boy, that girl LOVES that show.  At five to seven, I told her she was going to watch her special show--I don't even have to say the name of it--and she immediately and frantically grabbed two random toys (blocks) to hold while she watched it and scrambled up on to the couch.

Elation as it came on and the first sketch was about the letter I, which is the letter of the day, and a dog named Iggy who thinks the letter I is a bone.  Later in the show is Elmo's World.  This is the highlight of Karina's day.  I wish you could see her face--I should take a picture next time.  I'll try to remember.  Anyway, Elmo is always thinking about something and that is the theme of his segment for the day.  Today, guess what Elmo was thinking about?  Yep, DOGS.  I thought Karina was going to bust a gasket, she was so excited!

She watches Sesame Street without moving almost at all--it's like she's in a trance.  When that Elmo segment came on with dogs, she just lit all up and actually said, "Dog".

She's been so obsessed with dogs this week that she's progressed from "dodo" to "dog" but it kind of sounds like "dots" or "dods" or something like that.

But she said, "Dog".  Thank you, Elmo.

Not Wonderful

Another little Karina story.  Today, I got to go to my stamping club meeting for about 2 hours so I had my sitter, Stephanie (a different Stephanie from my friend Steph who I talk about on here often) come watch Karina.  She was napping when I left, and I expected her to wake up while I was gone, which she did.  When I came home, we chatted a little about how she was (fine) and little stuff.  She goes to my church and is in my youth group, and so far has been the only person I've trusted outside my family to watch her.  Anyway, at one point, Stephanie said that Karina was wonderful, and we were being silly with Karina and talking to her.  I was holding her and I looked at her and said, "Are you wonderful?" and she shook her head emphatically, and said, "No!" in her to-die-for-cute voice. 

Another little story is about the book "Green Eggs and Ham".  I got her a copy for Christmas/birthday, and she asked me to read it a few times today.  During one of the times, I asked if she liked green eggs and ham, and she said "yes".  Not just nodding her head, but the word yes.  I asked her again later and she said the same thing.  So at dinner while she was refusing to eat her lasagna (which she used to inhale), I asked her in front of Bill, "Do you like green eggs and ham?" and she said, "No!" in her super cute voice again.  Okay, her voice is always super cute, but I can't describe how she says the word 'no'.  It's not just "no" it's "no-oo". 


She is so silly and just has the best sense of humor!  I am so lucky.

Karina stories

I'm trying to write more little Karina stories and anecdotes on here, but my stories are always so short.  For instance, today she made us read to her for about 4 hours.  Not all in a row, but total.  I'm not kidding, it was allllll day.  She has a cold, so I feel for her, but by the time Sesame Street came on at 7, I was rejoicing in not being begged to "rere" or put "momo" on tv.  Phew. 

She was starving at 430, wanted her leftover pizza which I had offered her, and then didn't eat it.  Instead, she wanted the pancakes that I made myself that she had turned down.  Poor Mommy gets only half her dinner. 

She's learning colors and numbers, I don't know if I have mentioned that.  She learned how to point to things as I count them, which is exciting.  She knows the numbers 1, 2, and 5 for sure, and I think she also knows 3 and 4.  She knows the color purple for sure, because it's her favorite.  She seems to usually be able to tell me yellow, blue, green, and red also.  I think this is pretty amazing and I'm really proud of her.  She's making lots of connections.  The funniest was about Bert from Sesame Street.  Every time she'd see his picture or I'd say his name, she'd point out the window.  It finally dawned on me that she thought his name was Bird!  So I had to explain that to her.  And we checked out a library book that was a counting with sea creatures book.  At the end, there was a page with the question, "Which doesn't belong under the sea?" and there were pictures of all the sea creatures and a parrot.  The very first time we saw the page, she knew which one was out of place, laughed (shrieked) hysterically, and said, "Bird".  She cracks me up.

BJ's today

Today Bill went into work late and he and I took Karina and went to do some shopping at BJ's.  We didn't need that much but somehow managed to spend almost a hundred dollars.  He got a bunch of meat, and we got a faucet filter and a few other things.  But the funny part was Karina.  Usually we put her in the cart, but we let her walk because we were both there.  She was so funny, running around, telling us which aisle to go on next.  The best was when she had walked away (with me) from Bill who was drooling over the meat section, and we had gotten far enough that I was making her stop.  Then Bill started hollering for me, so I told her, "Daddy needs your help" and she went running back over to him!  She was just so cute, and had so much fun in there.  It was not crowded at all, so she had pretty much an open aisle everywhere.  Of course I don't let her really run or terrorize people, but that little extra freedom she had was absolutely adorable to watch.  At one point she started crawling on the floor, and I had to fuss at her because it is so dirty.  Then she wanted to swing on our arms, which I am afraid to let her do.  She didn't touch anything and she didn't really misbehave, she just had a good time.  Afterwards, we did something we almost never do, which is eat lunch at McDonald's.  We really, really do not eat at fast food places hardly ever, so this was a huge treat.  Want to know what she ate?  French fries.  Yep, that's it.  But then at home she had a ton of fruit, so I don't feel too bad!

Great Post at What Mamma Does Best

If you're so inclined, please check out this post from Jen at What Mamma Does Best.  It's about how much liquid cloth diapers and disposable diapers can hold. 

But remember, just because it can hold that much, doesn't mean it should.  Babies should be changed as soon as possible after they wet or soil their diaper, whether it's a cloth one or a disposable.  They aren't meant to sit in ick.  (I mean, you wouldn't, would you?)

How Does He Not Notice???

I am not making this up.  This is what my husband wore to work today.  When he came home for lunch, I noticed them right away.  I asked him what was up with his shoes, and he looked down.  I still don't understand how he didn't FEEL the difference, or SEE it when he was putting them on. 


I have no more words.

I am so lucky and I am so thankful

My daughter is healthy.  Thank the good Lord above and the universe and anything else that you may believe in.  I say this because I've just finished reading about a little girl, the daughter of one of the blog writers I follow, who has been diagnosed with cancer.  I don't know her personally, but she's a semi-local blogger to me, so I always found her blog particularly relevant. 

She's not the only one.  I may have mentioned, but I can't remember, that there is another little girl I know with cancer.  Her mom and I were pregnant at the same time.  Our due dates were 1 week apart.  We taught together at my old school, and when I was subbing there, she was still there and we'd compare our pregnancy symptoms.  Then we both found out we were having girls.  Her daughter is 2 weeks older than Karina, and she was diagnosed last year with cancer. 

One of my cousins also had a tumor in her stomach when she was very small.  I remember her having surgery, but I was also little so I don't remember details.  My mom said she was always very scrawny, except for her tummy which was very big and round. 

Cancer is a horrible thing anytime.  But I think it's the worst when it strikes children.  I hate that any parent would ever have to go through the pain of knowing their baby is sick and could die.  Thank goodness medicine is as advanced as it is and many children are saved because of the skill and care of good doctors. 

I leave religion out of my posts most of the time in an effort to be respectful to everyone, but with something like this, all I can think of is how thankful I am to God that my daughter is healthy, and I pray that these other little girls will soon be healthy, too. 

If you would like to read about the blogger, it's Coupon Mommy of 3 and her blog link should be on my sidebar.

GroVIa commentary

You know that I cloth diaper, although those days are coming to a close with my now 2-year-old daughter.  I've been eyeing the new GroVia diaper systems for a while now, especially since the Natural Baby Company decided to stop selling my favorite Wonder Wraps online.  I hoped that the GroVia would be a comparable replacement for them.  And then they came out with two beautiful new colors, cosmos and ice (pink and turquoise).  I hate the other colors they have right now.  Blechy eggplant purple, nasty tangeriney orange, and split pea soup green.  I do not like these colors, although many people do, and that's fine.  I personally hate  them.  Anyway, then to top it all off, they went on sale at one of my favorite diaper sites, so I did it.  I bought one set of each color.  That means I got the outer shell (cover, waterproof, to hold in the mess) and the absorbent inner layer that snaps in.  That's 2 diapers if you're trying to figure this out.  They call it a set when you get the shell and the insert.

The new colors are super pretty.  The inner part absorbs great, and the insert has a waterproof backing so the cover stays really dry.  It's nice and trim.  And therein lies the problem.  What a disappointment.  I had hoped to use the shells like a regular diaper cover, which is basically what they are.  But my prefolds won't fit in them without creating huge gaps either in the legs or the back, depending on how I fold the prefold.  So basically, if I don't use the inserts that came with them, I can't use them at all.  A huge, huge disappointment, especially with all the hype and positive reviews and everything they were getting.  And really especially disappointing since I still can't buy my Wonder Wraps unless I go to Bozeman, Montana, which I am not likely to do anytime in my life, since I live nowhere near there.

Let me restate for the record:  the GroVia diaper doesn't have anything inherently wrong with it when used with its insert.  In fact, it worked great.  It fit well, it was nice and trim, it absorbed really well.  So in that sense, there is nothing at all wrong with it.  But that's not my complaint.  My complaint is that I can't use my prefold diapers with it, and that is what I wanted to do, because the company discontinued my favorite covers.  I was hoping, and expecting, that the GroVia shells would be a comparable substitute.  They are not even close.

Those Wonder Wraps are the absolute best, and it boggles my mind why they would ever want to stop selling them.  If anything, they should have marketed the heck out of them.  You can use them with anything: prefolds, other inserts, fitteds.  And they NEVER leak.  In fact, they're the only diaper I can put on my child for a nap that doesn't leak.  All my pocket and all-in-one diapers leak when she naps because she curls her legs up under her and the pee just comes out the top.  Not in the Wonder Wraps.  Nope, those suckers hold it all in, the prefolds absorb like total awesomeness, and there's never a problem (and I'm not using super expensive, fancy shmancy prefolds.  They're just Gerber premium prefolds you can buy in the store--NOT the birdseye though).  Well, there was some leaking when I was first learning about diapers, and I was using the wrong kind of diaper and didn't know it.  I was given three packages of birdseye cloth diapers by a well-meaning aunt (who did not read the part on my registry that said I wanted diaper service quality, not birdseye).  I figured I'd give them a shot anyway.  Well it turns out, they're worthless as anything but a burp cloth.  They're full of stuffing, like fiberfill or something.  That's the only time those covers ever leaked, and it was because there was literally nothing inside them to hold in any liquid.  Once I got her out of those, it's been smooth sailing ever since.  So you can see now why I am so incredibly disappointed in the GroVia diapers.  My Wonder Wraps have held up unbelievably well, considering I use them every single day and have for 2 years.  Two of them did delaminate, but seriously, I was using them constantly.  If I got used that way so much, I'd delaminate, too!  (Delaminate means that the fabric comes away from the waterproof part causing separation of the two pieces and potential leaking.  The fabric is made waterproof by laminating it with a waterproof polyurethane coating.)  I did score two more Wonder Wraps from Babyhalfoff.com recently, but I'm worried that my stash won't last for another baby.  And what if I have a boy?  I have a lot of girly covers that I won't want to use on a boy.  What if I have a girl?  Most of my girly covers are really well-used.  Then all I'll have are boyish colors.  Sigh.  I kept hoping they'd come out with pretty colors again, but instead they let me down and discontinued them altogether.  All for the sake of GroVia, a nice, but not very versatile diaper.

Bring back my Wonder Wraps!!!!!!

**UPDATE** I just went on their website, for the first time in ages, and they have Wonder Wraps there!  So maybe now I don't have to go to Bozeman.  When they first discontinued them to retailers, they weren't even on the website.  I am much happier now.



Please note that these are my own opinions and others may have different opinions.  I did not get compensated in any way for writing this, and I'm not sponsored or anything by anyone.  I just actually love those diaper covers, and I was just disappointed that the GroVia (which, when used as it comes, is perfectly fine and works great) couldn't be used in place of the Wonder Wraps.  Really, I wanted to cry.

The Greatest American Hero

Did you ever watch this show?  It was on back in the 80s, when I was growing up.  My brother David and I watched it almost religiously, and we both had T-shirts from the show.  We called it the Ralph show because that was the main character's name.  He was Ralph Hinkley, a high school special education teacher (but the kids are more like inner-city, hardened, don't care stereotypes).  Ralph is played by William Katt, his girlfriend Pam is played by Connie Sellecca, and there's another guy, an FBI guy named Bill Maxwell played by Robert Culp. 

Essentially what happens is that on a field trip to the desert with his class, Ralph runs into Bill in a little diner, then out in the desert crazy things start happening; the car breaks down and so forth.  It turns out aliens have decided that Ralph should be a super hero and Bill is going to help him fix all these problems down on Earth.  Bill's first thought is to take care of the Russians, but then he later changes his mind.  Anyway, Ralph gets this suit and an instruction manual, which falls out in the desert, so he has to learn the suit's secrets by trial and error.  So the show has a really humorous aspect to it, as he is this bumbling superhero. 

If you ever watched it, and want to see it, I know that Amazon.com has it and my mom got my copy of "The Best Of" at Target.  So it's out there.  If you never saw it, I would suggest borrowing it rather than buying it, because without the memories of watching it years ago, it might not be the same.  But for me, it's great!


Also, I don't get paid by anyone to say any of this stuff, and I don't get paid by Amazon or Target, that just happens to be where I saw the DVDs.  This is all just my opinion.  Other people might hate this show.