It's always "Marfa, Marfa, Marfa!"

You like that Brady Bunch reference!? Well, this post has nothing to do with that. Rather, Abby and Tyler are obsessed with Martha (or "Marfa" ... keep reading) the talking dog! Abby read the book "Martha Calling" a long time ago, and was intrigued by this dog, who speaks like a human when she eats alphabet soup. Well, we saw in a magazine that Martha is now going to have her own TV show on PBS kids. Of course Dennis had to take the kids online to check it out ... and when you go to any of these kid sites (PBS kids, Nick Jr., etc.), there are games, coloring pages and more. Dennis let Abby and Tyler play a couple of the Martha games last weekend, and now they are hooked! Instead of pestering me to "watch a movie show" (that's what Tyler calls TV), they are now pestering me to "play Marfa" (this is how Tyler prounounces Martha. I have a funny story about that too for another time). We don't let the kids watch a lot of TV and I'm thinking computer time will be handled similarly ... I just thought playing on the computer would come MUCH later. With TV, they get a 30 minute show if the TV comes on that day ... and usually they'll try to talk us into another half hour, which we may or may not give into considering the circumstances. Well, I've found it much harder to control computer time. They come in the office to play a game or two, and they are so quiet (not the usual around here)! And, truthfully, the games they play are educational (words, matching, etc.) Plus, they look so cute sitting in the big office chair together. Well, let's look on the upside ... Abby and Tyler will soon be able to update this blog themselves!