These are kind of lame things to write about after a pretty extended absence, but this is all you get.
1) Nature's Pride Bread. Same price as regular bread (about $2.50.) No high fructose corn syrup. Geesh, finally. Check out your bread. Unless it's from the co-op or the natural foods section and you spent $5-6 dollars, it likely has high fructose corn syrup as an ingredient. It's about time there is a reasonably priced bread without HFCS. I endorse.
2) For his birthday, Johan received a V-tech nursery rhymes book. The pages turn like a book, but it's made of plastic (probably full of BPA or something) and when Johan pushes buttons the books sings the nursery rhymes. Featured are Little Bo Peep, Mary Had a Little Lamb, and Ring Around the Rosy. Today I listened to the words and it says:
Ring Around the Rosy
The doggy chases the kitty
Husha, husha
We all fall down.
Well, that's not how it goes. Where is the pocket full of posy? The ashes from the burning bodies to stop the spread of the Black Death? How did a dog and cat chase get involved in it? I guess the Plague isn't a toddler-friendly subject? I wonder if there was a prior model of the V-tech book that had the REAL words and some parents were offended? I certainly plan to teach Johan the real words and use it as an opportunity to discuss European history. And what the hell is Husha? Despite that Johan really likes this toy, I do not endorse for its lack of historical and/or literary accuracy.
2 comments:
I read a very interesting chapter in the E2 book about reading labels. I thought I knew how to read labels - boy was I wrong. Let me know if you want me to scan and e-mail the chapter to you. It was a real eye opener and I learned a LOT.
sure!
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