Katherine … doesn’t have the world’s longest attention span.<\/p>\n
So why is it that she’s enrapt by the “Discovery Kids” channel I flipped on for her. Big, colorful puppets, snippets of music, funny voices, interesting animated bits.<\/p>\n
She watches it. She calls to me to look at it.<\/p>\n
She sings, claps, and stamps her feet <\/i>to it.<\/p>\n
I begin to see why some folks find the TV to be an effective babysitter.<\/p>\n
And now you know why we amended our plans to make sure we hit the Magic Kingdom down at WDW.<\/p>\n
By the way, Katherine has, this morning, discovered how to open and close all the cabinetry in the family room. We’re doomed …<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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