Not sure if everyone/anyone has heard of them, but our boys love to watch the Wonder Pets. It’s a cartoon on Nick Jr. where three school pets – a guinea pig, turtle, and duckling – save baby animals that are in trouble.
This Christmas, Billy got a stuffed Ming-Ming (duck) and Ricky got a stuffed Linny (Guinea Pig). Billy has claimed them both as his own and his interest in the show has increased a hundred fold. He has slowly been picking up the theme song more and more and sings it often. Of course, Ricky has enjoyed watching the show more often as well and also likes to sing the theme song, which just helps Billy learn more.
This morning, at about 2am, Billy woke me up and when I went into the room he held up his stuffed Wonder Pets and burst out in full song, “Linny, Tuck, and Ming-Ming, too! We’re Wonder Pets and we’ll help you!” He was wide awake! So much for just laying him back down again. I brought him down to the couch to sleep for a few minutes. When I thought he should be tired enough, I carried him back up stairs. As I carried him up the stairs, he chanted, “Hup, 2, 3, 4! Hup, 2, 3, 4!” – something I often say to get the boys to go up the stairs at night to get their pjs on. He’s just too cute, even at 2 in the morning!