Modern Mamma Marvels

And so it would seem natural that BigBrother would dig Wheels on the Bus: Mango’s Big Dog Parade. I wasn’t really sure how he would react. He doesn’t really dig “people shows.” But the puppets? Especially a monkey? He was diggin’ the monkey. He wasn’t really sure about the dragon but, oh, the monkey was a thumbs up from that little critic.

FireDad and I were a bit bothered by the lip-syncing problems with the spoken word segments. Yes, we’re overly critical about stuff like this but, really, it was distracting for the both of us. Then again, we’re not the target audience, are we? To top it off, BigBrother didn’t seem to notice because he was entranced by the songs.

He’s a musical kid and so the tunes really made this DVD work for him. He was humming along with the songs even though he didn’t know them (though you’d definitely know the tune for The Wheels on the Bus by the end of the show even if you didn’t know it prior!). He had a few dance moves. He had a few laughs. It was good.

Personally, I was digging the whole “taking turns” theme. We’re working on that in our house right now and BigBrother even turned to me once while we were watching and said, “Mommy’s turn!” Of course, it doesn’t always work (see also this post) but hopefully he’ll learn someday!

We liked the DVD enough to keep it in our library. While I don’t think it would be BigBrother’s first pick, it will be a nice distraction from the constant Thomas the Train nonsense that we currently have going on up in here. And really, he laughed every time that bus tried to talk to him and I love his laughter. So it’s a win-win situation.

Hit up the Parent Bloggers Network to see what others are saying about Wheels on the Bus: Mango’s Big Dog Parade so far. Also, they’re giving away a free copy of the DVD so be sure to enter before January 21st!