I still restrict much of what the girls get to watch on television, limiting shows to mostly pre-screened movies and a few shows on the Disney Channel or Sprout. The past favorites have been Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny, Goodnight Show, Wonder Pets, and the like. Recently, I don’t even really know how, perhaps Tivo loves us more than we know, a show was recorded that Piper, Violet, and I, loved. Phineas and Ferb, another Disney show that airs on Fridays with plenty of reruns throughout the week to fill up the queue, is about summer break where two brothers think up fun stuff to do each day using their super wit, great imagination, cooperation with friends, and access to unthinkable tools to build their super sized creations all the while their sister Candice tries, futilely, to bring their activities to the attention of their parents.
There are plenty of other elements of the show to keep the story fun and interesting, including Perry the Platypus, Phineas and Ferb’s pet, who is a secret agent working to keep the evil plots of Dr. Doofenshmirtz in check. The evil doctor is my favorite character, his plots are hair brained and wacky and equal in proportion to that of the brothers, only with poor, but funny, planning and execution. The show is funny, entertaining (even for me), thoughtful, imaginative and fun. What used to be the girls asking to what Mickey Mouse has recently turned into something refreshing and new and perfectly appropriate for both their ages.
