It is a beautiful sunny day and we are inside UGH! Thing is it is too cold to be out IN the sun! I'd love to go but Little Poppet does not like the cold. We had a snow flake bit of snow this morning but it didn't land on the ground even stick so now it is just gorgeous sun and COLD! I may just take her out in it anyway!
Little Poppet is such a little doll. I didn't put anything on the telly this morning because well, BW (before Wiggles) we never turned on the telly until very late in the day. This morning she kept crying and I thought perhaps she was teething or had a tummy ache. But no, neither. She just wasn't happy with me. So, after awhile I thought, maybe the Big Red Car could help her feel better.
Hmmm. Sucker! I didn't even have it in the DVD player and she was all grins and giggles and has been ever since. The Beatles The Wiggles are actually really brilliant. Here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia page...
Simple movements were developed by choreographer Leeanne Ashley to accompany each song.[5] One of these simple movements, their signature finger-wagging move, was created by Cook after seeing professional bowlers do it on television.[9] It became the group's policy to use this pose when being photographed with children. They insisted that touching children, no matter how innocently, was inappropriate. The use of the pose protected them from possible litigation; as Paul Paddick has explained, "There is no doubting where their hands are".[15] The group incorporated more dancing into their performances after the birth of Field's oldest daughter in 2004. "So [The] Wiggles have kind of become a bit more, dare I say, girly. Dorothy (the Dinosaur) does ballet now and we dance as well a lot more than we did", Field reported.[17] The group intentionally made mistakes in their dance moves in order to identify more with their young audience, although their performances were very energetic.[2]
The Wiggles have always invited children with special needs and their families to pre-concert "meet and greet" sessions.[18] According to Fatt, many parents of these children have reported that The Wiggles' music has enhanced their lives, and that children with autism "respond to [The] Wiggles and nothing else".[19] Since 1995, The Wiggles have visited and performed for patients at the Sydney Children's Hospital every Christmas morning.[20] The group has always had a strict code of conduct based on zero tolerance of drug use, drinking, smoking, or bad language by any employee of their organisation.[21]
In September 2005, Australia's largest theme park, Dreamworld in Queensland, opened a "Wiggles World" section, which included a Big Red Car ride and a full set for production purposes. The band received licensing rights and sign-off rights for every aspect of the section's operation. Staff at Dreamworld had to take a "Wiggles boot camp", to ensure they followed The Wiggles' code of conduct when dealing with children and their families.
Read more about them HERE!
So, I guess I can't be too upset that they are her favourite thing
