Thank goodness it’s Friday! I remember when I was a kid that feeling of being out of school for the weekend. Saturday morning was the only day of the week that I ever wanted to get up early. Of course, I had to get up to watch my favorite cartoons. My mom still talks about how as kids, my brother and I, would be up at the crack of dawn on Saturday but any other day of the week she practically had to drag us out of bed. I don’t think Saturday mornings are the same anymore. It used to be that if you slept in, you missed the cartoons. They were only on in the morning. With cable and satellite dish, kids have access to cartoons 24 hours a day. That’s not to say that I let my kids watch cartoons 24 hours a day but they are available and I think that makes Saturday mornings seem less special. The shows have changed so much too. I used to watch Looney Tunes, The Flintstones and Scooby Doo. Now they have Sponge Bob and Team Umi Zoomi. I’m not even sure about the spelling on that. They have Dora to teach you a little Spanish and there’s another one that teaches Chinese but I’m not sure of the name of it. I think it’s good that they are using cartoon to teach kids. I think the only educational programs they had when I was a kid were Sesame Street and The Electric Company. I won’t be getting up in the morning and watching cartoons and my son probably won’t either. We will probably sleep in a little and then head to Springfield for basketball games. I usually start working at 5 a.m. during the week so Saturdays are now my only day to sleep in. Funny how that has changed since I was a kid.
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