A tale of two Masha's
For the longest time our LO had little to no interest in television aside from her Baby Signing Time videos; until 18 months at least. Not a bad thing, but sometimes we wished she would watch something on her own just so we could get 10 minutes of peace to whip up dinner or jump in the shower!
Well that day finally came last summer when she fell in love with Masha and the Bear, an originally Russian animated television series for children, and not not a day goes by that we don't watch at least one episode! Thankfully, I am quite fond of the series myself so I really don't mind. I mean, I was excited when Season 3 showed up on Netflix! And, for those of you who know it, am I the only one who thinks the parents must have died in the beaten up ambulance only to be eaten by the wolves, leaving Masha in the care of Bear? Or is it just me?
Anyhow, so, funny story... despite the fact that one doesn't remember the conversation and the other wasn't nearly as amused as we were!
I keep a wishlist online so people have suggestions of what to buy for birthdays and Christmas and such. I had recently bought an activity table, intended to be a Christmas present for the LO, and there are a variety of expansion packs available for it. I mentioned this to my SIL when she asked me for gift ideas and I put them on the wishlist so she could refer to it later. My mother ended up finding out about this as well and said she wanted to buy them. I told her they may be spoken for already and she seemed upset so I told her to buy 1-2 of them and leave the rest.
Christmas eve comes around and we are opening gifts at my mom's house. No expansion packs, but a surprise Masha doll which required an Amazon Prime account to get. Cool!
And then, Christmas day, opening gifts at my SIL's and no expansion packs again. But surprise, surprise, another Amazon Prime Masha doll!
How ironic!
And, even funnier? We didn't even give the activity table for Christmas in the end as we had so much stuff already! I am going to hang onto it for now, until she's older, and maybe when we do have the opportunity to give it to her we will get an expansion pack or 12!
Well that day finally came last summer when she fell in love with Masha and the Bear, an originally Russian animated television series for children, and not not a day goes by that we don't watch at least one episode! Thankfully, I am quite fond of the series myself so I really don't mind. I mean, I was excited when Season 3 showed up on Netflix! And, for those of you who know it, am I the only one who thinks the parents must have died in the beaten up ambulance only to be eaten by the wolves, leaving Masha in the care of Bear? Or is it just me?
I keep a wishlist online so people have suggestions of what to buy for birthdays and Christmas and such. I had recently bought an activity table, intended to be a Christmas present for the LO, and there are a variety of expansion packs available for it. I mentioned this to my SIL when she asked me for gift ideas and I put them on the wishlist so she could refer to it later. My mother ended up finding out about this as well and said she wanted to buy them. I told her they may be spoken for already and she seemed upset so I told her to buy 1-2 of them and leave the rest.
Christmas eve comes around and we are opening gifts at my mom's house. No expansion packs, but a surprise Masha doll which required an Amazon Prime account to get. Cool!
And then, Christmas day, opening gifts at my SIL's and no expansion packs again. But surprise, surprise, another Amazon Prime Masha doll!
How ironic!
And, even funnier? We didn't even give the activity table for Christmas in the end as we had so much stuff already! I am going to hang onto it for now, until she's older, and maybe when we do have the opportunity to give it to her we will get an expansion pack or 12!
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