Over the past few weeks I’ve become a Mr Men expert. Ethan has gotten seriously hooked on them recently and so I’ve spent a good chunk of my paternity leave reading, re-reading, and re-re-reading them. We also bought him a Mr Men DVD (cheap deal in Fopp; although only series 2 frustratingly) so in-between reading the books we take time out to watch them on telly instead. Oh yeah, and when we’re not doing that we play with his blackboard and chalks, drawing the Mr Men.
Ethan’s current favourites are Mr Strong, Mr Muddle, and Mr Impossible. He pretends to do all Mr Impossible’s impossible things, and can now even narrate the last half of the Mr Happy story from the pictures alone. Listening to him tell us a story gives Debs and I a nice warm glow. His little sister also responds to the sound of his voice, which is cool too.
All of this has resulted in my now having a great deal of Mr Men trivia at my finger tips. Not so much the Little Misses, mind you, as we don’t have many of those. And anyway, they’re for girls!
Seeing as MasterMind is back on the telly, perhaps I’ll apply. I’ll be absolutely rubbish at the general knowledge, but that black chair will be so 0wn3d by my Mr Man skillz.
Think you can do better? Then tremble at the following demonstration of Mr Men knowledge…
