Thursday 6 November 2008

A discovery that wil change the way parents think about television.

Check out these little guys below - they are completely mesmirized. Is it Barney? No, The Boys have absolutely no interest in Barney. Is it Baby Einstein? Nope - that only keeps them busy for about 5 minutes. Noddy? Nope.



It's Andre Rieu in Wunderland!
Barney and Pavlov has been dethroned by a funny looking Dutchman with a ugly hairstyle and freeky white frilly shirts playing a violin!
After my mom noticed that The Little Miss was busy watching another Andre Rieu DVD with her, she bought her this one - featuring faeries, dwarfes, princesses etc. And now The Boys are hooked! They LOVE it! They sit for a whole half an hour and then some. And the best - they get to listen to all the very nice brain developing music - the Mozart effect for free! This is a huge discovery in parenting I think! We waltz, clap and sing along. Great fun.
And if you do not know who Andre Rieu is - he is a conductor who decided to make classical music more accessable to the masses creating spectacular concerts. Worth checking out this one for the little people in our life.

7 comments:

  1. Wow! A great idea for a Christmas present! My mom loves Andre Rieu too. And since the boys love music, this will probabally a good dvd for them! Thanks for the idea!

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  2. they def. look mesmirized!! lol

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  3. Very interesting indeed! Thanks for sharing this info I'll keep my eyes and ears open. Maybe he'll come this way for a tour. Yaya loves music too.

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  4. I'll give anything a try for some "quiet time" around here, thanks for the tip!!!

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  5. Oh my goodness, they're such cuties :) definitely enjoying the TV there! Might have to look that up to get some quiet around my house ;)

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  6. What an awesome DVD! I have 3 kids who play string instruments! I bet they would all LOVE this!!!

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  7. That is HILARIOUS! I have to say..my girls are definitely more excited about barney..they yell bar-NEY all day long.

    I need something new for them..and for ME! :)

    thanks for sharing

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