Dancing With The Stars Withdrawal Begins

It has been one week since Dancing With The Stars (DWTS) had its finale, and already my two year old is going into withdrawal.  Of course, this could have something to do with the fact that she still has no concept of time...everything is immediate for her still.  I really work on not telling her about places we are going or events I know she will be excited about because she wants it to happen immediately and if it doesn't, like any two year old, she asks about it EVERY. FIVE. SECONDS.  So for my own sanity, I give her at most a couple hours of lead time.  More than two hours real time seems to equal an eternity in toddler time.  It just occurred to me that the no concept of time thing also seems to work in reverse, as she also refers to things that happened months ago (our trip to Great Wolf Lodge waterpark, her cousin's first birthday party back in April) as though they happened yesterday.  Hmm.  Interesting. 

Back to DWTS - between the fact that it does always seem to be in season and that we DVR it, Little One really does think it's on demand. (And WOW does it eat up DVR space.)  She thinks all of the female dancers, whether celebrity or pro, are Cinderella.  She differentiates between them with the color of their costume each week, so we have "Red Cinderella", "Yellow Cinderella", etc.  The exception was this season, after she saw pictures of Sherri Shepherd's son as a baby, she became "The Baby's Mommy".  Brooke Burke-Charvet is the "Cinderella Who Doesn't Dance", and Tom Bergeron is "The Boy Who Talks" or "The Boy Who Doesn't Dance". 

As soon as DWTS comes on, Little One runs to get her Cinderella dress and shoes.  The dress is a hand me down from when one of our neighbors was two and went to a wedding.  It's very sweet, but has seen better days, so it is perfect for playing dress up.  She pulls it on over whatever she is wearing, which makes for some great photo opportunities.  Then she dances along, which I like, because she isn't just parked in front of the tv, mesmerized. The only downside is that she often wants me to dance with her, which I just can't sustain for an entire 2 hour episode!

This weekend, Little One went to the hardware store with her daddy.  On the way home, from the dark backseat, he hears, "Welcome back to Dancing with the Stars!"  I've created a monster!

It's going to be a long summer of "I wanna watch Dancin', please" and trying to explain that it won't be on again for quite a while.  Hopefully she will have so much fun playing outside this summer she will forget all about it...