I have to confess that I really enjoy snuggling up on the sofa with the little ones and watching (often with slight bemusement) the programmes that influence their speech and their games.
My favourite at the moment is CBeebies' Mr Bloom's Nursery.
In part, this is because I am a little bit in love with Mr Bloom - his soft accent, his shiny hair and the way he moves when he dances. I do, however, have to ask myself if the whole premise of the show isn't slightly flawed. In this day and age, should we be showing our children that it is acceptable to enter into the potting shed of a lone male in an isolated allotment in order to fondle his vegetables?
I had a bit of a Mr Bloom moment when I was shopping in IKEA recently. I couldn't resist buying this toy 14 piece vegetable set. Much to my girls' embarrassment, I also couldn't resist waving the display leek around and singing "This is my allotment...."
Yes, I am a little bit in love with Mr Bloom!
