Dear Ivan:

I’m trying to decide if you watch too much t.v.

Helloooooo!!  Do you hear me?  Can you stop watching tv for a second, so I can talk to you about whether you watch too much tv.

I mean it, turn it off.  If you don’t turn it off, then you can just go to bed now, even though it’s 3 in the afternoon, and I’m going to throw out the tv, even if it means Mommy and I have to suffer.

Wait, what was that?  That was hilarious.  What’s the name of this cartoon?  Huh.  I don’t think I ever saw this one before.  Hey, scootch over on the couch so Daddy can take a seat.

Gosh, this is hilarious.  What a funny show.  I love it!  How many more episodes are there?  1000?!  That’s great.

What’s that?  Oh, don’t worry about that.  It’s just Mommy carrying on about something. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of that later.  Let’s just get back to the show.

Thanks for introducing me to this.  You’re like the best son ever.

Love,

Daddy