The weather’s getting warmer – which means that I’m getting stir-crazy. We’ve had a long winter in Toronto; lots of snow, ice, and sleet, and now it’s time to get out and enjoy the sunshine! The Ps and I are in agreement on this – especially Piglet – but we’ve got one dissenter. Professor wants nothing to do with outside time. Why? Because he’s gotten into the routine of TV, and now he doesn’t want to break his schedule.

As a nanny, I have to say that TV is literally the very last thing I use to entertain children. There’s just so many more things we can be doing, including playing outside, doing a craft, reading books, playing dress-up, hiding and seeking, and more. We built forts through the winter. We made up drawing games where one had to guess what the other was doing. Now it’s nice out and I want to be at the park – swinging, running, helping Professor on monkeybars. Who wouldn’t want to play with their favourite little guy?

We don’t need the TV, but Professor seems to think that life just isn’t complete without his favourite show. Because I feel like I try so hard to keep life entertaining, I have to say that I felt a little insulted by this. Really, P? You want to sit in front of a show when we can be doing so many other fun things? You really want to be plugged in when the sun is shining and I can hear the kids playing street hockey? A friend mentioned to me today that when Professor grows up, he’s going to regret staying inside all the time, especially when he’s forced to work 40 hours a week in an office. I don’t know about that, but I do think that when the winter comes again, he’ll feel as stir-crazy as I do when you just can’t get outside for days at a time.

So, I do what I always do – talk to Mama and Papa P. Here’s where I have to send out a bit of an apology to them; lately I’ve been airing a lot of concerns. (Professor and I are at a bit of an impasse regarding a few things, TV being one of them.) I honestly do know my job and can deal with him, but I’m hesitant to put methods into play without letting them know first. Because they’re awesome, they nearly always jump on my bandwagon so that we can provide a consistent message to both the Ps, and they have often better suggestions that are tailored to their children because they know them better than I do. Tonight, they were as helpful as ever – we managed to get Professor to draw out a TV schedule so that I’m not arguing every day with him to just PLEASE turn off the TV!

I hope that Professor will unplug as the days go on and enjoy the weather with me. We have so much fun together; I just want to ensure that we’re getting our fill of the season, too!