The Backyardigans

At present, both t'Midgets are in the grip of a bizarre obsession with children's animated cartoon, "The Backyardigans".  This is a Canadian effort, where they use their imaginations to play (which is great for autistic children to watch and get a grip on the concept of).


Both children have their favourites.  The Boy favours Pablo the penguin, for the glaring reason that said penguin is blue and does hand flaps.  Lid prefers Uniqua, or as she calls her, "Pink One", because she is, er, pink and a bit violent.  Clearly, there is no discernable reason why either should show allegence to these exact animations as they in no way reflect their actual personalities. Ahem...

One of their favourite episodes is about an attempt to join the Tidy Club, which is seemingly thwarted by a group of worm like creatures called the Wormins, who make mess where ever they go. Sadly, i can't reveal any more than this as I wouldn't like to spoil it for you, though I can tell you they sing a rather nifty ditty called "Wormin Party", because, you know, they are worms.

This morning Lid, in her typically hesitant way, barged into the toilet whilst Daddy was using it.  She pointed at his penis, and shouted to her brother "Look! It's a Wormin! Quick, come and look!"

Cue Daddy yanking up his underpants swiftly, and making a mental note to lock the lavatory door when he is using it in future...