Our first non-animated television show!

I'm all about the milestones over here at PittsburghMom  :)  I think I've posted about such things as walking, potty training and starting school. Now I get to brag that we've hit another milestone in our house. We've discovered our first non-animated television show that the boys like!

Last week a friend of mine posted a status update to Facebook that she took her 5-year-old daughter to see "Ramona and Beezus" and they loved it. I was instantly jealous, because if something isn't animated my kids won't have anything to do with it.

But then we saw a commercial for a television show, and true to my kids' desire to want all things seen in commericals, they asked to watch it.

It wasn't on for a few days so I set the DVR to record it.  One night later that week I was perusing the DVR and noticed it. I asked the kids if they wanted to watch and they said yes. Then the proceeded to sit through the entire episode and even asked for more when it was done.

Hooray! A show we can all watch together! I know it's a silly little milestone, but it's great to be able to sit down and watch something together that doesn't involve Swiper or little red monsters talking about themselves in third person.

And the show?

It's highly educational (not) and a good influence (not) and great fun to watch (true).

It's Wipeout.

Yes, the show where they create elaborate courses with the sole goal of getting people to wipe out into a pool full of muddy water.  My boys love it.  Especially the sound effects.

And Matthew watches it like it's his JOB.  He listens to every word they say about the obstacles and repeats them back to me verbatim. He'll say 'Mom, the sucker punch is the most daunting challenge" or "The beauty is in the design, she didn't see the sweeper arm coming at all"

I know it's crap, but it's fun to watch as a family. Even Ben loves it.

Have you entered into the non-animated world yet?  What was the first non-animated television show or movie that your kid(s) really enjoyed?

I'm looking forward to the day we can go see a movie that isn't animated. That'll be our next "milestone".

If you've never seen Wipeout, here's a little taste