Little H is an advertiser's dream come true.  She is perfectly happy to just watch the commercials and completely ignore whatever show is on.  Dan likes to mute the commercials, but that's completely impossible when Little H is in the room.  In fact, whenever she sees a Cymbalta commercial, she will run to me and tell me that I "should get that".  (I wish I could see myself through her eyes, sometimes.)

That being said, kids shows advertise Skechers a lot.  A lot, a lot.  She always wants to get Skechers.  I, however, have a hard time dropping $40 on a pair of shoes she's going to outgrow in two months.  So, when we bought a pair of pink velcro shoes for her from Target a couple months ago, she thought they were Skechers, and I thought 'why not?'  One day when I picked her up from preschool, she told me that some kids told her that her shoes aren't Skechers because they don't have an 'S' on them.  Really?  Three-year olds?  How annoying that kids are so brainwashed at so early an age.  Thankfully Little H's teacher told the kids that not all Skecher's shoes have an 'S' on them.  Bless her.

This all brought back a memory from kindergarten that is somewhat similar.  Cabbage Patch dolls were all the rage when I was in kindergarten.  I wanted one so bad, but all the stores were sold out before Christmas.  (Think Zhu Zhu Pets 2009.)  My grandma was able actually make a doll that looked exactly like a Cabbage Patch Doll and I was none the wiser.  I had an evil little friend who told me that my doll wasn't a real Cabbage Patch Doll because she didn't have the stamp on her butt.  I talked with my mom about that, and she let me know that my doll was magical because it wasn't made in a factory like all the other dolls.  I knew she was speaking the truth because I slept with that doll every night, and no matter where she was when I went to bed, she had always moved to a different place on the bed by the time I woke up.  She must have been up and walking around while I was sleeping.  I loved that doll so much, and I can love and appreciate my mom and grandma even more now that I'm a mom myself.  Right now I have to figure out which kids are messing with my daughter so I can figure out a way to set them straight.