Pingu Pingu The Regular Penguins

One of my boy's favorite past times involves looking at animal pictures online or watching animal videos on YouTube. In his sweetest voice he will come up to you and ask to look at "walrus pictures on your phone?" Or if you want to watch on the computer. Etc.

Over our Christmas he had a Grampa and Grandma who were all too happy to indulge him as well as two uncles who liked the snuggles. C will sit in the lap of the lucky computer driver and he would stay there for hours watching and enjoying. From my perspective, the actual video/picture viewing is kind of a whatever, but his reactions are just priceless. 

On this particular trip, penguin movies were the big draw. Many many times he found himself in the lap of a kind soul who clicked through YouTube at will. Then one day he asked to watch "Pingu Pingu the regular penguins." And then the adult looked at me to translate that. 

"Um... I'm not sure. He likes Pingu, the claymation penguin show." So then they started watching that. It wasn't what he was looking for, but he does in fact like Pingu so he was pacified. But then again a little later he asked to watch "Pingu Pingu the REGULAR penguin." Big emphasize on regular. 

I was still clueless. I had no idea. The joy of the trip is that it never really became my turn to watch the animals with him. I take plenty of turns in real life so it was a novelty to not be involved. But that did not help my guy with his task. And people kept looking at me like I should in fact know what "Pingu Pingu the Regular Penguin" was. 

We moved on from videos to play another game and I didn't give it much thought. But the next day, sure enough, the request came again while watching with my brother. I explained that no one knew what that was but if he wanted to watch Pingu that was okay. But as they were scrolling through the YouTube list he very dramatically pointed at the screen. "Let's watch THIS one!!"

So they clicked. (I put it there because it goes with the story. You need not click.) 

And what do you know? After the image of Mumble from Happy Feet, there is a compilation of penguin clips. Real penguins. Set to the theme song of Pingu. The song's only lyrics are in fact "Pingu Pingu" and is actually one of the most inane theme songs in history. 

It was exactly a video of "Pingu Pingu the regular penguin." My guy surprises me daily with things like this. I know he has a terrific memory but to remember  what the YouTube clip image looked like and that it was "regular" penguins as opposed to animated set to the Pingu song? And then to express that in such a specific way? I love being amazed by him. 

I am so lucky to get to be the foremost expert on this little dude. The one people look at to translate, even when I have no clue. I love spending my days with him, even the rough ones where I think I couldn't possibly make it through until Husband comes home. Even when he is the most threenager that ever threenagered. I love my guy. And my vocation. 

But I'll probably never love the Pingu song.