Sesame Street Eh?

Okay, so I kinda watch bits and pieces of Sesame Street with Ben. Some skits are hilarious like Law and Order :SLU (special letters unit) where all the muppetized characters tried to find the letter M. Whether it was the lack of sleep or it was actually that fun, I nearly peed my pants I was laughing so hard, while Ben kept asking "What funny, Mommy? What funny?" But as I was watching another spanish to english lesson with Rosita and Telly today, it finally hit me, this is not the same Sesame Street I grew up on.
When I used to watch Sesame Street a gazillion years ago, I swear there was no spanish. I remember a bear named Basil and an otter thingy named Louis and some weird old lady who I think was a pilot but I'm not sure. And we learned how to speak French not Spanish. Also from the begining of Sesame Street now, it's clear that it's in New York City, but before I remember it being vague on the location, kinda like Sesame Street could be near you. I was kinda disappointed watching it today with Ben because of these changes. I liked that there was a difference between Canadian and American Sesame Street. To me it was a bit of a Canadian pride thing (given that we're only really national when it comes to the Olympics or hockey), I miss my Sesame Street...

On another note, yesterday on the drive home from daycare (Ben was very well behaved!!) he asked for a "burger and french fries" for dinner but I told him that we didn't have any money (Ah, the money streach until payday on Friday). So when I let him out of his seat, he climbed into the front seat of the car and we were talking about "school" for a few minutes. Well, he spotted the small amount of change that I keep in the cup holder, totalling 93 cents in all. At this his eyes got big and round and he looked at me in astonishment and stated "See mommy, you have lots of moneys ....for burger and french fries!" I has to tell the poor kid that it wasn't enough moneys and he looked to crestfallen. So we took his 93 cents and walked to Giant Tiger for some Smarties. I just thought it was really sweet.