I love the Olympics.  Summer, winter…it makes no difference.  And this year, both of our kids are old enough to actually enjoy the spectacle.  In fact, they’re obsessed with Shaun White, snowboarding, skeleton, and the bobsled (our 3-year old says he wants to be a “bobsled pilot” when he grows up!).  It’s been great snuggling up on the couch each night and watching the Olympics through the eyes of my little guys.

But, there’s something else we found this week that has me and my little ones connecting too.  On every trip to our local library, our kids each get to pick out a DVD to take home with them.  This week, they picked Scooby’s All-Star Laff-A-Lympics.  I was so psyched!  This was one of my absolute Saturday Morning favorites.  As I’d munch down my Cap’n Crunch cereal I’d loyally cheer for the Scooby Doobies every week (although I totally enjoyed the cheating antics of the Really Rottens team).  After watching the Laff-A-Lympics Volume 1 DVD, my kids were split between cheering for the Yogi Yahooeys amd the Scooby Doobies. But they seemed to share the same enjoyment of the Really Rottens crazy schemes as much as I ever did.

I thought for sure the kids would find the “older” cartoon dated looking and not too amusing, but they loved it.  I guess those old favorites have some lasting power after all!  By the end of the night, we had a great time watching the silly races together and I really enjoyed sharing a part of my childhood with my kids.   What a blast from the past!

And, just in case you’re too young to know what the Laff-A-Lympics were (or too old to remember!), here’s a short video clip from one of the episodes: