Musings from the Peanut Gallery

The girls have gotten into the habit of asking me to explain the songs we listen to ("what is that man saying?" "who is he talking to?"). Their latest obsession is "Hard Day's Night" or, as the Bean calls it, the dog song. They asked me to explain what "working like a dog" meant, and I told them that it meant he was working really really really hard. The Moo, ever the skeptic, scoffed, "He's in a band. How hard could he work?" It still remains one of the the Bean's favorites, although she tells me that her favorite Beatle is Ringo, so her taste level is a bit questionable.

The Bean and I have had a rough last two Mondays, with her waiting literally until right before we have to be out the door for swimming lessons to make some impossible demand that I cannot possibly meet in the time available to us, resulting in a meltdown. The anger lasts until we get to the swim school, and does not dissipate until she gets in the water with Coach Bonnie. She will swim her laps with Coach Bonnie with a HUGE smile on her face, reach the edge of the pool, smile as she pulls herself out of the water, see me waving/grinning/flashing her a thumbs up, and IMMEDIATELY return the scowl to her face. And lest you think I am kidding, the other moms were cracking up about it today as well.

The Moo did not make it to her swimming lessons tonight as she actually fell asleep at naptime (imagine!) and I did not have the heart to wake her up since she obviously needed the rest. We spent the rest of the afternoon making what the Bean calls cherella and smootoh pizzas (mozzarella and prosciutto) for dinner and reading about the Moo's new library book she picked out from school today about Earthworm. We learned a new word--invertebrate--practiced feeling each other's backbones, and scooted around the bed by contracted and stretching like "squirmy wormies." So, all in all, not a terrible day, except that poor Dad is still at work and it's almost 8 pm. When he gets home, we have some leftover smootoh for him, though!