Saturday, October 13, 2007 

Who Said?

My six year old daughter seems slightly obsessed with Hannah Montana. She is forever singing all her most popular songs as she dances around the house. I've never really even heard a Miley Cyrus song (a.k.a "Hannah Montana") but I'm pretty sure I'd recognize one from the frequency with which my daughter sings the refrains. In fact, I find myself humming these songs I've never really heard - often.

The first song she sings all the time has something to do with "the Best of Both Worlds." This one cracks me up because PreppyGirl Jr. always ends it with this like spoken word dramatic finale, while moving her hand, index finger extended, from shoulder to straight out in front (as if pointing to someone in the crowd - or shooting that "I'm fricking cool" imaginary gun). It gives Galoot and me a good chuckle whenever she performs it.

The other song is "Who Said?" which PGirl junior sings over and over and over. It goes something like, "Who said, who said I can't be Superman?," which I always took as a girl asserting that she can do or be anything she wants. Cute song with a good message... but apparently my daughter had other ideas. Tonight, on the way to Big Lots she starts singing the following:

Who said, who said I can't be Superman?
If they don't have the costume at the sto-o-ore,
You'll have to pick out another superhero.
Or maybe you want to be a princess or cheerleader.
If you can't be Superman, Big Lots has mo-o-ore...
(*spoken word*) costumes

The kids got talent - eh?

Thursday, October 04, 2007 

Oh Canada!



Last weekend - okay wait, I guess it was actually two weekends ago now - we headed up to Toronto to visit some friends from Florida. (huh?) Yes actually we went north the visit friends from the South. One of our friends is on an extended business trip up that way so his wife and kids joined him for a while.

Toronto is only about 3 hours away so it wasn't a bad drive. Once we arrived we hopped on the commuter train into the city. The weather was gorgeous (and a little windy as you can see from the photo). We walked, and walked and walked some more. Toronto is so great. We stopped by Second City (Galoot was looking for a book) and headed over to Yonge St. If you've never been there, the only way I can describe it is kinda like a mini Times Square. Lots of people, lots of stores, lots of street performers, lots of craziness. We loved it.

If you're wondering what else we've been up to, check out Galoot's latest entry. It tells all.

Oh - and Hung won Top Chef? Whatever.