Little Miss Thing, age 7: (singing loudly) “OH SUSANNA! DON’T YOU CRY FOR ME! CAUSE I COME FROM ALABAMA, EATING JUNK FOOD ALL FOR FREE!”
Danger Monkey, age 10: “That’s not how it goes.”
(giggling)
LMT: “Second verse, same as the first! Little bit louder, little bit worse! OH SUSANNA! DON’T YOU CRY…”
DM: “PLEASE STOP SINGING THAT SONG!”
(long pause)
LMT: (humming)
DM: “Please stop humming that song!”
(long pause)
LMT: (whistling)
DM: “Please stop whistling that song.”
(long pause)
LMT: (tapping rhythm) (giggling)
DM: “Please stop tapping out that song.”
(long pause)
LMT: (snapping fingers) (giggling)
DM: “Please stop snapping your fingers to that song.”
(everyone giggling)
(long pause)
LMT: (wiggling chair to make it squeak rhythmically)
DM: “Please stop squeaking that song.”
(much giggling)
(long pause)
LMT: (leaves and returns)
LMT: (playing toilet paper tube like a kazoo)
DM: “Please stop playing that song on a toilet paper tube.”
Me: “OK, you gotta give her credit for creativity.”
(much laughter)
(much love)
Very Vocal Viking 