A)Christmas songs at school:

“In the meadow we can build a snowman.
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown,
He’ll say: Are you married?
we’ll say No man.
But you can do the job
when you’re in town.”

These lyrics, from Winter Wonderland, baffle me. I hear the kids at school sing them each day, a couple of times a day in preparation for their winter festival. Each time, these lyrics throw me.
This song is apparently all about getting hitched.

Also, they’ve been singing Favorite Things. I don’t know who did it originally, but I think of Bjork in her horribly devastating role in Dancer in the Dark whenever I hear it.

B)A conversation I overheard:

“Michael Jackson.”

“Yeah. You know what’s sad about him? He’s dead.”

C) Today Fenton asked me to not to tuck him in as tight as a Mummy, but rather, Edamame.

Hippie child.

D) I’ve been reading books to the kids while they eat their lunches. Today I decided to stop reading to give them a chance to chat amongst themselves. But what they did instead was begin chanting “READ IT. READ IT. READ IT. ”

To which I said, “Alright alright…don’t start a revolution!”

And when they asked “What’s a revolution?” I didn’t answer but just started reading again.

So what I’m teaching them is that if they gather together and demand something, they will get it.