Little Bunny Foo-foo, Part 2

Well, Rachel can't seem to get over this song. So I asked Jolene, her teacher, about it. The words go:

Little Bunny foo-foo
hopping through the forest
scooping up the field mice
and bopping on the head

(spoken)
Down comes the good fairy and she said,

Little Bunny foo-foo
hopping through the forest
scooping up the field mice
and bopping on the head

(spoken)
I'll give you THREE CHANCES and if you don't behave, then I'll turn you into a goon. Poof!

(song repeats three more times)

I still can't believe it's the same song I sang as a kid!

***

While I was driving home from work today I mentioned to Drew that I'm trying to arrange a get-together on Sunday with a couple who is childless, since all my mom friends are celebrating Mother's Day and that I'm going to feel kind of lonely.

Rachel piped up from the back seat: "I'M going to say 'Happy Mother's Day!'"

I almost stopped the car, got out and hugged her. What a sweet little girl!

***

I'm trying to arrange a babysitter in Salem to go to dinner tomorrow with a former colleague at the Oregonian, but it probably won't happen. Nevertheless, I told Rachel it was a possibility.

"What am I gonna play with?" she asked plaintively. "'Cuz I'll be very lonely."

***

As we were driving down Weidler Avenue tonight, Rachel pointed out an imaginary sign and said sternly, "That sign says NO SINGING IN THE CAR."

And then as we passed a 7-11, she pointed to it and said, "That green sign says no singing in the car."
Pause.
"Also, it says the people are sick."