No Pecans and No Peanuts

Today I was reminded of a song from my youth: .Pecans and Peanuts. Actually it is the second part of a duet between Johnny and Squirrel.  

JOHNNY'S SONG

Apples, tomatoes, lemons and cheese,

Cake and potatoes, a can of peas,

Raisins and currants, a bag of cranberries.

Honey and jam and a box of strawberries.

And there is nothing more

I have to buy at the grocery store.

PECANS AND PEANUTS

Pecans and peanuts are what I must get,

If I keep repeating them I won't forget.

Pecans and peanuts and pecans and peanuts

And pecans and peanuts

And pecans and peanuts

And there's nothing more

I have to buy at the grocery store.

Today I was shopping and trying to remember the few items that I needed, so I started singing to myself  "Swipes and wipes..."   I was nearly out of deodorant and the family had but one roll of toilet paper for the our three bathrooms.  

Swipes and wipes are what I must get,

If I keep repeating them I won't forget.

Swipes and wipes and swipes and wipes

And ...cool, bananas are on sale... I really like that lamp...do they have LED bulbs here?

Um, Swines and vines....no, um, sweeps and weeps.... crud.....

"Hey Audrey, what was I supposed to get at the store?  Oh, yes, thanks.  No.  Okay, later."

"Swipes and wipes are what I must get..."

And. 

so. 

it. 

goes.

A Family Poem...

While digging a small sliver of wood out of the bottom of Courtney's foot, our family spontaneously authored the following poem:

A splinter in winter 

would sting in spring

and be a bummer in summer --

so extract it all in fall.

You're so funny, honey!

Another of my favorite poems that was a collaboration was created with Walker's assistance as we were strolling through a parking lot to a store:

I said "left,"                   

and I was "right."

but,     he was even more "right,"

so that's how I got there first.