stand-up toddlers

Late last night, cleaning up after Jeremy’s KICK ASS AWESOME birthday party. (Thank you everybody! He got MONDO DE cool presents, including a a talking Laa Laa and a backpack in the shape of a frog. Claire got a book on UI design. Or vice versa.) We’re all a bit drunk and the kids are in a heap on the floor cushions. (Or vice versa.)

D: There should be stand-up toddler comedians. Imagine it. It’s brilliant. “So, parents, what’s with them, huh?”

R: “Have you ever thought about poop? I mean, really? Who came up with that?”

Q: But what if someone heckled? I could always get heckled off the stage.

R: Just disarm them with something positive. Like, “Puppies!”

D: Yeah! “So who here likes puppies?”

In related toddle-tainment news, Claire has been writing songs that resemble the Pet Shop Boys’ Paninaro – ie, they are lists of nice things, set to a catchy tune. She’s singing one now, as Jeremy rocks her to sleep:

“Mamma
Dadda
Brum! Brum!
Dinda (woof!)
Bebe (meow!)
Rowan
Cian
Blanca
Dadda!
Apple juice
Agua
The books!
The books!
Luna
Star
Yellow
Flowers
Green
Trees
Mamma
DADDA!”

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