Why Can't We Just Live THERE, Mommy?!

Kids really do say the funniest things and often the most accurate. Honestly. I was driving in the car with the girls and we were listening to the Barenaked Ladies, Snacktime album.


It really is one of my favorite kids' CDs. Not only are the songs awesome and keep Sweetpea and Bunny rockin' and smilin' in their carseats, but hearing those voices brings a smile to my face and elicits memories of my glory days of college. One of the best times of my life was at a BNL concert at the PNC Center in NJ. Now THAT was a good time. Good friends, good beer and BNL. Nothing was better... Ok, I'm in the car going to preschool, sorry. Anyway, we are listening to the CD...wait one more tangent, just the other day I learned that the front man for BNL, Steven Page parted ways with the band after twenty some years! NOOOOO!!! He was the "voice" of the BNL! Well, they say they parted ways but apparently, the guy is really a coke head and they kicked him out. NOOOOO!!! So unfortunate. Whatever, I'll still let Sweetpea and Bunny listen to them, coke head singing or not. Ok, I'm in the car going to preschool, sorry. Anyway, we are listening to the CD, Pollywog in a Bog to be exact and there is this cool steel drum part of the song.

Here is the video. I didn't even know there was a video. Cool huh?



My girls love those drums. See, they are my kids after all. Well, Sweetpea starts asking all sorts of questions about steel drums and the Caribbean. I LOVE the Caribbean, (I know, dumb, who doesn't) so I was more than willing to share tales of the gorgeous beaches, the awesome food, the constant sun, the fun in the water, flip flops everyday, the laid back atmosphere, etc. with the little ladies and they were all ears. Bunny was chiming in with her usual "Beach, beach, I go to the beaaaach with Papa!" routine. That kid loves the beach (I know, dumb, who doesn't) but I thought it was particularly adorable to hear during this car ride and during this particular conversation, rather than while I'm in the middle of a phone call with the eye Dr. or something. Sweetpea, got very quiet and I could tell her wheels were turning. Spinning in fact. After some time she smiled and narrowed her eyes.

SP: Mommy?

ME: Yup?

SP: If the Caribbean is so great...Why can't we just live THERE, Mommy?! Can I ask Daddy if we can live THERE!?

Ahhhh, they really do say the most accurate things sometimes don't they? I wish. But really, and I ask this seriously...Why can't we just live THERE? Wouldn't it be nice? Please? I'll be good.