Happiness is...

Do you remember the song "Happiness" from You're a Good Man Charlie Brown?

Out of nowhere this song popped into my head the other day.  It's such a great song that I immediately started teaching/singing it to Adam.

I got as far as "happiness is two kinds of ice cream" before Adam interrupted me.

"Mom," he said, "Thomas and I are two kinds of ice cream.  I'm, you know, like, pink strawberry ice cream that's careful.  And he's chocolate that's messy and runs alllll over the place."

I laughed, and had to agree.

Special - today only: Two, two, two Adamisms for the price of one!

We just got home from watching Rio, and may I say that was a great movie.  Incredibly beautiful animation, funny, moved quickly.

In case you haven't seen it, it the storyline centers around two blue macaws named Jewel and Blue.  Jewel is a no-nonsense, take charge kind of bird.  Adam observed the following:

"Mom, Jewel doesn't take anyone being mean.  She'd beat the tuna fish outta them.  I didn't wanna say a bad word so I said tuna fish instead of, like, crap."


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We had just stopped at  a Latin market to pick up some platinos maduros for Sunday dinner.  I was speaking to the cashier in (limited) Spanish.  Walking out the door I thought to myself, "Maybe Adam can take Spanish in school and then he can teach me and we can speak together."  Let me stress that this was a thought,  not a verbalized idea.  Out of seemingly nowhere, we have the following conversation.

Adam:  Actions speak louder than words, right?
Me: That's true, Adam (wondering where this is going).
Adam: Yeah, so I think I should learn sign language.   



...Pienso que seré la única persona para hablar español en mi casa.