Days are the sunniest
Jokes are the funniest
Rabbits are the bunny-est
Hives are the honey-est
Elephants the ton-iest
Troubles – they’re the none-iest     Everywhere I go!

Straws are the bend-iest
Time is the spend-iest
Cards are the send-iest
Books are the lend-iest
Fun’s the pretend-iest
Friends are the friend-iest     Everywhere I go!

Berries are the fruit-iest
Shoes are the boot-iest
Puppies are the cute-iest
Treasure is the loot-iest
Teams are the root-iest
Horns are the toot-iest     Everywhere I go!

Birds are the tweet-iest
Candy is the sweet-iest
Socks are the feet-iest
Tricks are the treat-iest
Drums are the beat-iest
Lunch is the eat-iest        Everywhere I go!

Flowers are the smelliest
Jams are jelly-est
Rain’s the umbrell-iest
Tales are the tell-iest
Wishing is the well-iest
Buttons are the belly-est     Everywhere I go!

Skies are the blue-iest
Cows are the moo-iest
Gum is the chewiest
Ghosts are the boo-iest
Goo is the gooey-est
You can be your you-iest       Everywhere I go!

There is a character on Wow Wow Wubbzy that has a southern accent and I love Yo! Gabba Gabba with its lo-fi, almost Sesame Street sev feel, it’s nearly nostalgic. I think Ellen DeGeneres should be their next guest, she would come up with a good dancy-dance. Though I said I never would use the “electronic babysitter” – I must admit I do from time to time. I mean, It’s like pre-school on TV!

Thank you Sapphire for writing it, Lee Daniels for directing it, Gabourey Sidibe and Mo’Nique for giving it everything you had within you {I sound like I’m accepting an award for watching it} Wow.

ps. I spy patterns. Check out this wallpaper and that fancy floral jumpsuit.

C and I went hiking on our Thankful Thursday right after music class last week. I had been telling him that we were going to take photos. He has this little plastic one-time-use style camera in the toybox at his Agi’s house and is always chasing us around beckoning “Say Cheese!” I loved photography class in college and had a great teacher, Baldwin Lee. This was real 35mm film photography, developing my own photos in a darkroom, I remember a high grain Illford film being a favorite. I loaded up the old Pentax K1000 with some film that I found, who knows if it is any good {or really where to even get it developed?} We set out and I taught him how to advance the film after each shot. He struggled a little with the weight of this metal beast, but was thrilled with the sound of the shutter. I am thinking of getting him one of these Diana Minis for his birthday. Digital cameras are great, I love the technology, but there is still something special about a limited number of frames and waiting to see the image.

Now for the professional side of photography, my dear friend Julie Afflerbaugh, who has taken photos of C since he was just sitting up, is launching seasonal mini-sessions starting this weekend, email her and get professional shots of your little one at a great price. Check it out: