The hills are alive...

We recently watched The Sound of Music. The kids loved it, especially Darling Daughter who now sings random, made-up lyrics to some of the tunes. 

She also sometimes slightly misunderstands or misses critical words...

Example 1:

At a friend's birthday party Son reported to the Birthday Boy that we watched Sound of Music (B-day Boy's favorite movie). I asked the kids "What's your favorite song from the movie?" Daughter didn't catch those last few words and, without missing a beat, she sang energetically "CEL-UH-BRATE GOOD TIMES COME ON, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo..."

A nearby dad said "I don't remember Kool and the Gang showing up... maybe it was after the Nazis tried to take away the Von Trapps."

Example 2:

While getting ready for bed one night, Daughter complained, "My belly hurts." Our kids usually have abdominal pain before they "make a deposit" (as my crazier grandmother used to say), so we figured either gas or solid was on its way out. She's still in pull-ups, so we steeled ourselves for the latter possibility. Sure enough, we next heard a small explosion coming from the Disney Princesses on her bum.

Husband got the honors (it was his turn to put her to bed - hurrah!) and made rather dramatic noises about the smell, consistency, and general mess. Son is a nosy bugger, and had to ask 100 questions. "What's wrong, Dad? Did it come out of her pull-up? Is it stinky? Is it diarrhea?"

To this last question, Daughter sadly protested "I'm not Maria!"