I'm on my own tonight and this weekend as Kevin is on a Boy Scout backpacking trip. I'm sure he'll have a good time. They're backpacking in Henry Coe State Park which is right off of the street we lived on in Morgan Hill. We only ever took one trip to Henry Coe and that was for a hike on Christmas Day with Marc and Wendy. I hope he makes it back okay. The last time he went on a Boy Scout camping trip it was in a field of something to which he was violently allergic, and came home with his eyes swollen shut.
Kevin is putting together a webpage of our trip to Carmel, which consists entirely of pictures of Scout. He doesn't have the page set up yet, but here are some preview pictures:
Peeking out from under the restaurant table
The neighbors have been unusually quiet. I wonder if the neighbors on the other side complained. For two days they were totally silent. Then we were back to the baby crying, music playing (although at a much lower level than before), and kids running around.
They seem to have gotten another children's record, bringing their total up to 2. They haven't played the "La Bamba" one in a while. This new one gets played a lot. It's got a version of the Hokey Pokey. I say "a version" because this particular Hokey Pokey has a bizarre line: Everybody's got Monkeys. This comes in the part of the song after you've put your whole self in, taken your whole self out, put your whole self in, and have shaken all about. You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around, that's what it's all about. And then in NORMAL versions of the song you dance around in circles and sing "You do the Hooooooookey Pokey" three times, followed by another that's what it's all about. Well instead of the triumphant "Hooooooooookey Pokey" that's where this version inserts "Everybody's got Moooooooonkeys." It's truly bizarre. I feel sorry for these children who will later go to school and parties and instead of doing the Hokey Pokey will do the Everybody's Got Monkeys.
Posted by Shelby at June 20, 2003 09:56 PM
