We are incredibly blessed with lives that are full of laughter and gentle whimsy.
Perhaps it’s a byproduct of slowing down – when life was frenetic and chaotic, it was hard to see the funny side of things.
Perhaps it’s a result of having truly offbeat, quirky kids with their own distinct personalities and eclectic tastes. Small Man has a passion for old show tunes, magic tricks and Mr Bean; Big Boy has a razor wit, writes prolifically and plays a mean french horn. One morning, when Small Man was very young, he climbed out of bed, sleepy and scruffy-headed, and greeted me with, “Good morning, Mum. Can you make me some prosthetic hair?”
Perhaps it’s the way Pete has taught us all to view the world, with appreciative, attentive eyes (I’m not nearly as good at this as the boys are).
Perhaps it’s a gift from my wonderful, crazy parents – particularly my father, who in his late 70’s rang to say he was buying a chainsaw to prune his “shrubbery”. Or my beloved, truly bonkers sister, who gave us a fossilized mammoth’s tooth as a gift (she haggled down the archeologist who brought it back from Siberia) and once tried to catch a five foot catfish in a swimming pool. With her hands.
Perhaps it’s the result of watching too many Muppet Show reruns (our favourite is the Harry Belafonte episode).
Whatever the reason, I’m incredibly grateful. I hope you all have a moment today when something puts a smile on your face. If you’re struggling to find that something, perhaps one of our favourite Muppet clips can help!
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I love the muppet show…gosh it has been a long time since I saw it. In fact, I don’t think my kids have ever seen it – how remiss of me is that?!! I will have to remedy that pronto and introduce them to Miss Piggy in particular. This did put a smile on my face – thank you :)
I’ve always loved Gonzo. I think possibly my favourite line in the whole series was when Gonzo said..”I shall now perform a feat of luuuunatic daring..” :)
If I am not mistaken we have mussed on the Muppets before…. shaking head .. wobbly eyes…”The onion song!”
One of your favourites too if I am not mistaken.
Your family like you are unique in every special lovely way.
Coming from a man who’s son wowed the fruit and veg goers yesterday with a great dance routine to the Toni Basil song Mickey, using 2 bunches of new carrots as pom poms , sigh :)
LOL! Moo, that’s hysterical. I can just see him with a big grin on his face, “Oh Mickey, you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind..”
Question – does your five year old know that song because Jane sings it to you? :-)
I want more days of whimsy in my life…
I want you to have more days of whimsy too, Barb. Have a wonderful weekend! :)
Mast 5 knows alot of songs he is like a juke box, in the car he sings along to all the songs.
Jane doesn’t sing Mickey to me but it does have a historical note as the song the cheers leaders did their routine to, 1 minute after we were married.
The other favourite fruit and veg shop trick is “leek guitar” the big circular arm movements, frantic stumming and maybe a kneeslide, last time I think it was to “sweet child of mine”.
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