chang chang chang.

so we had a little "birthday party" for one of the kids in my class today. it's not really a party. really we just hand them cupcakes, and they rub the icing all over...everything. and then we clean it up. and find more of it later in unmentionable places.

while we were getting things ready, the cupcakes were sitting on the counter. mocking the children. one of them started whining because he wanted cupcakes. sometimes we eat our snack outside, so we have less to clean up. we pretend it's so the children can get some fresh air. anyway, i told him that before anyone could have a cupcake, we had to put his shoes on. (thanks, moms of the world, for buying shoes your children can slip on and off so easily, instead of buying shoes that are more like bear traps).

while i was putting his shoes on, he decided to sing through "happy birthday" really, really fast. i guess he figured if he did that, a cupcake would magically appear in front of him.

so, i'm thinking, wouldn't it be great if there were little songs we could sing to move things along in life? instead of sitting in traffic, maybe if i sing a stanza of "the wheels on the bus", the light will turn green. (isn't it sad how that's the first song about travel that comes to my mind?)

or if i'm tired of waiting for payday, i could just break into a chorus of "she works hard for the money" and i'd have more money in my account.

i'm all out of examples. my wit runs out at 9:30.

i don't know. it seems like it would be nice.