Rachel: Hannah, we’re not playing underwear girl!
Hannah: I know.
Rachel: Then why do you have underwear on your head?
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Five minutes before that conversation:
Hannah: Mom, could you put this on….not on my head, but on my legs.
(She is handing me a swimming suit. I look at her head and there’s a pair of panties on her head)
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This week, I’ve been entertaining the girls by doing the dancer’s pose and singing a high operatic note at the same time. It brightens things up considerably, when things are looking ugly.
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Let’s keep all this between you and me.
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And for Miz S, this post explains the rules “Mommy, Mommy, pants on fire.” We invented that game LAST August. Go figure.
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I WILL write about our trip to New York. We’re just so darn busy in August. Ya know?
~operatic singing~
Pants on the head! I have photos of Alison with underwear as a hat. Tres chic. So, is this 24/25 thing adding to your busyness? I hope it will be fun and not stressful.
August 2nd, 2007 at 3:48 pmIt will be fun, for sure.
August 2nd, 2007 at 3:54 pmI spent many an afternoon wearing underwear on my head. I think my mom tolerated it when I was in the relative privacy of our home. But when I engaged in panty-head commando raids at the department store, I think she took exception.
Life was fun then. So carefree! I guess that’s what I love about parenthood: we get to relive our childhood through our kids, appreciating now what we lacked the ability to appreciate back then.
August 2nd, 2007 at 3:54 pmHang on…you’re not SUPPOSED to wear underwear on your head??? Crap.
August 2nd, 2007 at 3:56 pmUnderwear on the head. Classic.
August 2nd, 2007 at 4:42 pmHa. My stepdad used to run around with underwear on his head to make us laugh when we were kids. He’s awesome like that…Me, I’m getting better at tree pose, but I don’t feel very graceful doing dancer’s pose yet. Maybe a high note would help?
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:34 pmAhhh, singing a high note should help open up the heart center! Somehow we missed the wearing underwear on the head, except at my husband’s bday party. I think the words ‘butt head’ were printed on those particular pair!!!
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:46 pmNatarajasana! This is a brief post, indeed.
August 2nd, 2007 at 7:43 pmI just want all of you to know that apprently “underwear girl” is a game they actually play. “Hannah thought of it,” Rachel told me this afternoon. I am so proud.
August 2nd, 2007 at 7:51 pmPants on the head reminds me of an old, old Whoopie Goldberg HBO special, where she puts a white half-slip on her head and pretends that she is a white girl with long blonde hair. It is priceless!
August 2nd, 2007 at 8:56 pmWith Mommy Mommy Pants on Fire, I figured there would be more running around.
August 3rd, 2007 at 4:49 amWearing underwear on one’s head is not something they want to do regularly.
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:23 pmThey get cuter and cuter…..
August 3rd, 2007 at 2:57 pmYour range never ceases to amaze me- from axe murderer to opera singer, all the while in the various poses of motherhood. You make me laugh. And I remember how nicely underpants fit on toddler heads- a perfect fit.
August 3rd, 2007 at 6:46 pmHappy Anniversary!!!! mz pants on fire!
August 7th, 2007 at 4:53 pmok, this is scary. I do the same thing to make the boys laugh. Ballet pose and opera note.
but they don’t play Underwear boy. Instead, they run around naked wiggling their bums after showers.
Boys.
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August 8th, 2007 at 5:15 am