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Hey subdermalglow, I am no longer Eeyore!




( I am Tigger! )

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So following the pattern we have begun of watching musicals, Habibi and I have been busy the last couple days. Yesterday we watched Free to Be... You and Me- part of the FTBYAM collection I gave him for his birthday (remember kids, indoctrination starts early!), including the CD and the book. We had the record when we were kids, and I downloaded the album awhile ago, but I have never actually seen the television special before. Habibi was entirely entranced, and I was pleased as rum punch. We did then start West Side Story,but Habibi fell asleep. I carried on without him. It was tough, but I soldiered on.


This morning we watched Mary Poppins. He really seems to enjoy actually watching movies done in Technicolor- I suppose it has a certain brightness to it that catches his eye that contemporary ways of filmmaking doesn't have. I was extra into it because it is, of course, about a nanny. Yes, I'm taking my current occupation very seriously. Not that "serious" is a word we use a whole lot, between the two of us; a lot of giggling, singing, dancing, and running about happens here. But I was amused by the song that Jane sings, the advertisement (if you're English, of course, it is pronounce "ad-VERT-is-ment") she and Michael wrote for The Perfect Nanny. Let us now take a look at it, to see if I qualify.

If you want this choice position
Yes, please!

Have a cheery disposition
check!

Rosy cheeks
Its the drugs

no warts!
I hope not!

Play games, all sort
[insert joke about head games here]


You must be kind, you must be witty
I think I'm funny. I'm not sure I can trust Habibi's opinion on this, though, considering his propensity to laugh hysterically at the couch.

Very sweet and fairly pretty
Why, thank you! *blush*

Take us on outings, give us treats
Dude. Me=Pushover. Did you have any doubts?

Sing songs
Always!

bring sweets
Yay for Christmas gingerbread!

Never be cross or cruel
Who, me? I'm Glinda the Good Witch!

Never give us castor oil or gruel
This is so gross, I have no good response to it

Love us as a son and daughter
Getting into the creepy area here, aren't we? "The hand that rocks the cradle...."

And never smell of barley water
I smell like tea tree oil! Yay!

If you won't scold and dominate us
We will never give you cause to hate us
I'll never hate you. I'll just give you to David Bowie the Goblin King. Besides, who could hate a face like this?

We won't hide your spectacles
So you can't see
I wouldn't call what you do to my spectacles "hiding." Shall we discuss this one a little further?

Put toads in your bed
Well, at least something in my bed would be hopping...

Or pepper in your tea
Mmmmmm!

Hurry, Nanny!
Many thanks
Sincerely,

Jane and Michael BanksHabibi!


Should I make this my new CV?