Happy Girl

On a beautiful Sunday morning, Meridy's dad promised her a trip to the park. After her nap, she was determined to take that trip to the park, despite the fact that the beautiful day had become something quite different and her dad was now deeply embroiled in paying taxes. So the trooper and I set off for the park and she played, as children will, as if it was a perfectly park-ish day.
 

In other news, I have a little tidbit of humor for the 3 people who read this blog who will get it. And 3 may be a stretch. So we're driving down the road yesterday, listening to the blessed WEVL as we do when Her Majesty allows us to deviate from our standard musical diet of Kindermusik, and an Ani Difranco song comes on the radio. I'm enjoying it; I've always enjoyed Ani. And it's one of her more mellow songs, so Mer isn't telling me to turn it down. And then from the back seat I hear, "Mommy, is that lady mad?" I confirmed that Ani sometimes is a little mad, and Mer's advice was: "She needs to feel better." Which is just really funny if you know Ani's music. Especially since it was a song where Ani swears she's NOT mad, just misunderstood. From the mouths of babes, and all that. And that concludes this edition of musical minutia.