C&D love to make loud sounds, like rooster crows, train whistles, and reed-squeaky squeaks. They especially like to sing loudly whenever the mood strikes, whether it be in the bathroom, in bed, at the dinner table, or in the car.

Last night, after the sun had set and while we pushed she and David to UST in the stroller, Carmen felt the urge to belt out “All Around the Kitchen” as sung by Dan Zanes. Unfortunately Carmen doesn’t know all the words to this catchy song, quite, so from The Menil Collection to UST she just sang her favorite part:

All a-ROUND, the KICKEN, COCKADOODLEDOODLEDO! All a-ROUND, the KICKEN, COCKADOODLEDOODLEDO! All a-ROUND, the KICKEN, COCKADOODLEDOODLEDO! All a-ROUND, the KICKEN, COCKADOODLEDOODLEDO!

(Sing this out as loudly as you possible can on a dark residential street for about five minutes, if you’d like to get the basic idea. And no, when she sings the song she does pronounce it “kicken.”) Dan Zanes I’m sure would be proud.

If you live on Branard and suddenly your cat got scared, your dog got to barking, and you were interrupted in that important phone call to your mother at around 6:30 yesterday evening . . . that wasn’t us.

And by the way, I think the sickies have officially left the house. We’re all feeling quite good and ready to start a sparkly new week.