Pollywolly Doodle all the day

On the way to school this morning Sevi was belting this out, that she
just learned from Grandma in Boulder over the break. Made many
people smile along the way. I thought she might continue once at
school, but she didn't---maybe a bit shy, or maybe just awed by the
complexity of being back among all her peers.

Which reminds me, when we saw Jimmy and Heidi and Boulder and Sevi
was running around so ecstatic with Alana, their daughter, she just
got ebullient at one point and hugged her, saying "I love you! My
friends at school think hugging and kissing is disgusting, but I
don't!" That made me so happy to hear her sticking up for what she
felt in such a joyous way. I haven't seen a lot of that, and just
hope she continues to feel that confident of the way she feels.

Boohanti Bedtime

Every night, in order to get her to turn over on her back so I can
put on her diaper (yes, it's time she no longer wore one at night),
Sevi says I must recite the code. It's always boohanti three times
and another secret word. I guess words at random and then she says
"give up?" and tells me. Tonight it was boohanti boohanti boohanti
caterpillar, but then she added another, "worm" Once I'd said it all
she dutifully rolled over and I put on the diaper.