mamajoan

1. Isaac and I are out for a walk. We walk over the bridge and down the other side, then I turn around to repeat, but Isaac wants to wander off the other way.
Me: Let's go over the bridge again.
Isaac: Bye-bye bridge!
Me: No, let's say 'hello bridge.'
Isaac: Bye-bye bridge!
Me: (sings) You say goodbye, I say hello. Hello hello! I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello.

2. More of the same: we're walking on the bridge, I want to go this way, he wants to go that way.
Me: Let's go this way.
Isaac: Way! Train!
Me: Well, if you want to see a train you have to go this way.
Isaac: (rolls his eyes in exasperation, walks my way)
Me: (sings) She told me to walk this way! She told me to talk this way!

3. I remove the tank from Isaac's humidifier in order to refill it. There's some water left in the bottom of the casing. Isaac wants to stick his hand in.
Me: No hands in there please.
Isaac: Water!
Me: Yes, but that water is icky and dirty.
Isaac: Dirty water?
Me: (sings) Love that dirty water! Ohhh, Boston you're my home.

4. Isaac is learning about bridges and how some go over water, some over train tracks, some over roads with cars on them. We're in the car, we drive over a bridge.
Isaac: Bridge!
Me: Yep, we're going over a bridge.
Isaac: Water?
Me: No, this bridge goes over train tracks.
Isaac: Train tracks?
Me: (sings) Like a briiiiidge over troubled train tracks, I will lay me dooooown. (speaking) That's not lyrical at all. It's a good thing Paul and Art knew about the different kinds of bridges.