Why does she want to hear about a chicken (which I am being for not taking a stand), a sheep (for just following and not questioning), a pig (because I might drown my sorrows in a pint of ice cream) or a dog (again, not getting one)?

I will never wish that my girls get older faster than the natural progression of Father time but God damn, we need to let go of some traditions of younger childhood.

I promise you that I am not going to complain about Rachel's attachment to her friendly Huggies.  This is actually more about Laurel.  Since Laurel was about 10 months old, we read stories and then would sing a couple of songs before she went to sleep.  The many stories of the past have whittled down to about 15 pages in a chapter book (Our current book is Judy Blume's Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing.) and a song.  I am fine with the reading but she will not let go of this song.

Perhaps I am a little self-conscious after watching Pitch Perfect six times over the past couple of days but I do not sing well.  I dread the mere four verses of Old McDonald.  Why does she want to hear about a chicken (which I am being for not taking a stand), a sheep (for just following and not questioning), a pig (because I might drown my sorrows in a pint of ice cream) or a dog (again, not getting one)?

I am perplexed because she is in the stage of childhood where she wants to be older with some things and then other things, not so much.  Anything Dora is gone--toys, pillows, clothes (including undies even though no one sees them) are gone.  She won't even be in the same room when Rachel watches anything Dora/Diego related.  But she keeps all her kindergarten art up in her room even though it's all curled at the corners.  And she is okay with Disney Princesses?Sometimes a bath with her sister is fine or it could be a shower when I am absolutely banned from looking at her body.  Sometimes she cares about clothes, sometimes she doesn't even care if it's clean.  God this is giving me a headache.

Regardless of the perplexity that Laurel is putting me through, I need to get rid that song.  I sound like a freakin' idiot which means that she will insist on it for at least another three years.