Trout Fishing in America

Busy day today. We left at 10:00 for a rare treat... breakfast before church at the neighborhood donut shop. After church, lunch. After lunch, JaM (children's service for the neighborhood kids at Fortress). After JaM, we went downtown for LibraryFest. What fun!

The theme (sponsored by Burlington Northern Railroad) was transportation. The boys were in heaven. We enjoyed storytime, puppets, an actual real train simulator (which the boys were in awe of, because it was very similar to their MicroSoft Train "Simmy-yator" game that they love to play, only this one had REAL levers and buttons and stuff). There were clowns, crafts, and...best of all, a new library card for Dani. She checked out John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, with plans to read it and then enter a scholarship essay contest worth $2500. :)

But the very VERY best of all was seeing Trout Fishing in America perform. I've wanted to see them for a very long time, and didn't even know they were playing until I got there today. Serendipity. :) We laughed and sang along with the ones we knew, and the boys especially loved Simon Says.

For your reading pleasure, one of my favorite TFinA songs:

"Pico de Gallo"
written by Emily Kaitz & Marilyn Cain

Pico de gallo, you oughta give it a try-o
Even if you're from Ohio, it'll get you by-o.
Don't get it in your eye-o unless you want to cry-o
So come on, don't be shy-o, eat some pico de gallo!

It's got jalapenos, I reckon y'all have seen those.
They're kinda hot for gringos and probably flamingos.
Just add some tomatillos, onions and cilantro,
Lime juice and tomato, you got pico de gallo!

It was Cinco de Mayo, and I was down on the bayou
With my good friend Venus de Milo,
We were watchin' Hawaii Five-O
She wanted some French fry-o's, or maybe apple pie-o
And I said why, oh, why-o? We got pico de gallo!

Pico de gallo, you oughta give it a try-o
Even if you're from Ontari-i-o, it'll get you by-o.
Don't get it in your eye-o unless you want to cry-o
So come on, don't be shy-o, eat some pico de gallo!
So come on, don't be shy-o, eat some pico de gallo!