Vacation Song

Since I forgot to blog about last week's Janet birthday lunch at Di Pescaro (joined by Maya and her friend Jessie, Janet, Milton, Marty, Sevonne, Grandma and Grandpa), I thought I'd print out this song I wrote a while ago about our family. (Just want to mention that the apple crostada and the chocolate cake were much better than the previous week). Some of you might remember hearing this song at my 50th birthday party (although most of you were busy eating pie and not paying attention). If I can find that other song about how everything Janet, Milton, and Marty know is because of listening to me practice piano, I'll post it. Unless hearing it that one time was enough....


Once for spring vacation, when I was just a girl,
My parents thought to take us all to Paris for a whirl.
We traveled there by private jet and saw the famous sights,
The Champs Elysees, Louvre, the boulevard of lights.
Not really, what we really did was hang out on the block,
I’d read novels day and night, and wait for friends to knock.
My sister had friends over and my brothers watched T.V.
We just stayed together, my family and me.

Once in early August we went sailing on a yacht,
We saw the coast of Africa, what a gorgeous spot.
We all pitched in and worked the sails,
We huddled under storms and gales,
We came back with a hundred tales, or, actually, maybe not.
Really what we did that month involved the water, true,
In Somme Woods, way far up north, far from the ocean blue.
We hiked through swamps and murky bogs to capture little things,
Like frogs and salamanders, like insects without stings.

When winter came, that awful year, we tried to beat the snow,
By heading south to Florida where all the snowbirds go.
We drove our station wagon to a place of sun and sand,
The drinks came with umbrellas, it really was quite grand.
Not really, cause we stayed at home, and played outside all day,
With cousins, friends, and neighbors, all sharing the same sleigh,
We went inside when we got cold for cocoa and to pee,
We spent the time together, my family and me.