Near the end of our waffle consumption this morning, Merry (who had finished first) breezed into the kitchen and said, "Mommy,can I be a Cover Girl?"
Martin's and my heart almost stopped. "What?"
Merry repeated herself. "Mommy, can I be a Hover Girl?"
Well, that was a different matter entirely. Earlier, sitting next to my oldest child, who was dressed in a 1982 striped exercise suit with a skirt from the dress-up box, I'd noticed her humming in a high and awful manner. "Merry, please stop that noise," I said. "It sounds like you're a bug."
"That's what it's meant to sound like," she answered, with a faraway look in her eyes.
All morning, we've had two girls and Hover Girl, who zooms around the house whining like a mosquito. There are three specific hover-moves: upwards hover, downwards hover, and side-to-side hover. Despite great protestation, I made her change out of her exercise suit into regular clothes, and now she's Purple Hover Girl, charged with bringing peace to grocery stores (apparently, our local market is currently overrun by robbers and desperately in need of a visit from P.H.Girl) and spreading goodwill everywhere.
Martin and I discussed the problems of hovering, including not being able to stay put on a toilet seat and hovering at other awkward moments--at school, for instance--but overall, it seems like a good thing. We're just grateful Merry isn't pining to be a Cover Girl--anything would be better than that: Sewer Girl, Rock-Splitter Girl, Drainpipe Girl, anything. Even insect noises.
4 comments:
Those are NOT the hover moves.
According to hover girl (purple hover girl?), there are four distinct hovers:
Straight up (can go very high); forward (stay only a couple inches above the ground); slide take-off ("the only take-off in the history of hovering"); and the down hover (straight down from a high place).
"Those are the four basic hovers." (Apparently there are other, more nuanced patterns, but this is what you need to know if you're going to know ANYTHING about hovering.)
Martin
I think you misunderstood the lass.
She wants to be a Hoover girl.
As in, selling vac's at Sears or some other fine outlet.
Where does the insect whine come in? She may have trouble selling a good vacuum with the loud mosquito noise.
The vac will drown out the skeeter noise.
Her customers will not know she's buggy.
Thank the girls for the lovely artwork.
It was a nice welcome home last night when we got back from KY.
Ariel is in Central Asia, before heading out to his final duty post.
He commented on the incredible mountains, and the oddity of locals who worked on base speaking Russian.
He 'saw' Germany from the airfield.
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