That was unexpected. . .

I checked out this book from the library: On Top of Spaghetti, which is, of course, based on the song. You know, the one that goes, "On top of spaghetti / All covered with cheese / I lost my poor meatball / When somebody sneezed."

I like to pick out books from the library based on song lyrics because they're usually really catchy and fun to read, and this is the best way for me to learn song lyrics (I certainly don't learn them from hearing them being played on CD, the way J does). And knowing song lyrics is a MUST around here--being able to sing in the car, to entertain the kids, to distract them, to sing along, etc.

Well, J was reading it to her. On the third page or so a mouse sneezes and poor Yodeler Jones (the dog pictured on the front cover) loses his meatball.

R was hysterical. Oh my goodness. She was SO UPSET. We had to flip back and forth several times to show her that Yodeler Jones was okay, and goodness, don't you want to see where the meatball goes?

At the end of the book a tree sprouts out of the ground that grows meatballs and tomato sauce. She got even MORE upset at that. We only calmed her down by promising her that she could have meatballs and tomato sauce for snack.