Coal Dust and Misunderstood Lyrics

These two boys - Evan and Walker - spend a lot of time at the dance studio. They are there 3.5 hours a week with their sisters. Evan's mom, Candice, and I worked all last year trying to contain them, keep them from arguing, encourage them to share, corral their toys so no one gets hurt, and keep them quiet and content. Well, this year, the boys have discovered the "sand box" (i.e. flower bed) at the studio. And, while I tried to fight it for two weeks, I came to the realization that I just don't care. The boys are SO happy playing in the "coal dust" and they run their trains and cars and construction vehicles back and forth, back and forth. They play happily the entire time (well, almost the entire time, until the wind blows the coal dust into someone's eyes) and they are out of everyone's way and no one is tripping over  their toys. And, for once, I can actually take little breaks to go watch Lainey dance. We bring a broom to clean up the mess when it's time to leave, the area is shaded due to the time of day that we're there, so all in all...besides the fact that the boys get FILTHY, and that they literally have dirt coming out of their eyes, and I may have heard rumors that one of the instructor's dogs pees in there...it's a good deal. Boys being boys. 

And, funny sidebar...see that fire department connection on the wall behind them? I remember once, when Lainey was younger, she asked what that was. I didn't really know what to call it so I didn't exactly know how to explain it to her. She said it looked like "pants." Well, I agree... it kinda does. :)

And lastly, this is just a funny Lainey story. As I've mentioned, Lainey dances all the time...constantly performing in our dining room, practicing moves and combinations she's seen on the studio's recital videos, trying to imitate and do what the big girls do. In one of the performances from the recital, the girls dance to a song called "All for the Best" from the musical Godspell.

Here are the lyrics to one part of the song:

"...All of this and we get the rest... 
But who is the land for? 
The sun and the sand for? 
You guessed! It's all for the BEST!"

Know how Lainey sings it? 

Substitute the word "whore" for "for." So she's singing about whores. I heard her doing this the other day...just singing along, playing with her Play-Doh...you know, just a happy five-year-old girl singing about whores. The teacher in me is terrified that this has happened at school. Songs get stuck in everyone's head, and sometimes you just start singing them at the most random times. I just don't know if I need Lainey to sing about whores to her kindergarten class. :-/