Ode to

 Ode To Spoonnoses

Oh spoonnose,

my pointy, skinny nose

was never right to make you stay

but now what joy!

these Seminario genes

make you stay on my children's faces

i bet they could even sneeze and you'd stay on.  

 Ode to Matey

Oh Matey

You look just like the pirate name you chose for yourself

I'm glad at least one of our children likes to wear hats

and stuff on their face

Dollar store costumes

really give their money's worth.

Ode to Stale Red Vine

Oh stale Red Vine

Your stealth was appreciated.

You gave us all peace in the car

when I put you into a chubby hand 

sticking out of a carseat one night

You kept silent

what is usually shaking the car with screams of discontent

I did not anticipate

the damage

one stale red vine

could do.

De-Ode to BYU Football

Oh BYU Football

You tease us every year

you are good enough to be great

but then you forget.

And sometimes you forget

to pass the ball to your own team

instead of the other one.  

Ode to Crossbreeding

We found a watermelon

Hiding underneath a marigold bush.

We didn't know any had survived!

We chilled it in the fridge to eat with dad

for dinner that night.

When we cut it open...

We found it was ORANGE

with BIG FLAT WHITISH SEEDS.

Google told us you could not have mixed with the pumpkins.

But we know better. 

Because sometimes my belly looks like a watermelon.

And the kids come out looking more like my pumpkin husband.