Whodoya Think Put The STAR In Starbucks?

On my days off work I often

pick up TPot...and the girls.

We drop Thing 1 and Thing 2 off at school

and take Thing 3 with us

on the days she doesn't have

Nursery School.
SweetCheeks (Thing 3 for those of you

not in the know)

always wants to go to the same place.

And, as my followers know,

it is NOT McDonalds..

it is NOT KiddyLand..

No..it..is..not..

This child-of-my-heart

wants to go to

Nana's Favorite Place.

A place that would not be

open except by the

Grace of God

and my

purse.

It is

Starbucks.

I am a creature of habit

I always get the same thing..

A Triple Shot

Sugar Free Vanilla

Latte-2% milk

No foam.

There's a saying that

the more complicated the

order the bigger Witch

(well, that's not really the word-but

you. know.what.it.is.)

I guess I rank right up there near

the top of Blankety-blanks.

I could make it worse and order

1/2 caf ,etc...but hey..I gotta life here.

Anyway...That's what I order.

Now-SweetCheeks knows this place well.

Here's HER order.

Ih'll haff a Chilldes size

Vhanillla steamah wiff whipp cream onnit.

They love this little girl at

STARBUCKS.

They always give her extra whipped cream.Do you see her beaded headband?

She has a necklace to match.

She is not wearing it because soon...

oh-so-soon..

she will be using it as part of

her act!

And here..

Ladies & Loonies

(said most affectionately, of course)

for your enjoyment

we bring you

for no other reason except

for the fact that because I had

to sit through this performance

I want to share the

pain and suffering and

the pure pleasure of SweetCheeks.

What are you singing, SweetCheeks?

Ih juss gonna sing abhout

efferything Ih see hearh.

Great- Let the show begin.

Sung to the tune of...

hmmm...NOTHING I recognized..

I haff my pretty beeeds and

dey are maghick..dey are maghick!

I luffve mhy Mama an mhy Nana..

Effen if mhy Nana hass

crwazy hairh today... An...look offver der-dat man

is juss kinna bawld like my Papa

or sumfin like dat.

An now Ih gonna look at sumfin

else and Ih lwike dat gurl dat

makes da muffffinns..

annn here chomes sumbudy else

dat is jusss old and hers gettin sum coffee..

or sumfin...

Shhh...SweetCheeks...

Don't say people are old or bald

we tell her quietly.

That might make people feel bad.

Our Sweet Miss sweetly

and softly replies..

Yesss...but dey issss old or bald,

aren't dey, Nana? Huh?

Nana? Aren't dey, Nana?Nana cannot answer because

Nana is ready to choke on

her coffee..

and doesn't want

SweetCheeks to know..

that she is being funny

when she doesn't mean to be.

uh-oh...

Here it comes..

Whass so funny?

An why isss you keep takin'

pickshures of me?

I am laughing too hard to answer.

Isss NOT funny, Nana..

Now Ih isss madd

an' I not gonna sing any morah forh yoah!

Lord, love us-Look at that face.

From Sweet Sue

to

Angry Annie

in the blink of the camera's eye.

Stttopp..takin'...pickshures...

Ih gonna get down now!She scooches over to her Mama for a kissCan I have one, too? I ask.

Noah- I iss never gonna kiss yoah aghain!

Nevah..Nevah...said with a dramatic sigh.

NEV-AH..repeated with emphasis

NEVVVV-AH.

I am MAD at yoah foarhEVEAH!

That''s Okay SweetCheeks.

I shouldn't take your picture

when you don't want me to.

I guess it's almost time to go home.

I'm sorry.

It's almost time to go home now anyway.

Nana?

Yes, honey?

Chan I come home wiff yoah too?

I thought you were mad at me.

Noh- I wuz jus' kiddin' yoah!

Of course you were.

C'mon SweetCheeks..

Your ride is waiting!