May 21st, 2008

At Mom's for a while with Staci and Evan, for what's become our usual Wednesday routine of playtime and dinner together. Evan flopped himself down on his Thomas mat to play with his trains and asked me to sit "right here" and play too. So I sat and he introduced me to Thomas the train, then told me all about the things Thomas drove past, in his little toddler way.


Evan: "Truck!"
me: "What kind of trucks do you see there, Evan?"
Evan: "Stee-woller. Red stee-woller."
me: "And...?"
Evan: "Yewwo truck!"
me: "That one's a backhoe. Yellow backhoe."
Evan: "Yewwo back-o!"

So cute! :)

Meanwhile, in un-Evan-related news, the American public surprised me by selecting David Cook as this year's American Idol. I totally expected David Archuleta to win, since his boyish charm and pitch-perfect voice seemed made for AI. I like Archuleta, really, I do... he brings out my maternal instinct, I think. I just want to take him home, feed him, and smoosh him. And then listen to him sing. However, I think America got it right this year. David Cook's the whole package: he puts his soul into his voice, rocks on his guitar, and can even change up an arrangement to make it suit his style, plus he's a sexy, sexy man. The only thing that remains to be seen is whether his Idol-produced first album will truly showcase all his skills. All I know is when it comes out, I will do something I rarely do; buy it.

Now I've just gotta get through the next seven months until auditions for Idol fire up again. If someone can tell me just how I got hooked on AI in the first place, I'd appreciate it...