Cheese Sandwich

So Madison was watching "My Little Pony" again when Daddy got home, and this pony above was on.  Daddy didn't recognize the voice, but when the musical montage started to play, Daddy noticed that this bit sounded an awful lot like a Weird Al polka number.  And then the hair struck me, and the shirt.  And the voice.  And lo, after doing a quick bit of research, therein Daddy found it was Weird Al himself, lending vocal talents to an episode of "My Little Pony" as a character Cheese Sandwich.  Notice the two pieces of bread stretching somewhat, with cheese in the middle - it appears to be an accordion, right?  Right.

Madison did not plan this at all - she doesn't know it, and didn't plan on watching this episode because Daddy was talking about Weird Al this week.  But for the past eight days, Weird Al has released one music video per day, all tied to his newest CD release, "Mandatory Fun."

I might add that I love the cover, wondering if it was in any way inspired by the recent Sochi Opening Ceremony.  And the music is fun too - Daddy actually recognizes some of the source material this time around, not quite as clueless as he used to be about pop music.  There comes a time with us older folks that Weird Al is spoofing popular music that you've never heard before, because you don't listen to pop music that much anymore.  That's pretty much Mommy and Daddy right now.  In fact, we're in this strange position of hearing a Weird Al song before the actual song he is parodying, which is kind of funny when you think of it.  But I digress.

This did inspire Daddy to drag out that Weird Al television series, with the thought of sharing the episodes with Madison.  I think she'll like them - she's just that right age...

Anyway, today was a "GET BACK TO WORK" day for Daddy, with a lot of catching up to do.  Mommy had a lot of catching up to do at home herself.

Before we did any of this, we had one civic duty to perform:  vote.  The primary run-offs were today, and we had four separate offices to vote for.  Mommy and Daddy took Madison along to the polling place to show her the process this morning.  We each filled out our forms and collected our cards to put in place.  Children were not permitted to touch the voting apparatus, but Madison could watch us vote.  We explained things every step of the way, casting our ballots - and then getting to the best part:  the "I'm a Georgia Voter" peach sticker.  Yep, Mommy and Daddy each got one as always.  But Madison got SEVEN.  Yes, the polling station worker there gave her seven stickers, and complimented her for wanting to see Mommy and Daddy doing their civic duty.

As of right now, one important race is still too close to call, and is like to go to a recount.  This after a previous election already, resulting in a run-off.  As for the other three races, Mommy and Daddy voted for two out of three of the winners, so we're feeling a little better after the voting this time.  One candidate who won we got a handwritten note from - his brother had come by the house personally, which was pretty neat.  Also, it turned out he was a celiac, which isn't far off from the condition that Mommy has herself.  The brother is opening a Mexican restaurant in Cumming soon, one that has an entirely gluten-free side of the kitchen.  This is great news indeed, as we'll probably be there opening day.  And how interesting that the guy won the election:  he was an underdog against a long established incumbent.  My guess is the personal touches in the campaign - the grass roots nature of it - were pretty extensive.  The election wasn't even close, and the thing is there weren't too many differences between the two candidates, philosophically.

Anyway, Madison hadn't been to a polling station before, so this was a neat little teachable moment about civics and so forth.  We talked to her on the way there and back about voting for the person we feel represents our feelings the most.  She got the idea mostly, although we didn't dare try to explain the primary system.  By the year's end, we'll have voted three times - maybe four if there's another run-off.

So Daddy did a lot of work today and so did Mommy.  Madison had a lot of playtime with the ponies - there is no Cheese Head toy that I know of right now, otherwise you know I'd have that one for Madison pretty quick.