A Bone To Pick

I have a bone to pick with Margaret Wise Brown. Ms. Brown is the author of everyone's favorite bedtime story, Goodnight Moon. We read this to Tali every night before she goes to bed. A few weeks ago, Dan pointed out an inconsistency in the book and I just can't seem to get past it. The beginning of the books says "In the great green room, there was a telephone and a red balloon..." and then continues to point out things in the room. After everything has been listed, the book says goodnight to them all. But, it doesn't say goodnight to the telephone! I've found numerous places that Ms. Brown could have said goodnight to the telephone. She even says goodnight to things not mentioned in the beginning (stars, air, noises everywhere), but no telephone. Now every time I read the book I wonder about the poor telephone. Does the telephone not deserve a proper goodnight? What did it do to be left off of the list? Why wasn't this corrected in one of the reprints? Anyone know the answer?

How Rude!

One of the three grocery stores I that I shop at (can never find everything at one store) has two parking spots near the entrance with a sign that says "Customer with Infant." There's even a picture of a baby in a cart for those too lazy to read. I regularly take to Tali to the grocery store with me and yesterday was the first time I was actually able to park in one of those spots. While I appreciate the store making the effort, their customers are just rude. I can't tell you the number of times I've seen infant-free shoppers pull in or out of those spaces. Yesterday, an infant-free couple in their 70's pulled out of one of the spots right as I was driving up. Then, as I was putting Tali's car seat on the cart a woman in her 50's pulled in to the other spot. She got out infant free. I was so annoyed and very tempted to  say something to her but I restrained myself. I've regularly seen people get in or out of those spots without babies. Meanwhile, I'm pushing Tali from the back of the lot. 

No, I'm not lazy. I actually like to get exercise whenever I can and use parking lots as a good place to get a bit of a walk in. But grocery shopping with a baby requires precise planning. While Tali enjoys all the colors and people at the store, she can only stay entertained for a particular amount of time. Those extra few minutes of walking from the back of the lot can be the difference between an easy shopping trip and a total meltdown in the dairy department. Yet these infant-free parking spot stealers just don't care. One day I'm going to snap and leave a note on their cars or perhaps even make a citizen's arrest. It's just not nice to make a new mom deal with a screaming baby when it could easily be avoided.  So rude.