I thought Parents were supposed to embarrass the kids. It is our right and privildge, am I correct? For having it done to us by our parents? And revenge for when the kids were little and they pitched fit or related some tidbit about you that should not be made public.

Shopping
Taking my girls shopping was mixed. Andie taught Hilary how to get my goat when we did grocery shopping.

They would sing commercial jingles and reenact product adverts at me all the way through the store. Everytime we passed something they recognised they would be on either side of me, taking parts in slightly over loud voices. At the check out, Andie would poke me in the back muttering PokeMom.
(Twice since she passed I felt that poke in the back when I was engaged in conversation. The 1st time I automatically turned around and told her to stop. That freaked my colleagues and I meediately regretted it because I feared she really would stop.)
Anyway at the check out the girls would go into little scene about purchasing one or more of the 7 deadly sins " all out of lust, there is a sale on covetousness" and how it was going to be paid for - something about the immortal soul credit card. They took it in turns to be Hell's cashier.

Driving in the car
Andie and Hilary used to sing all the time in the car together. Andie doing lovely harmonies or teaching them to Hil.

On occasion though they would get into the Are We There Yet song loop. It only took me pulling over once and telling them "Now we are never going to get there or anywhere ever again, because I am not going to start this car until you agree not to sing that song at me ever again." My voice rising in pitch and dynamic. I got the promise amid giggles. I was beaten. I knew they may not use that song but something else equally annoying would come along.

And it did. Why do kids get a word stuck in holding pattern in their brains? And why does it pop out randomly? Andie's words were Concave and Cornbread pronounced in the most annoyingly musical way.
Hil's was FrootLoops pronounced with a deep gravelly monster voice. Soup Girl and Spork other favorites but I knoiw she picked up the habit from Andie.

Vacation
Every year was at some beach or other, where the boardwalk or ocean road was lined with tattoo and body piercing parlours. So every vacation was punctuated with "Can I get a tattoo or something pierced." Not one day would go by without hearing that at least once.

The answering machine. They couldn't leve it alone. Andie and Hil once recorded in dracula voices "Vee are not at home vright now. Please leave your name, number and blood type after the beep.... Muuhahahahaha"

Another time their rendition of the Banana Boat Song

Day-o de Day-o
Daylight come and we never at home
Day-o de Day-o
Daylight come and we never at home

and then something like

Don't call us when we asleep
Daylight come and we never at home
Leave your name after the beep

What are you going to do?