My delicious secret

Yes, I'm in America. Surprise! LA International Airport, to be precise, awaiting my connecting flight to Detroit in three hours, give or take. From Detroit, I'm headed across the Canadian border to the little town of Kingsville, Ontario, and the second Canadian Charlotte Mason conference, L'Harmas, which is on this weekend.
I can't wait to see Leslie and Anne and Jen and Sandy and Megan and Tammy and Kathy and...well everyone, and I especially can't wait to see their faces when they see me.
Keeping secrets in this age of Facebook and instant connectivity has been really hard, and so I've had to tell nobody that I'm coming. Even so, the word seems to have leaked a little, and every time I've logged onto social media this past week I've expected to be outed by someone or other. Wouldn't it be painful if they spoilt the surprise at this late stage!
For obvious reasons, I won't be pressing the Publish button until Sunday. I will certainly post some pics, though, when I can.
Surprises are such very good fun, aren't they? Heh heh heh.
Sunday:There is a photo of me on Mama Squirrel's blog if you want to see us together!

Cups

Claire was asking what the Cup Song is.  It's a clapping game, Claire, and it goes like this:



It comes from a movie called Pitch Perfect:



I know nothing about the movie, so I can't recommend it, but I think that audition scene is pretty cool.

Here's the musical version:



It was Jemimah's aim to teach the game to all the kids that we visited on our trip to America. She thought that the game would help them to remember her. Having never listened to the song, I don't think she realised quite how appropriate the lyrics were:

When I’m gone
When I’m gone
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
You’re gonna miss me by my hair
You’re gonna miss me everywhere, oh
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone

So now you know.

Here's a not-very-good-photo of her playing the game with some new friends: