Carolyn Holm

Hey Mom,
We love it when you sing to us!!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
I know you do! Poppy smiles and you two cats sit right up to listen. And you like it when I hold you on my shoulder and dance a bit while I sing.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
One of the songs is all about me. The Hey Boy Crazy Boy song.
Winston

Dear Winston,
That one fits you to a T. It is from West Side Story.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
And the other song is all about the three of us!!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
It is indeed.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
But why do you call the three of us your Poodles?
Winston

Dear Winston,
That’s just a term of endearment. 
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
We are your Oodles of Poodles??? Puffin says that’s corny.
Winston

Dear Winston,
It is. But the song makes you all perk up and it makes me smile. Can’t beat that.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
Puffin says the song is supposed to have other words.
Winston

Dear Winston,
I don’t know how he knows these things. He’s right. I appropriated another song.  It’s an old classic that goes I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man, who could ask for anything more.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
Our song is completely different!!!!!
Winston

Dear Winston,
It is! It goes I’ve got Poodles, lots of Poodles, I’ve got Oodles, who could ask for anything more! 
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
Puffin says those words are totally cheezy and he doesn’t like being called a Poodle. 
Winston

Dear Winston,
Puffin may say that, but I notice he likes it when I sing the song to him. But maybe I should change the words to I’ve got Monkeys. That’s another term of endearment. I call you three my Monkeys all the time.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
Puffin hates being called a monkey.
Winston

Dear Winston,
I think I’ll stick to Poodles in this song.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
You sang it to the visiting dogs, too.
Winston

Dear Winston,
I did. And they loved it.
Love, Carolyn

Mom,
We think you should only sing it to us.
Winston

Dear Winston,
I only sing it to our Pack. And the visiting dogs are part of our Extended Pack.
Love, Carolyn

Hey Mom,
We just wanted to be sure.
Winston

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