Dear Sir

Dear Sir -

While I sympathize with the fact that you might not want to listen to Jingly Roar the chiming lion toy jingle jangle his way to DC in your Amtrak car, I do wish to point out that your choices are as follows: 1. Endure Jingly Roar's cheerful tune or 2. Endure my overtired child's ear piercing screams. While I agree that it would be convenient for her to merely entertain herself by quietly reading a novel, I would point out that my infant is, in fact, only six months old and Moby Dick is still just a little beyond her abilities. I, myself, could read to her, but would you really rather here me hyper-enthusiastically recite Squishy Turtle and Friends ("Beware the crab, I think he knows, just how to pinch your tiny toes!") than listen to the jingles? Or perhaps you would prefer I launch into a run-on rendition of The Wheels on the Bus. Again, these are your choices; these things or "WAAaAAaaH!!!!!!!!!"

I, most happily, leave the choice to you.

Sincerely,
Erin "Travel Mama" Duck