Twelve Days of Spica

There comes a time in a parents' life in which you answer your calling.  You have an occasion to rise to.  You understand your purpose at that moment in time.

Counting today, Hip Chick has twelve days until cast-off.  For this momentous event, to honor her six months of casting in 2013, Daddy and I bring you "The Twelve Days of Spica,"  lovingly adapted from a well-known carol.  Each day, we bring you a new verse.  And so we begin:

On the first day of spica my true love gave to me:

A babysitter, parents' night free!