That I have sung:
Hush-a-bye baby, they've gone to milk
Milk maid and lady dressed in silk
Lady goes softly, maid goes slow
Round again, round again, round they go...
every night of Poppet's life. That she now knows all the words and sings along with me at bedtime. Her little voice is like warm caramel - soft and buttery. It makes my heart melt and I already mourn the day when she will stop singing (or worse ask me to stop). My life will be a little emptier for it.
That when Poppet is cross at me she says "Shananana Mummy!" which means "Naughty Mummy!" in Poppet language (I have no idea how she came up with "Shananana"). She will then correct herself and state, "Only bad guys are naughty. Shananana bad guys!"
That when Willow does her sight words she always says "scissors" when she reads "is"... no matter how many times I correct her.
That Willow loves bandaids and is usually wearing at least 3 or 4 (we had a "no blood, no bandaid" rule at home, but she manages to get them regardless, because who can resist a little girl, with tears in her eyes, who asks for a bandaid?!)
That Spinner loves to do crosswords and play scrabble with me. That he loves reading poetry and playing with his Pokemon cards in equal amounts.
That Spinner will only listen to classical music. If I tune into a rock station in the car he will demand that I change back to classic FM. I always oblige (how could I not?)
Monday, 24 March 2008
Treasures that I never want to forget (but probably will)
Posted by Em at 7:13 PM
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Lovely.
There are so many things I want to remember, but I know in the end, I probably won't.
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At least you have now written them down - so you wont forget these precious things about your precious children.
Love it. I especially love that the lyrics to your lullaby are different than mine, but I think they have the same tune. Each one of your kids has a splendidly unique personality.
For us, it is the "Shippy song" - or ' A Ship There Is/The Water is Wide'/
Other than that, it is the "Pillowcase Song" - actually, the 'Empty Chairs' song by Don McLean.
It's good to try to remember these things.
Now, I know from other posts that Spinner is a bright student. There is so much research out there suggesting that children who have higher intelligence prefer the true musicality of classical music. Everything in classical music is math related...beats, tone...cadence everything. He probably enjoys classical because it makes 'sense' where the music like country, rock etc push the musicality boundaries and don't make sense.
The way I see it, Spinner has it just right and kudos to him!
Em, it's been a long time between posts. I'm thinking of you and hoping all is well.
Lucinda
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