..Just sing..sing a song!!!
I remember this song from my early childhood days, when the guy on Sesame Street sang that song. I'm not sure why I remember it so vividly, but I'm sure it has much to do with my love of singing throughout my life (with or without an audience, of course). And the girls are no exception here. Noelle is now asking over and over again for me to sing 'itsy bitsy spider' to her. She makes the hand movements and always comes in on the last word of the line, as sort of an off-key reverb to my singing. It thrills me to no end to watch her rapt focus on my lips and hand signs as I go through the motions and you can practically see the wheels in motion, soaking up every little note & nuance of the silly tune. She also asks for 'rock-a-bye baby', 'twinkle twinkle little star', and 'I wanna be sedated (by the Ramones)'..Well, actually, the last one she just likes it when I do the guitar part on my rockin' air guitar, but I'm sure she'll be asking for it soon!
A milestone event in Kyra's singing repertoire, is the fact that she can remember a song after hearing it twice (shocks the heck out of us!) and that she can actually carry a tune now! Even Grandpa remarked on her amazing ability to do just that - sing in tune! Up to now we were silently cursing her tone-deaf aproach to singing, but after a collective sigh of relief - we are extremely happy. And rightfully so.. It's pretty hard to stay sane with what seems like 20 small girls running around the house, screaming at each other, shrieking & laughing, banging toy instruments AND singing off-key - it's almost too much to bear, no matter how much love we have for them!!
Happy tunes ahead for us... phew.
