There are times when I have these exchanges with one or both
of the girls, and I just have to marvel at a mama’s ability to connect the
dots. Allow me to present a seemingly
random set of facts as evidence…
· We have the book “You’re All My Favorites”. It is one of the books we keep upstairs,
that the girls consider “night-night stories”.
The book is about three baby bears who question how they could all be
the best baby bears in the whole wide world…as there are three of them…they
couldn’t possibly all be the best.
· As part of our nighttime routine, the girls
alternate sitting in Daddy’s lap while I get pajamas on the other one. After we snuggle on the bed for our
night-night story, the girls again sit in Daddy’s lap while I get everything
ready to floss and brush their teeth.
· The chair we have in the bedroom is a glider.
· Over the past few months, I’ve started singing, “Rock
me gently, rock me slowly, take it easy, don’t you know…” to them (a la Andy
Kim’s 1974 hit) as they rock a little bit with Daddy.
· Ahead of our trip to North Carolina, I made the
girls a CD with all their favorite songs.
Included in the compilation is “Rock Me Gently”. I entitled the CD, “Girls’ Favorites - 2012”.
· The girls started to get a little anxious, about
three hours into our first leg of the trip.
I told them I had a big surprise!
“Would you love to hear your FAVORITE songs??? Mommy made you a CD with all your favorites!!!” (The girls were tickled, and that CD got us
through several sticky points on the drive.)
Fast forward a week or so, and Baby B asked to listen to
some music in the car one day. “Do you
want your music [which usually refers to a kiddie CD], or do you want to listen
to Mommy and Daddy’s music [usually the radio]?”
“NO!!! The three
bears!!!” Baby B said very adamantly.
“We’ll be home in a few minutes, Sweetie. Do you want to read 'Goldilocks and the Three
Bears'?”
“NO!!! The three
bears!!!” she said again, almost in tears.
“Mommy, like when we rock, at home…I want the three bears!!!”
Quick! Mental
gymnastics immediately required!
All your favorites…”You’re All My Favorites”…rocking…singing…BINGO! Mommy to the rescue!
I dialed up “Rock Me Gently” on the CD that I just happened to still have in the changer, and all was well with the world.
I knew all those games of connect the dots played as a child
would come in handy eventually.
2 comments:
D is awesome at the random connections. I'm not bad but he really gets the oddest threads of conversation :)
Love that you connected those dots!
I love when it clicks...but oh so frustrating when you can't figure out their train of thought. Good thinking, Mama!
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