So lately James has shown signs of being borderline obsessive-compulsive. For example, he rarely enjoys his trains anymore because he spends hours crying hysterically when the tracks don't line up just right (even though the trains drive on them JUST FINE) or when a train derails itself. So while we got dinner ready tonight we were laughing so hard at all the weeping and wailing we heard from downstairs where James was vocalizing his frustration with his tracks. Just now when we called him up for dinner, it went something like this:
Me: Where's my Captain Whiny-Pants?
James: Coming...
***
Also, Addie and I had a super fun date to Billings yesterday, despite driving home in a blizzard. We listened to the Sound of Music twice going and twice coming home. The Captain's guitar version of Edelweiss never ceases to melt me...it's so beautiful (you can imagine that I just about cried while we were hiking around in the forest between Mary's Bridge and Neuschwanstein in Germany and I saw little white flowers!!). When Addie was a baby, I sang all these made-up or altered lullabyes to her, and Edelweiss was one of them. Her version goes like this:
"Adeline, Adeline
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Adeline, Adeline
Bless our family forever."
(I called her "blossom of snow" because she was born on the night of the first snowfall of 2001--I watched it fall through the window as I snuggled her, so it really made an impression). I told her about this, so she made us sing along the right way once, then hit repeat so we could sing it HER way again. On the way home, driving through the snow storm, singing with my Addie is another thing that will always be an impression. I am so lucky to be her mom.
3 comments:
So cute! You know that will be one of her favorite songs forever now. They love to hear about when they were babies. Good on ya with the Sound of Music you gotta get em hooked while they're young!!
It's so sweet Maj! Not quite as cute of a song, Drew used to sing "My Little Butter Cup" to Ally and she still loves it! You actually brought tears to my eyes reading that! It is a beautiful song, and I will forever be jealous of your trip to Europe! That is until we go of course! The Sound Of Music is one of the best made films ever! Our Marky must know something! I remember when he put surround sound downstairs at the old house in Misery just so he could watch it all loud!! ha ha!
I'm going to go and cry a little in the shower now, that was so sweet.
Post a Comment