So, you start out with this little tiny baby that is a bit of a stranger, and also a bit like every other baby you've ever seen or known or not known.
Then the thing starts to grow.
One day, it's 2.5 years old, and during Tuesday night's eggplant parmesan dinner you realize that your baby somehow became a little person. But even more astonishing, you realize that the little person it has become is quite similar to an image you remember seeing in the mirror about 25 years ago.
It's weird when your kid starts learning things that you yourself remember learning. I remember watching The Sound of Music for the very first time when I was little. And, then I remember listening to the tape over and over and over and over until I absolutely had every single word memorized, and later sitting in the back of the VW bus, singing the songs on long road trips.
So, I guess it should be of no surprise that we now have this little creature running around our house, pretending that her fleece jacket is a wimple as she twirls and sings with the Von Trapp children. --And every meal has become a concert; not a bad way to end the day!
http://youtu.be/JLWB_x2hMs8
Then the thing starts to grow.
One day, it's 2.5 years old, and during Tuesday night's eggplant parmesan dinner you realize that your baby somehow became a little person. But even more astonishing, you realize that the little person it has become is quite similar to an image you remember seeing in the mirror about 25 years ago.
It's weird when your kid starts learning things that you yourself remember learning. I remember watching The Sound of Music for the very first time when I was little. And, then I remember listening to the tape over and over and over and over until I absolutely had every single word memorized, and later sitting in the back of the VW bus, singing the songs on long road trips.
So, I guess it should be of no surprise that we now have this little creature running around our house, pretending that her fleece jacket is a wimple as she twirls and sings with the Von Trapp children. --And every meal has become a concert; not a bad way to end the day!
http://youtu.be/JLWB_x2hMs8
Violet knows more of that song than I do.
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