Manipulation of the Sweetest Sort
Somehow I wound up teaching Alanna the Barney "I Love You" song. We don't watch Barney, except on a very rare occasion, but for some reason this song came up. So she LOVES to sing it and take turns singing the lines. For anyone who doesn't know the lyrics...it goes (at least as far as I know...):
I love you.
You love me.
We're best friends as friends can be (or: we're a happy family)
With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you
Won't you say you love me too.
So now she frequently sings the first line, then looks at me expectantly to sing the second line, and we go on in a little duet from there. It's pretty cute, but she's started to do it just when she starts hearing an edge in my voice because she's not listening or something. She looks at me and grins and sings the first line and waits for me to join in...as if I can resist such cuteness. She even does it when I start to get irritable from dealing with Emory's antics of late. With Jason out of town for his conference, my patience has been thinning, so Alanna's really been singing a lot this weekend. Maybe I should start counting and see how many times she has to sing between now and the time Jason gets home on Wednesday.
...or maybe that would just serve to make me feel guiltier than I already do for being grumpy. :)
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Hi:
I Love the Barnie song and I've been singing it a lot to my granddaughter for a long time! I can't wait until she can do a duet with me! Personally, I really like Barnie! My Granddaughter loves having me read all the Barnie books to her, and Barnie gives a lot of nice messages to little ones, like sharing, caring, manners, etc. Has Jason heard you do the duet yet? If not, he'll probably get a real kick out of it? Has Aiden started singing the song too? Have fun! Eileen