My children are very musical. I have used music to soothe them since they were in the womb, and they both continue to respond to it when nothing else works. It doesn’t surprise me much, since both Nick and I are such music people, it just makes me happy. But no matter that I know this about them, they are always able to surprise me in new ways. Tonight it was by serenade.
After bath, Tes went downstairs and I was drying Christian off on my lap. He started to sing “Baa Baa Black Sheep” and sang the entire song, word for word. Then he moved on to “Old MacDonald” and sang a verse before finishing off with “Bingo.” I was so impressed, and couldn’t wait for him to show off for his dad. He wouldn’t perform, of course, but I was still beaming, nonetheless.
When both kids were tucked in bed, books read, and stories told, it was time for me to sing them their goodnight song. Tessie always picks a song, and tonight she choose “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” I started to sing, but Tes stopped me before I finished the first verse, and asked me to start over. She sang along with me, every word, loud and clear. My heart swelled as she sang out, “Why, oh why, can’t I?” Nothing moves me quite like music can. But if the music is coming from my children, no words can touch that beauty.
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