Reprise: Up on the Housetop

Christmas 09

Originally uploaded by shamrox

She was still in her Sabbath best after church so I got out the video camera in the hopes that she'd cheez it for my best friend Lauren's wedding message (her Australian wedding was this weekend). Instead, we ended up singing "Up on the Housetop" which is not really a pro-sabbath message, but whatevs, she looked so stinking cute, I couldn't help myself.

Word Muncher

She pointed to the letter and said, "M. Mmmm." I praised her recognition and said, "Yes. M! M is for Madigan!"

"And Mommy!" she said.

In that moment, my heart swelled to the size of a small submarine and crushed all of my other organs rendering them inoperable.

Pay no attention to the fact that she was pointing to the letter "N" on the CAUTION portion of the wet floor sign.

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I feel like I can finally vouch that my kid is "fun" and not have people humor me. Like, yeah, totally Kendra! All those months of her loafing like an overfilled jelly doughnut in the Boppy were a stinking riot! I really think she is hilarious and so bright, of course I do, it's my job to think so, but it's such a blessing that others can now enjoy the company of her bright-eyed wonderment, her pipsqueaky laughter, the confident marching and syncopating swing of those precious little pigtails.

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Don't mess. I've got Uncle Albert's weaponry.

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I find her lounging like this 2-3 times/day.

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Open up, shweets.

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ABC's

ABC's

Originally uploaded by shamrox

I have heard this happens. You plop your kid in front of youtube while you are drying your hair and suddenly the obsession is born. She stares glazey-eyed at Elmo as he speaks in the third person about how much Elmo loves singing his ABC's with India Arie. Your laptop becomes a craptop as your little monster-loving punk bangs the keyboard, "I want to watch Elmo!" and daily you wait. When will your punk realize the ABC's are not a song invented by Elmo, but are actually the building blocks of reading? And can I please have my laptop back? I want to blog about how you've hijacked it.

Then one day, like yesterday for instance, your kid says, "ABCDEFG" and then you fill in the elusive "HIJ" and she continues and continues and continues and you wish Elmo were there to tell him how much Mommy loves Elmo, Mommy thinks the world of Elmo, Mommy thinks Elmo should keep on singing the ABC's on youtube ad infinitum.