singing along

from Heidi

Gus loves to sing, but for as long as he has enjoyed singing, he preferred to do it alone– VERY STRONGLY preferred, i.e he pitched a complete fit if I even hummed along to Old Macdonald– until last week.  He suddenly started singing with me at nap and bed times.  For the last six months or so, we have sung the same three songs before bed– Happy Birthday, I’ve Been Working on the Railroad, and Twinkle, Twinkle.  Gus is very routine oriented.  If you do something before bedtime (or any other time of day), be sure you intend to do it everytime, otherwise there is bound to be trouble later. So we sing these songs before sleeptimes.  Last week, I asked Gus if he wanted to sing with me– to my suprise, he did.  It’s still just so cute (to me) that he does.  He still says “don’t like it when mama sings” when we are in the car and I hum or sing along with any of his music, but somehow at sleeptimes, it’s okay with Gus.  Here we are before naptime today for your listening pleasure.  I just want to remember his sweet little voice.