Friday, January 20, 2012

Singing Songs in the Morning

We got to the kids' school a little bit early this morning, before any staff had arrived. So we sat in the parking lot and sang songs.

We sang all of our usual songs (Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, Rocky Raccoon, The Eyes of Texas, Unknown Legend, Don't Pass Me By, etc.) and then we started on some songs that Walker learned at school (Hermie Wormie, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Down by the Station, etc.).  When we had run out of songs, I decided to try She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain:

Me:  She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes.  She'll be comin' round the...

Walker:  Dad, who's comin' round the mountain?

Me:  She is.

Walker:  Who?

Me:  The girl in the song.

Walker:  What song?

Me:  The song that I'm singing to you right now.

Walker:  Oh.

Me:  She'll be driving six white horses when she comes.  She'll be driving six white horses...

Walker:  Dad, who's driving six white horses?

We continued like this until the school staff got there to open the doors for us.  Findley sat watching and listening to us with a little half smile on her face.

1 comment:

  1. Thank you for sharing this. Walker's grandchildren will be so happy to havew this recorded.

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