So ever since Mags was a baby, I've been singing that song to her...
only I changed the words just a tad to suit my message.
It's goes a little something like this...
Maggie, I love you.
Maggie, I do.
When I'm not with you,
it makes me "oh so very" blue.
When I am near you,
I long to hear you,
singing sweet whispers that you love me to.
Maggie, I love you,
I love you,
I do!
She refers to it as the Maggie song.
I don't know...
I guess I'm just feeling pretty sappy for the Mags right now.
She's just a big piece of heaven
and she's finally starting to talk more and be so much more inquisitive.
I had to write down our little conversation at bedtime tonight...
it's a very good indication of just how this little family of mine runs...
So after I tell her a "Princess Maggie" story,
one that includes (upon request) an animal of some sort and Princess Auntie Sarah.
She proceeds to ask me if her bedtime song can be "Down by the Bay"...
Um... sure...
and just as I begin, she holds her hand up and stops me...
"Mom, no talkin' about a deuce...
just talkin' about kissin' a moose...
okay?"
That's right...
you read right...
This past weekend we were driving back from Denver after picking Joel up from the airport
and we began singing "Down by the Bay".
As we're thinking up all kinds of funny rhymes,
Joel pipes in (just once) and sings "have you ever seen a goose... takin' a deuce?"
I don't think I even reacted, well... I might have side "nice" "real nice", but that's it.
And Mags and I carried on with our song. Well the next day, while on the phone with her grandparents,
Maggie is asked by Grandma Sharon to sing a song.
I suggest (unwittingly) that she sing "Down by the Bay" since we'd been working on it quite a bit lately
(getting ready for the family reunion camping trip).
She and I begin singing,
and when it got to the "have you ever..." part,
I let her take the lead...
Well... I'm sure you can guess what she belts out...
"HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A GOOSE, TAKIN' A DEUCE?"
Uh... yeah... I'm sure I'm getting a shining star for parenting for that one.
So anyway...
Her attention is in full swing these days...
for the good (when I correct her on inappropriate talk)
and the bad (when listening to her grodie Dad's humor).
I. Love. Her.
Here's a little montage of what Miss Mags has been up to this summer...
8 comments:
that is simply hilarious!
oh joel. i'm obsessed with the picture of her lounging back eating potato chips. a girl after my own heart. no wonder we get along so well.
I love her! her and I were giggling and singing when I picked her up on monday. it was so sweet. I am glad to have made it into the bedtime stories....... it's only because everyone else left but i'll take it!! As for Joel and the word deuce....... some things never change. At least Anderson will get into all that poop and fart stuff with him one day :)
YOU are an amazing photographer. It was fun to look at your blog and pictures.
Here is the link to the lady that teaches the classes. I think she is amazing. You will have to check her site out and then I will give the class details when she finalizes it.
www.danettekay.com
You have been very busy lately (and have been a crazy blogger - nice work!). Your kids are adorable and absolutely must come to San Diego soon.
so cute.
my favourite picture of the bunch? the one of mags in her pull up, feeding her brother his bottle. so cute.
regan! I am so happy you found me! maggie is so grown up! I cant hardly believe my eyes when I look at all your pictures, she is gorgeous! oh and I have decided that I am going to have a baby girl in hmm 2 years, so that she can marry your handsome little boy as soon as he is home from his mission! sounds perfect hey?
well thankyou for your kind words about my wedding, it was pretty much the most perfect day, and i feel truly blessed that it was my day and not anyone elses!
love sami
so funny!! So sad that you aren't coming up here you big bums...Joel just put them on a plane already! Did you learn that song on your mission to Chile Joel?
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