These days the nanny leaves around 3PM, so I get a little one-on-one time with littlebabygirl. And I’m convinced that this is Tatiana’s happiest time of day. Well, except when she’s eating… or playing with Sarah… or…

Okay, third happiest time of day.

Anyway, what we usually do is have a sing-a-long! For donating at BloggersForACure, The Lovely Mrs. Davis sent us a set of 4 children’s CDs, 3 of which are by Elizabeth Mitchell (On her site, click on “flower” or “sunshine” and then “listen” to hear  some tracks).

They are GREAT!

So, as the nanny is closing the door behind her, I lay Tatiana down on a blanket near Baby’s First Boombox, put in a CD, and, on my hands and knees, put my face about a foot away from hers and sing some duets with Ms. Mitchell.

Some days, Tatiana’s already a bit tired out, so she just stares up at me, smiling from time to time… but on other days! Oh, on other days, she’ll start singing along with me!

Mostly in the form of “agagagagag” or “pfffvvvvt”, but it’s music to my ears. Ain’t never been better lyrics written than those.

Here’s a video from a couple of weeks ago (when I was still learning the words):Hmmm… watching it again, I guess I’m the more entertaining part of it… but she’s still adorable.

We sing a lot around here. Tatiana has a bathtime song, a bedtime song, and a whole slew of made-up nonsense songs throughout the day. Sarah is especially good at making up lyrics—all of that improv experience… and genius. I, on the other hand, am very good at highly-repetitive 5 word songs like: “Diaper Change Time”.

It goes:

Diaper change time!
Diaper change ti-ime!
Diaper change time!
Diaper change ti-ime!

It’s a catchy little ditty.