Songstress

I mentioned last week that I've been singing to Elle at bedtime, and she's starting to pick up on "My Favorite Things" and "Do-Re-Mi."

She has been singing up a storm for months - many of the videos I've taken of her involve snippets of "Mary Had A Little Lamb" or "Twinkle Twinkle." It never fails to bring a smile to my face. She's a big fan of mash ups. Her extensive vocabulary shines through in her singing, although there are a lot of these gems:

"Monkey Monkey sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, all the horses and mommies again, couldn't put Humpty together again."

She's adding some pop songs to her song list, too - I heard Flo-Rida's "Whistle" for the first time about a week ago in my Spin class. Since then, I have heard it an average of 2.6 times a day. Elle heard me singing it on Sunday afternoon, and by Sunday night, she had it down. We also reviewed her Usher lyrics with a strong "Oooooh Baby."

She pretty much cracks us up constantly, which isn't always a good thing. But I'm loving this musical stage and hope to capture more of it on videos that don't involve a mouthful of crackers or multiple demands to look at the camera while I'm video taping her. Girlfriend has a mean "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes."