Tia, Mago Elf Liam, Nem-nem Niamh, Lil' Bug, and I. (kid names are aliases)
//At bed time, Lil’ Bug asked me:
“Crazy Music?”
(see recent posts–also a ROM rip of it.)
I answered “No, it’s bed time,” and she was instantly downcast and cried.
I offered to make a lullaby of it and tried, just singing “Doot-dee-doot-dee..” and she absolutely lit up.
I sang it in a rocking chair to her in my arms and she laughed, which made me laugh, which made her laugh, and put us in hysterics.
It was not a lullaby.
//Every night, Nem-nem (now 5) wants a hug as she goes to bed, and she then methodically, meticulously gives me an Eskimo kiss, and kisses and butterfly kisses on my chin, cheeks, nose, and forehead.
She’ll then always insist that I sing a lullaby, which almost invariably is “[Nem-nem’s] Lullaby,” which is my adoption of Highland Cathedral, as described here (broken links/media at that page as I write this).
She’s taken to correcting Mother, that she should call me Alexander, not Alex, and she can spell that name out.
Speechless.