Adeline is funny. She is purposely funny, but being two she's often accidentally so (obviously).
We have the CD of Spring Awakening and Adeline insists on the butterfly song. She sings along with it until she sees you notice. Tom caught her today. She sang, more or less,
Awful sweet to be a little butterfly
just winging over things
and nothing deep inside..
She saw Tom watching her in the rearview mirror and stopped singing, "The butterfly comes back after Moritz Stiefle." She perfectly pronounced the German last name. There is a character named Moritz Stiefle in Spring Awakening and his name is said by a fellow character in the middle of the song before we get back to the "little butterfly."
Tonight when I was negotiating two stories (down from 3, up from 1) and 3 short songs (up from 2 songs and down from 3 long ones... I had to add the "short" to maintain some sense of authority, she grabbed me around the neck tightly. She does this. She gets me in a headlock and won't let me leave. I laughed. This is a strong person (in more ways than one). She laughed, too. And then demanded a different third song (after I had almost finished the short one I chose). She's smart, too.
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