Your Thriving Family: Moments of Motherhood {Part Two} and some ...

For mother's Day I shared with you some precious times I collected from other bloggers.? To finish out the month I am sharing a few more - and some videos!

What was that Sweetheart?

Melinda from Musings of a Minister's Wife: My sweet 5 year old Gigi called "eyelashes" eyeFLASHES? so cute : )

Me: I have LOVED the mispronunciations and phrases of the almost 3-year-old.? "Mama, can I have some quack crackers?"? That is graham crackers.? Usually this takes a few times of saying, "What sweetie?"? Followed by, "Okay, just show me what you are talking about."
Other favorites include; "Youvie" - Movie, "It's very froggy outside today!"? This one I never want to correct, way too adorable

Treasured Moments

Lori from My Evident Faith:? Watching our four entertain themselves together while waiting in line, singing the words to "Teeny Little Superguy" (from Sesame Street - we taught them that old one) and doing a dance that THEY created using their hands and upper body so that they could "dance" while in line.

Melinda from Musings of a Minister's Wife: almost every night, I sing my kids to sleep with "Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy", but I have to sing "girl" when i sing it to Gigi.? : )
Here is the original John Lennon version, but Gigi likes Celine Dion's version because it's a girl singing.? You HAVE to listen to these songs!? So emotional and beautiful!

Me: We also have nightly routine with our little ones that incluees singing.? One is the Winnie the Pooh song.? Some of the early times my son joined in with me singing it to him he would sing VERY LOW when we got the "there's Owl . . ."? I found out a few days later when relaying the story to my husband this was because he sings it VERY LOW at that part.

Here is Papa and Singer (appropriately nick-named by his Sissy two weeks before he was born) with their rendition of the "Pooh Song!"

My favorite is when his request is for the "Birdie Song".? I remember requesting this of my mother when I was sick as a big kid.? When I first started singing it to my daughter when she was a baby I would make up new verses about our day.? I have looked for the origin online, but have only found the exact words on one other blog - and haven't heard back from her about if she knew where it was from.? There are a few variations out there of course.

High up in a tree a little birdie sang,
"Tweet, tweet, tweet .......... sweet, sweet sweet"

From his tiny throat the softest music rang,
"Tweet, tweet, tweet ...... sweet, sweet"

"Tell me, Birdie, said a child one day,
"Why is it you're always bright and gay?"

All the birdie did was clear his throat and say,
"Tweet, tweet, tweet . . .? sweet, sweet!"

Mommy Brain

Angela from Hidden Treasures:? My husband changed our youngest's name at the last moment and I had to write it down and put it on the fridge so I could remember it after we got home...that's the worst one I think...I THINK.

Melinda from Musings of a Minister's Wife: I always forget to turn the tea off so it boils to the moon and back and then I have to make more because it ends up tasting like tobacco.

Me:? Post-partum a few weeks, my daughter (5-years-old) and I talking about me having no brain right now, "I know you have no brain cause the baby is out. And you aren't thinking right. It's ok Mama, I'll teach you to think right again!"

I'd love for you to share some of your Moments of Motherhood as well!

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