Bedtime Songs

Part of our bedtime routine is reading books and singing songs. A month or so ago I was singing song after song to Sophie when she was sick and Claire overheard me singing "Walk Tall, You're a Daughter" to her. Later that day and every day since when I'm singing to Claire at night she asks me to sing her "Soph's favorite" (which is funny because Sophie has heard the song once and the other 3 kids all have it memorized by this time - but that's what we call it in our house). I love singing the 2nd verse of this song to the kids because the lyrics are so beautiful and so fitting.

It goes like this:

Long before the time you can remember
Our Father held you in his arms so tender
Those loving arms released you as he sent you down to earth
He said, “My child, I love you
Don’t forget your great worth.”
Walk tall you’re a daughter, a child of God
Be strong please remember who you are
Try to understand, you’re part of his great plan
He’s closer than you know
Reach up, He’ll take your hand.

Anyway, last night when I was singing it Claire kept adding "cha cha cha" to the end of each line. As soon as it was over Tayson said "Claire it is embarrassing to have a sister who isn't reverent during church songs". She could have cared less and he was so serious about it - it was all I could do to keep from laughing. Then Tayson said family prayers for us and in it he said "bless Claire to be respectful of songs". That kid cracks me up. One minute he says stuff like that and the next minute he's doing slippery feet for something so silly.