Friday, January 16, 2009

Adam's up and coming music career


I keep a little journal for all of our kids like Mom did for us. I have started doing Justin and Ethan's from my perspective, but still do the younger kids' journals in first person. Here is what I wrote from Adam's perspective in December:


"When Mommy or Daddy say goodnight to Lindsey and me, they sing us a couple of songs. My favorite is “Follow the Prophet” because there is a verse about me! I love to sing “Adam was a prophet, first one that we know. In a place called Eden, he helped things to grow.” I always smile really big when I hear my name in the song. I have four or five songs that I like to hear – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Up on the Housetop, Follow the Prophet, and I am a Child of God. I usually ask for the same song three or four days in a row, then move onto another song for a few days.

One night while Mommy was singing goodnight songs to Lindsey and me in our bedroom, Garrett was slithering around out in the hall. I was more interested in getting his attention, so went into the hall with him while Mommy sang a song to Lindsey. While she sang, I started singing too. I was trying to get Garrett to come into our bedroom, so held the blanket out in front of him and sang to the melody of “Follow the Prophet”: “Follow the blankie, follow the blankie . . .” I am quite a lyricist. The family still sings my song to the tune of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” – “I’m stirring a fish. I’m stirring a fish. I’m stirring a fish. It very not nice. Santa Claus is coming to town.” (And yes, the words are “it very not nice”.)"

2 comments:

Angela said...

Very cute picture and stories!

kimberly said...

What a cutie.