Friday, November 07, 2003

She’ll be Touring by 5

We were giving Daisy a bath when Bad Moon Rising came on the cd player.  She lit up.  “Who is this, Daisy?” Dave asked.  “The Beatles!” she gleefully exclaimed, splashing her hands into the tepid soapy water.  “No, listen!” Dave urged.  She blinked and said loudly and more seriously, “Creedence.” “She doesn’t know,” Dave told me. “She’s got about four that she knows and she just goes through them.” Then some Pearl Jam, I think, came on… I don’t know what we were listening to… but several minutes later more Creedence came on (and Dave will surely catch me in every factual inaccuracy here), but whatever it was, this little 20-month-old girl brightens up and tells us “Creedence!” again.  Meantime she’s quoting back pages of childrens’ books that she’s memorized to me, which is a bit disconcerting and surreal sometimes; those books can have some twisted imagery and she really comes out of left field with it.  Well, anyway, now at least I’m convinced she knows her Creedence.  That’s got to be a good sign.

ah, it’s bad when they finally memorize the books. that means you can’t skip to the end on those days when you’re just so tired and bedtime can’t happen quickly enough. “No! You forgot to read blah blah blah. Go back!”

::sigh::

my god!!  the child is a genius!!! (guess i shoulda seen that one coming!)

Well it got under her skin and man it pulled her in because it was strong, strong, strong..

She’s on her way in life—Creedence is the answer to all important questions.  Well, that and physics.

I’ll be impressed when she knows Wyclef Jean and Snoop Doggy Dogg.  I’ll also laugh when she starts reciting Snoop lyrics.

You gotta watch out for those overly-teachy parents though. My son was innocently playing what he thought was a Nirvana song when I stormed into his room and demanded that he study Leadbelly before continuing to butcher one of his songs. He’s halfway through the book I gave him now and on the second CD, but last night, when I was out of the room, he whispered to his dad that I take the fun out of everything.

after just reading this post to daisy, she said ‘I wanna see dan and kelly and cosmo.’ I told her that she’d see dan tomorrow night, but that kelly and cosmo were busy. she seemed ok with it.

oh and jules, the thing is that moms are the ones that take the fun out - dads are the ones that put the fun in!

give him hell, jules - there’s no excuse for not knowing the blues.  And dave, you’re killing me with this input from Daisy.  I’m glad she’s making it past the “no kids” policy.

oops, forgot about the no kids thing. actually it’s kaleb that made it past, and now I have to explain to daisy that she’s staying home. sigh. she loves her babysitters though, which is good. perhaps she’ll need an extra dan visit. we’ll tawk. hi jules. leadbelly’s cool. nirvana’s version is good too. I’m already starting to teach daisy which songs are covers, but of course trying to keep it fun.

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