Without a doubt, one of the things Mama and Daddy will remember about this Christmas is singing "Deck the Halls." Kathleen took a liking to the Christmas carol early on in the season, and for a time it was easily the most-sung song while driving around town in our van. We sung it so much that even Madeline caught on and would join in for the fa-la-la-la-las. (And let me tell you, if singing "Deck the Halls" on a constant repeat in rush hour traffic doesn't make you feel the slightest bit crazy, I don't know what will.)
Just after we returned from our ill-fated trip to Illinois, though, Kathleen discovered a new reason to love "Deck the Halls." Dancing. She'd don a "princess dress" (her costume from last Halloween, or one of the four tutus we own), point imperiously at the sofa and say, "Sit. Please? Will you sing "Deck the Halls" so I can dance?"
And, because we're as hopelessly in love with this little girl as when she arrived in our lives three Christmas seasons ago, we'd indulge her. Indeed, we have three verses of "Deck the Halls" memorized now, just so she could dance. And dance she does. Around and around in circles, dizzy and delighted. From time to time, Madeline joins in, too.
But the best part? No matter how many times we've sung it, the very next thing out of Kathleen's mouth is the same:
"Will you sing it again?"
Mama and Daddy have decreed that, once the Christmas tree is down (which should happen in a few days, before Jim goes back to class), we will sing "Deck the Halls" no more. (Well, not until next year, at least.) But we didn't want you to miss out on our fun, so we've added a little clip here, where you can witness for yourself our happy, dancing girls. (And you can thank your lucky stars that you don't have to sing the song again and again and again like we do!)
5 comments:
Lol! Ethan's watching from my lap and just said, "More la,la,la Mom." I bet you are ready for the tree to come down! Happy New Year Golby family.
That is too stinkin' cute! I love it. I just love it. Oh, and, good singing Jim.
Take it away, Jim! What kind of van did you get? Can you send a photo of Jim driving it?? ;-)
I second Marie's comment. Let's see Jim driving the van!
Aaah I will imagine the video. We have sleeping people here and I can't play it. Last week we drove up to the North Shore to Ted's bakery. We were on Kam around base...and I heard, "So SAD!" come from the back seat. It sounded so sad, I turned quickly and asked what was so sad. "It's sooo sad that Kah-feen moved to CA. She got on an airplane and moved." So we explained to him that she moved to be near her family. And then their were oodles about her family, about her grandma and grandpa...and if they were the same as his grandma and grandpa...which is so silly, and he knew it. But cute!
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