Mama sing a song for me

My 2 year old daughter had a request when I was putting her to sleep today. She said

“mama sing song for me”.

I was a little taken off guard and made an internal note of how her sentences are becoming more complete with each passing day.

She turned her back to me and hugged her bolster when I told her I would sing her a song only if she closed her eyes.

I sang her “Fly me to the moon” and she immediately turned back to face me - “what is that mama?” She had never heard that one before..I had been mostly singing nursery rhymes to her.

I sang her “Lover’s concerto” next and she listened contentedly to it. It really has the perfect slow rhythm suitable for lulling one to sleep. As I sang, it occurred to me that this was Christian’s favourite bedtime lullaby. He used to request it all the time, sing it together with me and fall asleep in mid-song. Ahhh…i can’t remember if we ever managed to record his singing, and even if we did I doubt I’d be able to locate that amidst thousands of videos.

Here’s the lyrics for you son, if you are reading this sometime in the future -

So gentle is the rain

That falls gently on the meadow

Birds high up in the trees,

Serenade the clouds with their melody

Oh! See there beyond the hills

The bright colours of the rainbow

Some magic from above

Made this day for us

Just to fall in love

You hold me in your arms

And say once again you love me

And if your love is true

Everything will be just as wonderful

Love,

Your “Daisy”

(Daisy is Ch’s term of endearment for me..when asked why, he said “like Daisy the cow in Jack and the beanstalk, remember? –_--)