Making up songs

Every night, from the time they were babies, we have sung songs to our kids.  As they've gotten older, they get to choose what song they sing.  Lately, Ellie always requests, "I want to sing a song that I learned up", meaning a song that she makes up on the spot.  They are usually about people that get eaten up by animals or animals that get eaten up by people or animals that get eaten up by other animals or houses that catch on fire or any other sad story - that strangely isn't sad when they are told in song format from the mind of a three year old.  She always tells us the subject of the song, sometimes a brief synopsis of what it is going to be about (usually the song, just in talking format), and occasionally, we even get a title.

Tonight's song was one of my favorites.  

Title:  "Peggy Went Out To See the Lord"

Synopsis:  Peggy went out to see the Lord

Song lyrics:  "Peggy went out to see the Lord.  She wanted to choose the right."

After she sang that much, I think she realized how unexciting it was (in her opinion) and said she didn't want to sing that one anymore and changed the song title to "Peggy went out to see some animals." 

Peggy ended up getting eaten by the animals she went to see................surprise.

Maybe I should be worried......

I've Been Painting....

Brooky has too.

Integrity

We had a lesson about integrity last night. Peyton and Ellie loved it. They listened and participated and gave all the right answers as I told them stories about breaking a window accidentally, but having the integrity to tell them even if nobody saw you...or taking something that isn't yours and having the integrity to go and give it back...and more great stories. I really was thinking it went wonderfully and at the end of the lesson, I gave a challenge.

"I hope that we can all work on having integrity this week and think about integrity. I know we'll be happier. Do you guys think you can do that?"

Ellie: "Sure Mom."

Peyton: " Yeeeeees...............so you want us to think of something bad to do this week........and then have integrity to tell you about the bad thing that we decided to do?"

I need to work on my lesson giving skills....and think of some better stories to illustrate integrity that don't involve doing bad things in order to have integrity.

PS- I am so ready for spring!!!! It has been a cold winter....