Today as we were sitting at the table eating leftover chili for lunch, Annalie announced that she needed me to get my camera. “I want you to take a movie of me singing a song for Daddy to let him know I love him and miss him. Then you can put it on a DVD and mail it to him!” I suggested I could just upload it to the internet instead and then he could watch it tonight, instead of having to wait a week for a DVD to arrive in the mail. She decided that was acceptable.

Annalie’s song-letter for Daddy from bethany actually on Vimeo.

P.S. In case you’re wondering, we did make it to the awesome waterpark yesterday! Photos are here.

The backstory: Troy is good at making up little songs, and funny new lyrics to old songs. For some reason, the cutting board song has become a family classic, and we both find ourselves humming or singing it when we’re taking out a cutting board. Even my friend Erin sings it.

Yesterday as Annalie and I walked to our car at the mall, I said, “Hey, we could make the cutting board song into the parking lot song!” As we walked along I sang, “Parkin’ lot, parkin’ lot, parkin’ parkin’ parkin’ parkin’ lot,” while Annalie laughed. Then as she climbed into her carseat she started singing the cutting board song. I whipped out the camera and asked if she’d sing it again for me so I could take a movie.

This one’s for you, Auntie Erin!

Annalie singing the cutting board song from bethany actually on Vimeo.

A couple of weeks ago when our friends were visiting, Deborah and I took the kids to a local park with an amphitheater. While we were there, we suggested they put on a show for us. Annalie had a prima donna moment, she threw in some trills and spins and curtsies, and she even did an encore. Usually when she’s being hilarious and cute I don’t even have the camera out, or I have it on the wrong setting or something. Aren’t you glad the stars aligned this time and I got a movie of it?

Annalie the alphabet diva from bethany actually on Vimeo.