Two years ago, when Juliette was just about two, she was my commuting buddy. Many of the roads around DC require two or more passengers and Juliette instantaneously made me roadworthy.
We drove a car w/o a cd player, so we sang. Or I sang. Bruce and I have songbook of odes to Juliette that spontaneously generated from the time we got her. She had ten songs in her songbook by the time she was two. One of them is the classic "I love you Conrad" from Bye Bye Birdie - In the car I'd sing it to Juliette, then to daddy, then gramma, you get the picture.
One day, just about two years ago. Juliette sang it back to me " I love you Mommy, oh yes I do..." She sang the whole song and my heart just swelled. Her first song ever was to her mommy.
Quiet for a moment. Then she started to sing to her little stuffed dog...
"I love you Doggie, oh yes I do..."
