I had a super special moment with Charlie today that made me glow with special *warm Mommy fuzzies.*  I took him clothes shopping and worried about his patience while I was browsing the apparel because he hasn’t had much tolerance for any kind of shopping for a couple of months now.  We made it all the way to the dressing room with him chattering and speaking to people we passed, so I assumed that the meltdown would happen while I tried on a few things.  I parked him in front of the mirror as usual…there have been so many great moments when I have put him in front of a mirror while he’s in his stroller, and this was no exception.  (Once when he sat in front of a mirror, he waved to himself for the first time!  I think every woman in J. Jill heard me making a fuss over that one!)

Anyway, I parked him in front of the mirror and frantically tried on clothes to make it as fast as possible.  But to my surprise, I looked down at Charlie and he was singing “Deep and Wide” with the motions and all!  (Sidenote:  Charlie’s Great-great grandfather, Sidney Cox, wrote “Deep and Wide” while he was an officer in the Salvation Army.  Every Cox child hears it from birth.)  I began to sing with him and continued with the “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and every other song with motions that he knows.  As I know every child’s song imaginable, (my Mom was a music teacher), he has quite a repertoire. 

If anyone came near the dressing room they got more than an earful of my rusty voice singing and hurraying with Charlie.  Once again, I proved that my being a Mom means I have no dignity.  It was such a special moment!

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