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!
