Stream of Consciousness Saturday works like this. Linda puts up the prompt on Friday for us to write without editing and post on Saturday. (Confession – sometimes I write on Friday and schedule the post for Saturday.) Linda’s prompt for this week was to write about a word that has “ingle” in it any way we like. As soon as I saw the prompt, I thought of this word that I am about to use and my (very stuffy) head hasn’t been able to think of anything else since – and, yea, verily, it is Saturday morning where I am right now.
When we were visiting in the UK, our granddaughter ABC sang long bouts of continuous choruses of “Jingle Bells”. Often, she would also be dancing/running around, unless, of course, we were on the bus or train. Anyone who has been around a two-and-a-half-year-old knows that it is possible for a child that age to do, well, just about any activity repetitively, but it was revealed that Lolo, her paternal grandfather, had been encouraging this particular activity. Given that ABC, our daughter E, her spouse L, and L’s parents, whom I will call Lolo and Lola here as ABC does, all live together, there was a lot of time for encouragement. (Lolo and Lola are the common names for grandparents and those other family members of that generation among Filipinos, which is ABC’s heritage from her father’s side.)
We have been back in the US for almost a week, so I’m not sure if the “Jingle Bells” loop is still continuing with ABC or if she has tired of it, but I’m sure her little voice and legs and brain are busy with something!
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Precious moments 🙂 We wish you and your family a Happy Christmas.
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Thank you! Returning season’s greetings to you and yours and best wishes for 2020!
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It was delightful to imagine her running around singing Jingle Bells. When I’ve heard children that age singing or saying a phrase over and over I think of a meditation mantra.
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Well, maybe a loud meditation mantra! ABC has a very good sense of pitch and rhythm for her age. Of course, both of her parents are very accomplished musicians and she seems to have inherited their singing genes.
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What a lovely experience and memory in the making. Enjoy every moment.
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Oh my, those loops can really get stuck in your head. There’s something about children’s voices that makes it sweeter, though.
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Yes, especially when there is the cuteness of not quite having mastered all the sounds of the English language. For ABC, pronunciation is improving quickly, though. We could notice a big difference in the few weeks between their moving to London permanently and our visit.
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