I’M A SINGER!

November 30, 2007 by Nicole
Filed under: Holidays

American Idol: watch out! But wait… I’m too old.

Oh, well.

Now that my son sleeps in a big boy bed, rocking before bed has ended. This was his decision, not mine.

But a new routine has started. I sit on the bottom end of his bed and sing 2 sets of ‘Jingle Bell’. By the way, that’s not a typo, I know it is supposed to be plural but my son insists that it be sung in the singular.

Then I sing ‘Jolly Old St. Nicholas’. And the other night it happened. He asked me to sing one more song, a special song. The only Christmas song I could think of was ‘White Christmas’, so I started singing.

I’m sitting there singing, ‘I’m dreaming of a White Christmas…’
and then I start thinking – ‘gosh, I hope I know all the words to this song’…
Then I start thinking- ‘gosh, this is a VERY hard song to sing’
Then I start thinking- ‘wow, I am singing so flat’…
Then I start thinking- ‘gosh, I am butchering this song’.

And then my son’s eyes light up and he is smiling.
He thinks the song is wonderful.
He thinks my singing is wonderful.
He asks me to sing it again.
I do.
He is smiling so big.
I finish my rendition of ‘White Christmas’ and lean down to kiss him good night.
He looks at me and says- I kid you not-
‘Mommy, I know what I’m going to dream about. I’ll dream about a White Christmas!
Thanks, Mommy. Good Night.’

He turns over and goes to bed. Done. What a nice night!