Both of our girls have loved music from their earliest days. But lately Rosie has taken a particular fancy to bursting out in song — and we just love it. <\/p>\n
We remember Rosie’s “coloratura”:\/news\/2008\/coloratura-do-you-think\/ baby antics with pleasure, so it’s delightful to hear her picking up tunes and singing them to everyone around. Over the summer, you could often find Rosie singing “Lullaby” to her favorite doll, “Gwen”:\/news\/2010\/sweet-pea\/. Recently, she absolutely fell in love with the “Mary Poppins”:\/news\/2008\/practically-perfect-in-every-way\/ “soundtrack”:http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B000654YWO\/octothorppres-20, even though she has only seen the movie a couple of times.<\/p>\n
Her very favorite song is “The Perfect Nanny,” which Jane and Michael Banks sing as they describe their advertisement for a new nanny. Rosie calls this song “Have a cherry,” a variation on the second line: “If you want this choice position, \/ Have a cheery disposition.”<\/p>\n
It is totally adorable to hear both Lucy and Rosie singing this song together. There are these rare moments when we’re driving somewhere in the car, and the girls start singing in unison, sometimes holding hands. (And I simultaneously wonder, “How did I get this amazing life?” and “Where is my camera?”<\/em>) Today, I got a video of Rosie’s singing here for you to enjoy. By the way, yes, that’s four pieces of scotch tape on her nose.<\/p>\n