out of the mouths of babes

I was waiting in the car with my 4 year old Carly - the Middle Child :) and my blue eyed baby boy of 19 months.  Things were getting quite hairy, bored kids are a sight to behold, let alone in a cramped up car with no snacks or water to keep them going.  We weren't there long we were waiting for my husband who had quickly run into the shop... so after playing eye spy and giving the baby every conceivable detachable thing in the car to try keep him content, we decided to try and sing to the boy... his favourite is a song from Barney, which I love singing, it cheers me up everytime...

It goes like this: "Ha ha ha, hee hee hee, come on get silly and laugh with me wriggle wraggle wriggle wraggle ho ho ho, if you're feeling happy let it show", so I started with the actions and I was ready to get my barney groove on when my daughter said "MOM!" to which I quickly jerked my head in her direction "Stop singing!" she says "Why?" I reply "don't I sing nicely" I ask.  She replies "No you sing hectic!"

What is hectic singing, I know I'm not Sarah Brightman, but what is hectic???

I felt a lot better the next day while walking past the kitchen I heard a conversation between her father and herself - it went something like this:

DAD: "Think I'm going to put on some tunes while we cook"
Cue the music
Cue dad dancing through to some collective soul
Cue Carly "Dad, don't dance like that - you dance HECTIC"

There it was that word again, now I know what she means because I know how my husband dances :) hee hee
She is so funny!!!

Oh and by the way - the hectic singing didn't shut the boy up, I let him loose in the car in the end and he hooted the car stukkend that I almost got attacked by car guards thinking it was Christmas!! :)