You might be a theatre geek if...

Week #1 of the new routine is halfway over. Yesterday she had a clingy day, which was very sweet. She would only nap if she was laying on me: we had singing time, she fell asleep on my knee; I read to her for a while, she fell asleep on my lap; I had a phone conversation with a friend, she slept in my arms as I wandered through the house. It's not as though I did not TRY to put her in the crib... she just wouldn't have it. She's pretty cozy, I must admit. I would worry about creating bad habits, but she slept in her crib last night without issue and is currently napping in there, so it appears that things are back to normal.

So... singing time. For normal people it would probably involve singing to the baby along with the radio (well, not the actual radio, 'cause who does that in the house? Pandora or iTunes or whatever). Well, that's not really the case here.

To the left is Maggie's personal choir (in SATB order). They sing Disney songs and musical numbers to her. The hand puppets make a good alto/tenor couple (great for modern musical duets), and the frog totally had to be the baritone. Of course, in big group numbers the monkey does most of the singing. That is not because the soprano line is (usually) the melody, but because I can't undo years of Sop I training... plus, it's a pink sock monkey (I mean... c'mon, it's awesome). I won't lie, however, the monkey sometimes drops to the mezzo part at the end of ensemble numbers (or if it's early in the morning). The high notes can get a bit out of range for her these days; she hasn't been singing a lot lately (silly pink soprano monkey).

Ok, enough about me being a big geek... oh wait... I also have a picture of Maggie in one of her Sabres onesies...

Yes, I know she totally looks like a boy... I tried making cute headbands that match to help with that. The yellow one is still too big and the white one is so plain that it looks more like an 80's sweatband (think Olivia Newton John) and that isn't cute. I may try again; maybe I'll make a white one with a yellow flower. Or... perhaps they make a little Sabres button or pin I could put on it. Ooh... I'll have to check that out.