Several days ago I pulled out "Sing Hey diddle diddle," a book of 66 nursery rhymes with their traditional tunes. I played and sang many of the songs while sitting on the piano bench with e. Now we do this once a day. Sometimes I just recite the rhymes instead of singing and playing. Sometimes I stop before the last word in a phrase, and e finishes the line. What a memory she has! One of the songs was familiar to her because I have often sung it as I put her to bed, "Oh, dear, what can the matter be?" Yesterday as we threw a tennis ball back and forth to each other, it landed in a patch of ivy. " Oh, dear," said e. So cute.
While we continue toward closing on the house next week, we still have doubts about the wisdom of this decision. It will be a huge project to renovate the ground floor unit into livable space. There are many unknowns, about the foundation in particular. But the eventual rewards would be great.
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