Brooke has been pretty reliable with her choice of bedtime song. We’ve sang Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star for as long as I can remember.
However, in an effort to slow the rate to which I was going crazy listening to the same 5 Barney songs in the car everyday, we started listening to this CD.
Still annoying nursery rhymes but at least there’s a little more variety now.
Now when I ask what we’ll sing at night I get “3 Blind Mice” or “Itsy Bitsy Spider” or “Wheels on the Bus”….You get the picture.
When we sing “Wheels on the Bus”, we do the normal Wheels go round, door opens & closes, baby cries and Mommy shushes. And Brooke would always want to do the “bunny”. I know I’m old and not as up on my nursery rhymes as I once was, but I could not remember a verse about a bunny on the bus. So I asked her what the bunny on the bus does.
“Bunny on the bus goes ching, ching, ching”
I was clearly missing something but went along with it because the last thing I want to do is frustrate her at bedtime (or admit that I’m just stupid to my 2 year old)
Until last night when a wave of clarity comes over me while we’re singing said song and I realize…
There’s no bunny on the bus.
MONEY on the bus goes ching, ching, ching!
Her hand motions make WAY more sense now too!!
If you have a toddler, do you ever wish you had a translator to help speak toddler-ease?
