Little Song Writer

Recently Kai started deliberate singing. Sometimes he just suddenly starts singing off the top of his lungs for self amusement. His favorite songs are the ABCs, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Wheels on the Bus, Row Row Row Your Boat, and the Good-Bye song they sing at daycare.

We've also noticed he's making up his own lyrics now:

"The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round. All through the town-o!

The McQueen on the bus go(es) vroom vroom vroom, vroom vroom vroom, vroom vroom vroom.
The McQueen on the bus go(es) vroom vroom vroom. All through the town-o!

The piggy on the bus go(es) oink oink oink...
The kangaroo on the bus go(es) doink doink doink..."

..... You get the idea. He can go on and on with whatever he sees.

Then there's the Good-bye song too. This is a song they sing to a visiting child at the daycare:

"Good-bye, (the child's name). Good-bye, (the child's name). Good-bye, (the child's name). We'll see you next time."

Kai substitutes the child's name in the original song with whatever he sees in front of him, be it a dump truck, a helicopter (puzzle), Totoro (stuffed animal), a little blue truck (book), or his own fork.

The funniest part of this song-writing thing he does is that it seems to crack him up more than anything, and that's why he likes doing it (and why we like watching him do it) so much.