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okay but he's so cute	Jan. 2nd, 2026 @ 12:49 pm

So the kid loves singing. He sings a LOT. He has a loop for the alphabet song that goes "now I know my A B C D E F..." and then sing the whole alphabet again.

He also sings the songs we sing to him.

This includes Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer, which is a) adorable and b) a whole thing because my dad sang that to his own children when we were little, like, this makes my mother tear up but it also feels really good to continue a tradition so my son will sing a 1950s popular children's song and he loves that too, actually.

Anyway. We just started singing together while I was getting him ready for his nap (I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys, because V and I sing that to him as a duet sometimes and have done since he was born, basically, and he started singing it and we both joined him) and it was already a super lovely moment before halfway through he held up his sleep toy, who is named Commander Fox, and said, "Fox! Fox! Fox sing!"

So I moved Commander Fox a bit like he was singing, and we finished the song and Kid said: "Good singing, Fox!"

It was just so sweet.

Earlier we were playing a game with his little cup (he has a little cup with handles on both sides for practicing drinking from a cup) where he'd take a sip, and then hand it to me, and I'd hide it, and he'd say, "Where Mama put little cup?" and then he'd look for it.

Initially it was hidden behind my hand, but he started looking behind my hands, so I was hiding it behind me and then while he was looking in another direction I'd bring it out again and pretend to be taking a sip, he'd laugh, take the cup, take a sip then give it back.

It was joyful, and he was really improving his control while we watched.

Initially I'd only brought the little cup out because I wanted him to drink some water after outside time at the park on a hot day and he loves drinking from open containers (as opposed to water bottles with straws) but it became a wonderful game.

Sometimes toddlers are just the best.

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