Lullabies in the Living Room

Aden came to Mommy this afternoon, in all seriousness, holding one of his lullaby CD's and said, "Mommy, I was trying to sing about babies."

"Did you want to listen to that CD?"

"Yeah."

"Well, that's the CD you listen to every night. Did you want to find a different one?"

"Yeah. . . . We can just put it in the CD player and see if it works. Maybe the batteries are dead." (He had not already tried the CD player, which is out of his reach; he was simply repeating the phrases he's heard Mommy and Daddy use.) Aden proceeded to search through the lullaby CD's in his room, pointing out all the pictures of babies on their covers, until he had chosen one he wanted to hear.

"Did you want to listen to it in your room or the living room?"

"Well, where is the DVD player?"

And so we had lullabies in the living room this afternoon.