She "Let" Me Sing and Tunnel Time

     Mikayla loves listening to the Fearless album by Taylor Swift, especially the song "You Belong with Me."  Just to give you an idea of how much she likes it, she goes to sleep to it replaying every night on her IPod and every time we are in the car she asks us to turn it on the radio.  We normally oblige her knowing how much she likes it.  Listening to it is not enough for her though, she has become quite the little singer and loves to sing with it.  However, she does not like to share the stage.  If Mike or I start to sing along with it she will make it clear that she is the only one who can sing.  Last night we were listening to the radio and "You Belong with Me" came on.  Mikayla came over put her arms up for me to pick her up.  I picked her up and we danced and sang together.  It may seem like such a small thing, but since she makes such a big deal about us not singing with her, it let me know that she is still occasionally willing to share that stage with me.
     We have a tunnel that Mikayla got for one of her birthdays and Noah loves to get it out and play with it.  He uses it like a fort and likes to fill it with toys.  And since it has four holes he gets a kick out of getting in and out of it.  It just makes me smile to see how much fun he is having.  I can't help but LOVE him.