Hearing Bells

Olivia will often announced, “I have a new Jingle Bell song.”

I try hard to stifle the groan when she says this.

You’ve all heard the Jingle Bells, Batman smells song right?

Well, she just inserts random characters from her favorite books and shows into the song and then expects praise, like she’s done something brilliant.

I know.

I am proud of her. She’s amazing.

But these songs are so stupid. The ‘original’ one is stupid. They’re all inane and annoying and I would like to never hear another.

Except, Liv loves them. They crack her up.

She’ll belt out, “Jingle bells, Weston smells, Gage laid an egg. The aide’s car lost a wheel and the teacher ran away.”

And then she’ll laugh like it’s the funniest thing ever.

So okay, that one was kind of clever but then she’ll insert Marinette, Adrian, Adam F. Goldberg and Barry. It’s usually Murray that smells and Beverly always lays the egg but sometimes the roles of the three kids will be rotated.

It’s just…parenting can be so boring, even with all the joys and beauty.

Over here in the Ordinary household, we celebrate all the little things. She’s tying her shoes! We got rid of the cushy tushy. Sure, she’s twelve but these things were/are big things to us.

But jingle bell songs? Sometimes, silence is golden.