So… my son has figured out that he has a secret power over his parents and that power is the ability to produce a LOUD VOLUME in quiet places. He now happily talks to himself or his shadow as he plays with his toys or tries to fit something that had been discarded onto the floor into his mouth (his recent favorite is unused tissue paper). This babbling has broken into a new found vocal power that he unleashed at us while we were at church this past Sunday (while out of town).
Luckily my son is cute. This stops many of the people prone to be offended by small children interrupting the more solemn and quiet moments of prayer. It was all fine and well that my son was “ba BA ba ba BA BA-ing” during the singing and the music in general but the problem was that he didn’t stop: he just kept on singing!
I’ve got to say that his cuteness attracted the attentions of a much older girl (maybe 3-ish) in front of us. She played peek-a-boo with him and this was a welcome distraction. His mind now onto a new friend he forgot, instantaneously, all of the things he wanted to say. My sonwasspeechless. I was quite thankful to his new friend for helping my son realize the value of silence. I’d be a liar, though, if I didn’t say how proud I am about his new skill. While he’s not speaking in sentences (or even words) yet I can already tell he has powerful vocal chords and pays attention to his diction. He really makes those “B’s” prominent. I’m hopeful he’ll try theatre at some point in his life. I’d love to see him put those good vocal abilities to use.