Mrs. Polly Had a Dolly

My sweet girl heard this song from some website and sang it over and over and over again in the car.  I finally took a video of her singing it, thinking that she would stop afterwards - nope!  She continued to sing it over and over again until my husband and I had to say enough. :)

Beautiful Voice

I attend a Women's Bible study at a nearby church.  While I'm in my study, Lilly goes to her class where she learns about God's Word and learns new songs and has all kinds of fun.  At the end of each semester, the ladies have a luncheon and the children come up to perform.  The first year, I didn't know they were going to perform so I was not prepared to document the event.  I was upset about this because it was the first time Lilly had every performed in front of a group.  The second time she performed, I was prepared but she was in a poor mood when she came up to sing and spent most of the time pouting or watching the children behind her sing.  The third time they were going to perform, we were not in town for the luncheon so we missed that altogether.

This past time, I told her ahead of time that if I was going to record her singing, I wanted her to sing and to look at me and be happy.  She definitely did all the things I asked for, I know I am biased, but I think she did a great job!

Instruments

I taught a lesson on opposites and instruments to Lilly and 2 of her friends.  We talked about high notes and low notes, fast music and slow music, happy songs and sad songs, etc.  Then, we made instruments.  We made "horns" by poking holes in a paper towel tube and then applying a piece of wax paper to one end with a rubber band.  The kids hummed into the open end and were able to create different sounds depending on which holes they covered.

Also, we made "guitars" by putting rubber bands around shoe boxes.  The children had a great time creating and playing the instruments.  I decided it would be a good idea (and fun) to make a music video.  We did 3 - each child got to pick a song.  Here is the one of "Jesus Loves Me" which Lilly picked.

Singing on Stage

Last year around Valentine's Day, we were invited to attend our former church's banquet.  While we were there, they had a karaoke machine hooked up and Lilly decided she wanted to sing.  She did such a good job.  I was so surprised at how brave she was to get up in front of everybody and sing.  Also, I was so bummed because I didn't bring my camera. 

This year we were invited to the same event so I made sure to bring my camera this time.  Lilly sang again.  First she sang Amazing Grace, but I think she got a little nervous because you could hardly here her.  Second, she sang Jesus Loves Me and she did awesome!