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Musical Leanings

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We were on a walk one day and we passed some workers installing solar panels on a roof listening to a radio.  It was playing "Ain't No Sunshine" and it got stuck in my head.  Over the rest of the day I was probably singing portions of it.  TerraDactyl apparently caught the ear worm and she started singing it randomly too.  It was soooo cute.   I often end up singing the "Alphabet Song" when I change TerraDactyl's diaper because it distracts her and I need very little attention to sing it.  But lately, TerraDactyl hasn't been wanting me to sing that song.  I've also got the " Lady Picnic " in my repertoire.  But the other day she rejected that song too.  I'm terrible with song lyrics, and having to come up with a song under pressure is also really hard for me.  But I managed " Lean on Me ", pretty decently if I do say so myself.  I even remembered some of the verses, not just the chorus.   Well.  Yesterday, TerraDactyl didn'

Organizing People and things

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Lately, TerraDactyl has been staging weird little scenes.  It's pretty funny.  Often it's at a meal.  She'll arrange her trains so they can eat from one side of her plate while she eats from the other.  But sometimes it's just at a random time, like above.  It wasn't actually time to eat, but she still staged a meal for her dinosaur and elephant friends.   Other times, she just makes some bizarre scenes.  Like this one.  It's weird.  It makes me think of a rebellion leader standing on a soapbox, rallying the workers to strike or something.  My interpretation probably says more about me than TerraDactyl.  It could just as easily be a teacher, or lecturer, or even a preacher.   Sometimes TerraDactyl will spend half an hour just arranging and re-arranging things.  She LOVES stacking and unstacking these silicone muffin cups.  I bought them to serve her snack food, but if I leave them out on the drying rack, she'll drag her stool over to steal them and play with