Well, apparently she had a big time last night. The takeaway, though, was when Ryan, our director, told us to enunciate a "p" so forcefully that he wanted to feel it on his glasses. Gross! But it made an impression on Rachel, who was highly amused. At dinner tonight I told her that she and Daddy will be coming with me to Denver this fall to compete at the Sweet Adelines international competition (we are saving a boatload of money bunking with another chorus member. Not exactly a family vacation, but Drew is really looking forward to taking Rachel around the Mile High City while I rehearse. And he is REALLY looking forward to having Rachel watch Mommy dress up in costume and makeup and listen to me sing).
"Wasn't it funny when Ryan said 'I want my glasses wet?'" she asked at dinner tonight. "I want to stand right next to YOU!"
"And Daddy will be in the audience," I said.
"Daddy will be in the audience," she repeated. "And I'll listen to Ryan!"
Ryan will be so happy to hear this...
***
"Will you love me even though I'll go away to college?" Rachel asked, also at dinner.
"I'll love you even when you go to college and get married and have babies," I said.
"Will you love me even when I get old?" she said.
"Yes," I answered. "Will you love me even when I get old?"
"Yes. Just like we we love Grandma and Grandpa because they're old," she said. (Mom and Dad, are you listening??)
"Yes," I agreed.
"Will you never stop loving me?" she asked plaintively.
"I'll NEVER stop loving you," I said firmly.
"OK," she sniffled, and that was that.
***
"I love you, Mommy!" she said as I was preparing to give her a pink frosted cupcake for dessert tonight (I had snagged it from the Willamette cafeteria, where they were giving the cupcakes out for free the other day).
"I love you so much," she continued. "I love you as, like...as, like...as big as a whole house!"
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