I should begin by saying that Bennett's love language is most certainly time. The more quality time we spend with him, the happier he is. In fact, just spend an hour engaged with him, and he will be telling you, "I yuv you foreva." He means it.
When Bennett was a very young toddler, maybe just 18 months old, he loved to go to the pond with his daddy. This was one way that they enjoyed quality, one-on-one time together. Paul, being the clever dad that he is, made up a song that went something like this:
"Me and Bennett we love to go to the pond.
Me and Bennett we love to go to the pond."
I think at one time there were more lyrics, but this is the part we sang the most. When Bennett would get upset or cry, we would sing this song to him, and he would grin. Then, last summer, he fell in love with the ocean. So we altered the song a bit:
Me and Bennett, we love to go to the ocean.
Me and Bennett we love to play in the sand.
We like to build sandcastles and go fishing, too,
and jump in the waves of the ocean blue.
Now, whenever Bennett loves what he is doing with us, he makes up his own song to the same tune. Like today, he and I were hanging out together while Anderson and Paul had football practice. We watched the I-Carly episode again (previous post), and we made popcorn. As I am putting the popcorn in the bowl, I hear a familiar tune:
"Me and Bennett we love to eat popcorn."
No, he doesn't sing "Me and Mommy" because that is not the way that the song is sung. But I know what he means. His singing is just his way of saying, "I love when you spend time with me, Mom. It makes me happy; so happy, I want to sing."
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