clap your hands

The baby bird is progressing in leaps and bounds....she is learning new words almost every day. Today she mastered 'beep' (only to be said when she presses her belly button it seems!) and 'sausage' has become a regular tea time word...I'm trying to make her be more precise and say 'veggie tofu sausage' but it seems like it's a bit much...she sings along with certain songs in her humming monotone and joins in every time with 'if you're happy and you know it clap your hands'. And every day she embraces new experiences with excitement and wonder. She really does make me see things in a fresh and innocently beautiful way...

Today was ridiculous. I arrived to play with an orchestra at what I thought was a rehearsal to find out that we were actually doing children's concerts and I had no concert clothes with me at all. I had to dash to the shops in the break and in a whirl buy anything that I could wear on stage. A bit stressful. Anyway, I actually got some really nice things - possibly better than I had already - and it was only shoes I couldn't find in the 40 minutes.....so I just bought some black socks and sat very demurely with my feet tucked under the chair for the duration of the concert. Another classy appearance.