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Selah June’s mind is making the most awesome connections right now. She cracks us up EVERY SINGLE DAY. This week alone we had the following moments.

One night she was staying up particularly late, and we were trying to suggest anything that might interest her into settling down and fading into sleep. I said, “Selah June, listen to me. How about we go upstairs and watch 2 episodes of Octonauts….? What do you think? TWO episodes.” She had already started walking toward the stairs, and she turned just enough to respond “Paw Patrol.”

One of the more embarrassing things she’s doing is singing all of the words to the songs in the “animal movie” (SING). She particularly likes the first song that is a mashup of all the tryouts of the little animals in the singing competition. One of the little groups auditioning is a bunch of teenage rabbits, and they sing: “Oh my gosh…. Look at her butt. Oh my gosh. Look at her butt.” Of course it’s SJ’s favorite. (face palm)

Tonight she wanted to watch it again, and she made sure to tell us, “That’s Buster Moons. He’s wearing a blue shirt. He’s cool.” That’s the koala bear who owns the theater and hosts the competition.

She also told me in the car, “Mom, I want the do-duh-do song.” What?? That’s like every song. What does that even mean? One of her definite favorites is the song sung by the little mouse who seems like a member of the Rat Pack. He sings “I Did It My Way.” When he gets to the part where he sings, “Regrets! I’ve had a few…” she sings it with gusto. The whole idea of a 2 year-old singing about regret is hysterical, and the irony of “I Did It My Way” at two is not lost on us.

Last night when the movie was completely over, the credits started playing and there are these neon squid that dance. I noticed that she was kind of grooving, so I started dancing in the recliner with little squid moves. She started dancing with me. We were shoulder dancing. Daddy was cracking up at us. We got crazier and crazier. It was awesome.