Monday, November 8, 2010

She was the one he slew the dragon for.

My mom used to sing songs with each of us when we were little. She had a special song just for us. It was usually an oldies song...even for her.
My little brothers song was "There once was a man"
The original lyrics went like this :
There once was a ma-an who loved a woman
She was the one he slew a dragon for
They say that nobody ever loved as much as he-ee
But me-ee
I love you mo-ore.

She sang it :
There once was a bo-oy who loved his mama
She was the one he slew a dragon for
They say that nobody ever loved as much as he-ee
But me-ee
I love you mo-ore.

They sang it together with lots of cute inflections and pitching and it just worked.
Cheesy I know....but it was sweet and it held such warm memories for all of us.
I now sing this song to my boys. (and occasionally Syd because she feels left out) They love it.
The song itself holds mostly true for Cameron though. So if I were to "give it" to one of them, it would be Cam's song.
He is my little protector and my mama's boy. Oh who am I kidding here...they are ALL going to be mama's boys :)
But really.....he has this way of protecting all of us. He'll be the first to take a swing at his brother....but beware if you try to do it. You'll likely meet the bumper of a match box car or even possibly a train track.

We had Chinese the other night for dinner. Cam's fortune cookie read :
"you have a strong instinct to take care of the people you love"

Pretty dead on, I'd say. He doesn't even like fortune cookies. or the food for that matter.
Does that make his fortune null and void ?




How great to always know, someone's got your back.