My daughter is nothing like me. For a start she can sing, I mean really sing, in a voice that is clear and true and that won her first prize in a talent competition at her junior school a couple of years ago. My voice on the other hand defies description (and not in a good way!) She also is brave enough to stand on a stage a sing solo in front of a large crowd and not just that, but put in an animated, confident performance rather than just standing there. The mere thought of being up on a stage brings me out in a cold sweat!
I have been thinking of her all day today because this morning she was singing solo in front of her whole school house in an assembly and tonight she's back on stage with a group of friends performing a selection of songs from musicals and films. Last thursday she was singing solo in her school talent showcase and between now and Christmas she is on and off stage for various recitals and concerts.
I am so proud of her and I know she'll be mortified but I can't resist sharing a clip of her from when she was little – she's always loved to sing!
Of course now she's a teenager she will make me pay dearly for publishing this clip. It's worth it though!
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Adorable! I know what you mean, isn’t it amazing and wonderful to be in awe of our children?
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Oh that’s so cute. Thank you for sharing that with us and well done to you for actually catching it on video.
Hugs,
A x
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Awwww bless, so sweet and she has more nerve than me too .
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What an adorable child she was! And I’m sure she’s just as lovely now 🙂
What a whirlwind of performances … good luck to her and her chauffeurs 😉
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That’s great she’s very cute. I can’t sing to save my life so I am always in awe of people that can.
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Awe bless her but yes I reckon you will be in trouble with your teenager!!! 🙂
That really was lovely. 🙂 You are right to be proud of her, that is a lot of performances and it’s great she has the confidence to stand up and sing in front of people. Let her talent shine! 🙂
V xxx
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Sooo cute and definitely worth putting on here even if Amy doesn’t approve! Even if you don’t have the voice I’m sure that she gets her creative side to sing from you. Hope that all of her performances go well! x
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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, wasn’t it?
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I’m seconding Twinkle, twinkle little star. You should be a proud mama, it’s what helps us to be the best we can be – to have someone believe in us. I hope her singing brings your daughter as much happiness as it obviously gives to others. Well done for what she has done so far!
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soooooo sweet……thinking of your photo…..she looks like you?
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Oh my word – that is so beautiful. My middle daughter is the same and has performed at the west end….she’s only seven! Me on the otherhand struggle to hold a half decent conversation on a daily basis. Gawd knows where she gets it from. I do like the fact that I’m a proud mum though.
Nina x
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Very cute. The fun of teenagers lol A wonderful future ahead of her.
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Precious memories. 🙂
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Very lovely! You have such a beautiful blog, its a joy to read and enjoy. do you have any plans to sell the patterns for your knitted animals? I would love to make a fox for my grandaughter. You have an amazing eye for colour and design. Hope all goes well with your son.
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I think I just melted from all the cuteness!
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so sweet…
xxx Alessandra
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Precious!
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Way too precious and so glad you shared!
LauraT
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Awwwww…she’s lovely…who could resist sharing such a great clip? Thank you! Jenni xx
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Adorable! But she will make you pay for this!!! ;o) xxx
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Priceless absolutely priceless and boy are you going to pay for that one. Mitzi
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Precious, priceless clip! Adorable! You may think you can’t sing but you certainly create amazing knitted animals and garments and blankets…;-)
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How wonderful. You must indeed be so very proud of her xx
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These type of vids are priceless!!! thanks for sharing xx
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She could sing even then! You can hear her little voice is clear and on pitch. What a gift!
You are such a good mum. These posts, though they appear embarrassing to our teens, secretly they love them because they know that we as parents love them dearly.
Busy time for Amy which means busy time for parents!! Treasured moments though. Watching our children shine.
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Sweet, sweet girl!
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Oh Amy!
What a Twinkling Star you were then and still are – well done indeed.
Please don’t be cross with Mum – we wouldn’t have missed it for anything!
All we need now is an recent video of your talent.
I can’t sing a note either & my musical friends are heard to comment, ‘It must be awful not being able to sing’.
I just say that it must be awful being unable to knit – it’s the best I can come up with!!
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Wonderful! I have an old cassette tape of Jacob singing the same song when he was very tiny. You must be so very very proud.
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Lovely clip.I am totally tone deaf but would have loved to be able to sing.I put it down to my first music teacher in secondary school.I was very shy and you had to go and stand in front of the class and sing.I couldn’t do it and still to this day can’t.
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Awww – that is so adorable! Obviously a star in the making from an early age :o)
Minx came home from school yesterday and said she’s been chosen to sing a duet in music and I said ‘Are you sure?’ – not because she can’t sing (she really can) but because she’s my daughter (and I really really can’t!!).
xx
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She was a curie…and it sounds like her performances have improved.
And, as I tell my son, my whole goal in life is to be a total embarrassment to him (especially when he wants me to be “normal” and not carry knitting with me.)
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How adorable! Isn’t it wonderful to have these sweet videos to play back? Thank you for sharing. It sure put a smile on my face seeing her sing when she was little.
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That is lovely and it is only your in anticipation revenge for when she hits the terrible teenage years – it would make a great showing for her wedding lol!
Me and my lot are terrible singers – would all love to be better and not so embarressing to all – I guess our talents lie in other areas!
Thanks
Alison
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~Precious and soooo cute! Thank s for the smile;)
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Our children – I see myself in them in all kinds of small ways, but they have so far exceeded me – almost as though each plucked fruit off the mother tree and then used it to start a new orchard of their own – with fruit I’d never dreamed of growing myself. They go places I’ve never been. They accomplish things and know things beyond my ken, playing on instruments, both real and metaphysical, that I have no clue how to get a sound out of. This is the glory of love passed from hand to hand, and the sorrow of love truncated or changed to bitterness, handed down. The beauty of life is so strong, so amazing – always lines of it running past us, close enough to grab, if we do the hard work of stirring a heavy soul to the point of reaching. Singing is one of the great gifts – not because it brings you attention, but because of the tremendous emotional release it brings – when you do it well, right, stongly and true, it exhilarates the singer, as though the very spirit of God passes through the soul and then flies upwards. She’s lucky to get that gift. But your gifts, while not stage sorts of gifts, give you tremendous power to bring joy, amazement, love – healing gifts. The gift of giving wonder. So, in the end, the two gifts are very linked. And because you and Amy are, in many ways, one – sisters, mother and daughter, friends – you own both. She is your voice. You are her hands and eyes. Amazing. Glorious. Beautiful.
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