Rock Star

Today L had a friend over after school. I love when this happens, because my life is always so productive when L is occupied for hours with putting on makeup, or creating miniature zoos or Lego cities, or writing plays about dragons and goddesses of the seasons. So today, I made lasagna and biscuits while she played, and I was washing dishes when L and her friend started calling for me from her room - "Mom! Come watch this!" For the past 15 minutes or so, they had closed the bedroom door and I could hear Taylor Swift music blaring. As it turns out, they had put on "rock star" dress up clothes, inflated a pink plastic blow-up guitar, unearthed a (non-functioning) microphone, and they had practiced a karaoke version of a Taylor Swift song, including dance moves at certain points. I, of course, felt that this necessitated getting out the video camera, so I am now the proud owner of footage of 1/2 of a Taylor Swift song, as performed by 2 third grade girls. It was so fun to watch them laugh and dance around and giggle so hard they couldn't sing - I have clear memories of times like that with my friend Melissa when I was little, and I know that L will keep these memories for her whole life. Especially since I have them on tape.