Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Three Tenors

These guys are often in the tree right behind the house.




My granddaughter Hope says good morning to them from her bedroom window as she gets ready for school. My bedroom is right below hers and I can hear her. 

One day I was helping her get dressed and I called the birds the three tenors. Hope is interested in opera so I explained a bit about the three tenors and we listened to a recording of their Central Park concert.

Days later I heard Hope saying good morning to them and then I heard her Mom asking her to please hurry and put her shoes on.

"I'm talking to the three tenors" Hope replies. 
"Where did you learn about the three tenors?" Mom asks.
Hope's answer had me smiling all morning - "From the CD Nana played for me, we do more than just princess you know".

22 comments:

Sylvia K said...

That had to have made your day!! It would have mine, I know!!! Hugs to that girl and her Nana!!

jabblog said...

Oh, fabulous:-)

LL Cool Joe said...

Ha ha, very cute! I bet you do!

Linda Reeder said...

I love it! What a great Nana you are, and Hope knows it!

jaycoles@gmail.com said...

I will smile all day. Hope is so neat, and she has a cool Nana

Kay L. Davies said...

Oh, I love it! "We do more than just princess, you know" is simply wonderful.
I was just talking to my niece about how much I liked picking up her 5-year-old from kindergarten recently.
"Who's that?" one of the other children asked. "Oh, that's my aunt," Mya replied blithely, as though great-aunts were in the habit of traveling hundreds of miles just to fetch from school.
Mya's dad was in hospital and I had gone out to the west coast to be on standby in case I was needed. What a great errand to be asked to do! I enjoyed it SO much.
You're lucky to have Hope living so close to you.
K

DJan said...

That girl, she is one in a million. Or make that seven billion. And she knows she's got a great Nana. We will be doing more than princess her entire life! :-)

ellen abbott said...

OMG, I love that kid.

HermanTurnip said...

Heh...what a smarty-pants! :-)

Akelamalu said...

How sweet. Hope is learning a lot from her grandma. x

Daryl said...

yeah .. she's more than a princess, she's Nana's special girl

Ron said...

Okay, first I have to say that I LOVE how you call them the 'three tenors', Dianne. That's BRILLIANT!

Second, what a GORGEOUS photo! It looks like a silhouette drawing.

""From the CD Nana played for me, we do more than just princess you know".

HILARIOUS!!!!!

X and hugs to you and the Princess!

Reena said...

LOL ... absolutely more than just princess!

christopher said...

It's great to see wit grow.

Lowell said...

Ah, what a wonderful post. Nana is the best!

Rambling Woods said...

You tell her Hope...I like your idea for the starlings...

Reb said...

I am glad to hear she is interested in opera and science as well as princesses! (I just got caught up) She is sure to grow up a well rounded individual with you as her Nana.

EG CameraGirl said...

I'm so glad you are writing this down. Hope is wonderful!

Anonymous said...

Love it! Gin

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

I was just thinking about what a gift your "Hope' posts will be for her in a few years.

Miranda said...

LOL...more than just Princess...that in itself is hard work, dontcha know?

Hilary said...

Melty, I tell you. Geesh she's a doll. :)