Emily is three years and three months old today.

Jan was busy cooking dinner in the kitchen when I walked into the living room this evening. Emily was diligently picking up all of the toys on the floor (and there were a lot of them) and placing each and every one on the couch. I stood there and just watched her for a moment until she noticed me. Then I asked, “What are you doing?” Without breaking her stride she told me, “I’m tidying up.” Surprised and impressed I said, “That’s great, Emily. Why are you tidying up?” “Because a messy house is not a good thing.” And then she looked and me and smiled and started moving her little chairs into the middle of the room. I didn’t even have a chance to ask her before she informed me, “I’m making a film. I sit here on my bench and you can sit here and mummy can sit here on the red chairs. We’re going to watch videos.” I sat down, Sebastian sat on my lap, and Emily had us watch a series of Feist music videos that she told me we could stream from YouTube onto the TV. So we did.

Here is a song that Emily wrote last week. It’s called The Falling Song.