Blue Song

Over the Christmas break, Davis and I got accustomed to doing his bedtime routine together. This story starts during one of those nights, right after we had read his books. I started to sing to him "Hey Davis", which is adapted from the song "Hey Baby" (popularized by the AU Marching Band).

Me: "Hey...hey...Davis...I want to know...if you'll be my boy..."

Davis: "Daddy, sing 'blue song'."

Me: "Uhhh...Daddy doesn't know the blue song."

Davis: "Sing 'blue song', please."

Me: (a little worried that not singing the right 'blue song' might hinder the bedtime routine) "Can you sing it for me?"

Davis: "Daddy sing it."

Me: (wondering if he heard it on a CD, at the library, in Sunday School, at MOPS, or anywhere in between, and now EVERYONE knows the Blue Song but daddy. So, after a frantic moment, I sang the first 'blue song' that popped into my head...)

"BLUE...MOON...I saw you standing alone..."

Davis: (sticks his thumb in his mouth, leans back, closes his eyes, and has this look on his face that says: "Ah, yes...the Blue Song. Just as I remembered it--very nice. Now I can go night-night in peace.")


So if you are ever at our house at bedtime, and you hear me singing "Blue Moon" to my eldest son, you'll know why.