A LITTLE DITTY FROM THE HOLBROOK FAMILY BAND

we wanted to immortalize huck's last night at our house as a baby before the clock struck midnight and huck became our big bad two-year-old. so we called for a reunion of the holbrook family band. one night only! with little-to-no rehearsal whatsoever, we recorded henny's lullaby. we've sung it to him each night before bed since the day he was born.

the other afternoon i was leaning in close for a kiss, as all obnoxious mothers do, my lips puckered and my eyes shut expectantly. huck regarded me for a moment, then extended his grubby little forefinger to my face and beeped me softly on the nose. 'beep!" he said.

a few days later we were settled in on the couch together watching one of his favorites movies, snoopy come home. i normally put a movie on to get something cleaned up around the house or to answer some email, but for once i was sitting still, watching most of the movie for the first time. one scene in particular got me all teary-eyed.

"schroeder," lucy was saying while leaning over the toy piano. "schroeder, how about a beep on the nose?"
"a what?" schroeder asks.
"beep!" lucy answers, poking his nose. "a beep on the nose is a sign of great affection."

that's when i thought to myself, i really like how this kid is turning out.

so we're a little rusty. i don't really know the chords (i have the tabs open on the computer, hence my zen-like focus), our puns are real bad, and plus it gets a little slow in the middle. but we're so proud of our big boy, so this one goes out to him.

happy birthday, huck. you are our everything.