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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Abbey's Lyrical Analysis

After I scoop Dylan out of the bathtub into his waiting towel, Abbey makes the most of having the bathtub to herself.  She splashes and pours water from her shampoo cup and pretends she's swimming.  Of course, she stretches out and pretends to be a mermaid, "like Ariel".


The other night, she was splayed out, mermaid style, and flipping over and over in the water.  Having never seen those particular bathing moves before, I had to ask her about it.


"Rolling, Mommy," she responded, as though I was blind, because it was pretty obvious what she was doing.


"Like a mermaid?" I probed.


"No Mommy, I'm rolling in the deep.  See..." (more rolling) "...Rolling in the deep!"


In case you've somehow missed Adele's musical smash "Rolling in the Deep", some of the lyrics are at the end of this post.  You can gauge for yourself whether or not Abbey's interpretation is accurate.


She might look like Ryan, but the appetite for analyzing what she hears and reads?  That's all me.


Partial Lyrics to Adele's "Rolling in the Deep"
The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hand
But you played it with a beating
Aunt Carolyn's condo 
it seems that the bathtub isn't the only place to roll in the deep 
more rolling
silly girl

19 comments:

  1. She's obviously an artist! ;-)  I believe these might me moves Mia Michaels may want to steal on SYTYCD!

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  2. See - Glee is an educational show!

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  3. Adorable! Maybe she'll grow up to be a dancer... Dancing with the Stars!

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  4. So cute! My kids don't roll much but my daughter does love pretending to be a mermaid in the tub.

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  5. Seriously , I love that song and that little girl. She knows the pure poetry of Adele, she couldn't be more amazing!

    This didn't make me laugh, it made me sigh with quiet admiration for Abbey. She's awesome!

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  6. Beautiful.  She has great taste in music.  Girls are so much more sensitive to these things than boys.  I'm jealous. 

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  7. You need to send this story to Adele, STAT.

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  8. I'm not sure if it is flattering or not :)

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  9. This is definitely one of those "kids say funny things" moments.

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  10. She has eclectic taste in music, because she also likes some really funny stuff! 

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  11. It is truly funny to see the music she ends up liking.  Some is great, some is tolerable, and all of it gets just a little tiring after listening to it a million times :)  I could do a whole post on her critical analysis of the Glee soundtrack.  Maybe a week's worth of posts :)

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  12. Isn't that funny?  I hope you have a bigger tub than we do, so McKenna can "swim" more than Abbey in our tiny one :)

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  13. Hopefully as the professional dancer and not one of the reality star guests ;)

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  14. I don't think she's seen the Glee version of it, LOL  Thankfully Adele is on the radio a lot!

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  15. I *heart* Mia Michaels more than you know!

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  16. Ha! I love Adele but I love the literal analysis!

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