Monday, November 19, 2007

Charlotte's Web...


I loved Charlotte's Web. When the film came out, I loved it so much as well. This theme song written by David Stewart and Glen Ballard perfectly captures the amazing sweetness of E.B. White's story. I've heard this song now on the radio a million times and now it's on a TV commercial, but I don't get tired of it. I just don't. It is a little miracle in itself. I am so grateful for so many things today and if indeed as I recently read we create a "life soundtrack".. Today, I would want this song to be on it. I hope you have a week of miracles to be grateful for as well.

It’s not that unusual when everything is beautiful
It’s just another ordinary miracle today
The sky knows when its time to snow
You don’t need to teach a seed to grow
It’s just another ordinary miracle today
Life is like a gift they say
Wrapped up for you everyday
Open up and find a way
To give some of your own
Isn’t it remarkable?
Like every time a raindrop falls
It’s just another ordinary miracle today
Birds in winter have their fling
And always make it home by spring
It’s just another ordinary miracle today
When you wake up everyday
Please don’t throw your dreams away
Hold them close to your heart
Cause we are all a part
Of the ordinary miracle
Ordinary miracle
Do you want to see a miracle?
It seems so exceptional
Things just work out after all
It’s just another ordinary miracle today
The sun comes up and shines so bright
It disappears again at night
It’s just another ordinary miracle today
It’s just another ordinary miracle today
... Lyrics written by David Stewart and Glen Ballard

The Sugar Plum Fairy & The Toy Soldier...

Every year as a family tradition, we go to see The Nutcracker. We love to do this, even C who loves everything Christmas. It's funny though how each time we go it captures little c's imagination in a different way. I always ask her if she were in it, what part she would like to play and then she asks me (my answer never changes, I want to be the snowflake princess). Little c has always wanted the really big parts too. She wanted to be Clara and then She wanted to be The Sugar Plum Fairy. But this year, when I asked, I was amused to find that in her heart of hearts, she really wants this year to be the soldier "that gets to shoot the Mouse King". Little c has had a super-hero complex going for awhile now, so I guess this fits.