Listening is Fundamental

The Husband is taking classes toward a degree. He has class every other Thursday. The Husband headed off to class the other night and while hugging each other goodbye Liam asked, "You going to class, Daddy?" "You going to listen?" Hmmm...do you think we talk A LOT about listening in our house??

When The Husband returned from class Liam had two questions for him. "You have fun?" "You listen, Daddy?"

"Why is he sad?"

If you are forced to listen to top 40 radio then you've probably heard The Plain White Tee's song "Hey there, Delilah". Liam and I were in the car and this song was playing when he asked, "Why is he so sad?" After listening to the song a few seconds so I could remember what it was about, I said, "He misses his girlfriend." "Girlfriend? What's a girlfriend?" Oh crap! I'm sure I came up with a brilliant answer...or more likely I said, "Look, there's a digger!" or something like that in order the change the topic. This morning Liam was playing his guitar (he got a real one...with strings... for his birthday) when he said, "Watch mom, I'm playing a sad song." I'm not sure what made it sad compared to his other songs but I enjoy that he is feeling out the difference between a sad song and a happy song.