He Sings & He Spells

Over the past couple of months, I've managed to collect a handful of cute videos of our newly-turned 3-year-old. I planned to share them in Porter's birthday post, but decided instead to give them a post all their own. It's not always easy convincing this guy to perform, but every once in a while the stars align and he cooperates with Mommy...for a minute or two. :)

First up are a few clips showcasing Porter's love of singing. The Bralys are huge fans of the Passion: Let the Future Begin album, and our middle child's favorite song to rock out to is Chris Tomlin's "God's Great Dance Floor". One night back in August, he snuck away from everyone for some quiet worship time at the piano. Here he is whisper-singing the chorus of the song. Be still my heart.

"I feel alive, I come alive, I feel alive on God's great dance floor!"

Several weeks ago, I had an old SNL skit with Will Ferrell and Garth Brooks ("The Devil Can't Write a Love Song") stuck in my head. I was singing some of the silly short songs from it; the boys got pretty tickled and wanted to learn them, too. One of them is about hating Mondays. Although, I must admit, Mondays aren't so bad when this kid's around. 

"Mondays oh I hate Mondays! They make me so steamed. Weekends talkin' bout the weekend! 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!"

This one makes absolutely no sense at all, but it is from the same skit and just makes me laugh. 

("Zorgas! Borgas! I just got bit by the love bat, and he's driving me maaaad!")

As I mentioned in my post yesterday, this stud is making lots of headway with his sight words. He is surprisingly willing to let me quiz him here and there throughout the day. In this video, I spell the word, and he tells me what it is. (It's a bit choppy, because a certain fussy 1-year-old in the background was hanging on Mommy's neck, demanding her attention.)

This time, the tables are turned, and I say the word and have him spell it for me. As you can see, there are a few two-letter words that he spells backwards, but regardless, I'm impressed nonetheless! This was about 2 1/2 weeks ago, and he's improving every day.

Pretty darn thankful for our (somewhat reluctant) little performer!