Thursday, January 18, 2007

Najah!

This past weekend we went out for lunch with our friends Mike, Jodi, and their almost-three-year-old Olivia. Over lunch, Mike told us about a new family ritual that they started last week. One evening, they were watching TV and this horrible/awesome pepto-bismol commercial came on. Mike started singing the song and Olivia totally loved it. Later that night, when Mike and Jodi were putting Olivia to bed, they went through their usual routine of reading her a book, praying with her, and singing her a song. However, Olivia was dissatsified with the usual tunes and made a request: "Sing najah!" So, as any good Dad would, Mike complied and provided Olivia with a tuneful rendition of the pepto-bismol song. This launched a very deep father-daugher conversation filled with important questions. "Daddy, what's heartburn? What's indigestion?"

Now every evening around 9:30 I have this fantastic visual of the three of them sitting on Olivia's bed, holding hands, and gently singing about digestive problems.

6 comments:

Avey said...

That's an awfully cute story. What a weird commercial though. It looks like they're targeting 3-6 year olds. So strange.

Anonymous said...

I've seen that commercial before and it made me laugh...does he do the actions too?? That's super funny!

Amisha said...

I think of you everytime I see that commercial. I knew you would love it too.

Paige said...

At least it's better than singing the tune from a Viagra or Cialis commercial, that could just get weird...

Jamie said...

Hey Paige,Thanks for validating me after my whining yesterday. Turns out there were comments but I had done something to my profile and couldn't see them right away. Oops!
And Avey, I would love to hang out so give me a call. Maybe coffee tomorrow afternoon?

Just Tim said...

Ah mike and jodi I miss those guys!

 
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