Audrey is working on song lyrics this week. Sadly, she has mastered the actual words to “Jesus Loves Me, This I Know;” I preferred last week’s version:

Jesus loves me, loves my nose [earnest tapping of nose]
Bible-Bible-Bible toes [and pointing to toes].

She’s gone the other way with Away in a Manger, though; she started out trying to memorize the words just as the older kids sang:

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
and here she would stop to explain: “He sleeped in a hammock, like Sadie Jane.”

Now she uses expressive hand motions and ad libs. Her song is different every time, but follows some variation on:

Away in a manger [signs sleeping, with head on hands]
The stars are too bright [waves arms wildly]
And Baby Jesus wakes up. [signs baby, with the rocking arms]

We’ll see what she comes up with during the singing at church tonight.