Music plays an extremely large and important role in my family’s daily life. We love to watch “Jack’s Big Music Show” and “Little Einsteins” on television. Both shows are centered around music and Ella just can’t get enough of it. Classical, contemporary, jazz, she loves it all – especially if it has a strong beat to it. She will stop whatever it is that she’s doing if she hears a song she likes, head to the source of the music and clap, wiggle and bounce to the tune. It is also part of her sleeping ritual to have a classical music cd playing on repeat in her room.

I definitely give credit to Ella’s care in Viet Nam for giving her a music loving foundation. Our agency’s Vietnamese staff would sing the same songs (complete with hand movements, clapping and different sounds) every time they would visit the children. I first saw a performance of this sweet song while we were waiting for Ella’s exit medical exam. Thuy, who escorted us, sang and played with Ella to keep her occupied during the wait. I wonder what she would think if she heard the loud electronic sounds that come out of her Wiggles guitar that she so loves. It definitely doesn’t compare to Vietnamese crooning, but Miss Ella enjoys it.

From the start she has also loved making her own music. Clapping, singing, stomping and the like are all regular Ella antics. Her grandma got her a xylophone for her birthday and she absolutely adores it. She’ll press one of the keys, produce a sound and look up with a huge smile to be sure that we all heard her beautiful melody. I wonder if she’ll pick up an instrument (or two!) when she’s older. Whether or not she has textbook musical talent, she certainly has a passion for it, and in our book that is much more important.


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