Cailey positioned herself in the middle of the family room floor this morning, clutching her imaginary microphone. Her baby brother’s attempts to drag her off to another part of the house to do his bidding were in vain. “I am going to perform!” she announced to him. Finally he gave up, and went in search of the older more compliant sister.
I watched from the safety of the kitchen as she cleared her five year old throat and began her rendition of “When You Wish Upon A Star,” complete with forced vibrato and sweeping hand gestures. At the songs end, I stifled my applause when I heard her begin to critique herself.
Critic Cailey: “Well. That was NOT very good.”
Performer Cailey: “What was wrong with it?”
Critic Cailey: “Well. For one thing, you got the words wrong.”
Performer Cailey: “I knew that.”
Ordinarily I would say that she is preparing herself to audition for “American Idol”. But since she has blissfully never seen or heard of the show, that theory is out.
I quit watching some years ago when Bo Bice did not win. And then the following season, when Chris Daughtry didn’t even make it to the top two, American Idol was removed from my speed dial and they lost me forever.
Unless I find myself driving my five year old songbird to the auditions in the next couple of weeks.
Where I really think her only competition will be Simon.
And he won’t stand a chance.
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My kids have been trying to figure out what their talent is so they can audition for America’s Got Talent. I let my 6 year old stay up past his bedtime to watch the finale the other night.
LOL, I quit when Ace Young was eliminated at #7. Life just isn’t the same without a little “pitchy” topped off with pure meanness!
I get to watch my fair share of performances in secret, too. I wish I had a camera posted in the kids’ room to capture all those Grammy-worthy moments.
I’ll totally start watching American Idol again if Cailey’s on it.
My Little Chic has been dying to try out for American Idol (a problem since she is only 9). Her brother told her that she wasn’t to the level quite yet but once she hits puberty, she’ll be in good shape!
Yep, when Chris didn’t keep going, I was done. Though he could probably go further without the AI stuff molding him, I was still mad, he was the best.
Cailey reminds me of my niece who at 2 or 3 was acting out the entire Disney princess movies, complete with melodramatic head-in-hands crying and singing with great gusto. She’s 11 now and does musical theater, ballet and all manner of princess things I can’t relate to, but that I think are pretty darned cute.
she sounds precious
awwwwww that is so adorable. My 2 year old loves to sing into our karaoke mic.
She sings twinkle twinkle. but she hasn’t started critquing herself. that is so funny.
Simon would be cruel and say, “You have got to be the worst child singer I ever heard. Do you really think you can sing?”
I so wonder what Cailey’s response would be to him!
I don’t watch it either only because the few times I did try Simon just turned my stomach….
I personally would love to see her take on Simon…. :0)
Trina
How do they figure out the fake vibrato thing. My daughter does that too. It is a mystery to me.
That is just too funny! At least she was honest with her self-critique???
My 4 year old does this too. He is so cute to watch!
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