I was raised with:
Patty cake, Patty cake, Baker's man,
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Criss it and cross it and mark it with a B
Put it in the oven for Baby and me.
There are plenty of variations.
When the Twins were little, I came up with one of our own:
Kick the feet, kick the feet, with no socks
Buy a big appliance and keep the box.
You peak in, and I'll peak out, and we'll have fun.
Imagination knows no bounds til we are done.
Well, our dishwasher went out a while back, and we finally broke down and bought a new one.
Even at ten years old, the Twins are still reciting that rhyme and still having fun turning a big, ol' box into a fort, a castle, a space station, a place to play and explore the power of imagination.
I hope they never lose excitement for all the possibilities to be found in a big box...
...and that they remember to share their weird little rhyme with their own children.
