Chicken Dance and Mary Mary

For those of you who are of the Etscheid clan, you may recall doing The Chicken Dance at almost all of our family weddings, anniversary parties, etc. And although it has been a few years since we all were together for such an event, here is proof that the tradition is alive and well. I now present to you...The Chicken Dance.

And here is Ellie reciting the old English nursery rhyme "Mary Mary Quite Contrary...". The story here is that I have read this little poem maybe half a dozen times to Ellie but I've never practiced it with her or made her recite it or anything like that. Then two days ago, we were walking up our front stairs and she began to recite the poem. I don't know about you but my heart melts when she says "cockle shells." :) Here are the words:

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,/How does your garden grow?/ With silver bells and cockle shells,/ and pretty maids all in a row.