My Little Ham

My daughter loves to perform.  Today she entertained a car dealership and their service department.  No, she was not hired (although, hmmm, we do have college to pay for one day).  She gave it away for free. 

I went in for an oil change, and was dreading how I was going to keep her busy and out of things.  I brought with stickers, a coloring book and crayons.  When we walked into the service department, one of the sales people was there who immediately was drawn to the Babe.  She had played with the Babe when we purchased the car a few months back, too.  So she took the Babe on a tour (ok, just showed her the shop where the cars go).  Then told her to come by her desk when the Babe was done with her coloring.  So, as fast as she could, the Babe put together a picture of stickers and blue crayon, and insisted we had to find the lady.  The dealership is actually three in one, so we went all the way to the other side, and spent time with this woman who looked to thoroughly enjoy playing and chatting with my three-year old (and made sure to get the Babe a brand new, bright yellow balloon).  Then we spent time with our actual salesperson.  The Babe then showed him, his boss, and the lady her "tap dance", as well as her statue pose. 

The Babe has come up with her version of tap, and let me just say, its pretty good for someone who hasn't had any lessons.  When she finishes, she throws her arms out in a flourish, and goes, "ta da"!  She then showed off her statue pose, where she throws one arm up and the other tilted down, leg to the side, and mouth puckered, and freezes.  Its adorable, and always good for a laugh.  So, after this, she ran a race with our salesman.  Once that was done, our car was ready.  So, with the lady in the lead, we returned to the service department.  While I paid the bill, the Babe then performed for the service department.  Everyone got a laugh, the Babe had a blast, and waiting for service on my car while with the Babe wasn't torture.