The Greatest Show

The soundtrack of our lives has varied over the years to include nursery rhymes, Beatles, Showtunes like Les Mis or Hamilton, Weird Al, Disney, and Alt Rock.

But lately...lately the four of us have been enchanted, energized, and darn-right obsessed with the soundtrack to the movie, "The Greatest Showman."

Mommy and I saw the movie first; downloaded the soundtrack; and then started singing. The two of you immediately got sucked in to the magic of the music. We burned you CDs of the songs and you started learning the tunes, singing the songs, and dancing to the music. Then we took you to see the movie and your obsession only grew!

"Dad..." you asked me once, Aidan, fresh out of the shower and looking into the mirror, "How does PT Barnum style his hair?"

Julia, you memorized the words of the trickiest song, and wanted to fly through the air on the trapeze like one of your favorite characters! So you did...in the backyard!

You both couldn't contain yourselves and told everyone you saw about the movie- including spoilers...whoops!- about the movie for weeks and weeks!

And this all started back in February!

The music has kept us dancing through camping trips, spring break road trips, time apart, time together, backyard productions, and many a commute.

We even started singing "A Million Dreams" in our lullabyes and for driveway ukulele dance performances!

And I LOVE it.

In fact, I love it so much that I had you both convinced that my car ONLY played Greatest Showman music! And you loved it!

Here's a small compilation of your greatest hits!

Everyone I know in the office, our friends, our family, our neighbors all have "Greatest Showman Fever." And seeing the happiness it brings you, and me, and Mama...I'm okay if this is one fever we don't cure.

Ladies and gentlemen...this is the moment you've been waiting for.