The Notable Nanny

My 9 month old charge had discovered the joy of music, the beat just moved her, literally!  For example, she would be playing on her mat with several toys when a car playing loud music would drive by the window, she would instantly have no choice but to throw her tiny hands in the air and wave them around, all the while bouncing on her bum.  This phenonenon repeated itself with television commercial music, cellphone rings, live singing, and of course the radio.  One morning the garbage trunk was outside whilst she was napping, it was menecingly loud .  I didn't hear a peep on the monitor but  I decided to check in on her.  I found her "dancing" to the sounds of loud garbage in the morning.   I watched for a few minutes straining to hear any faint musical notes caused perhaps by the many musical toys she owned but there were no melodic tones just garbage cans clanging in the distance.  I tip toed into the room she continued dancing until she spied me. Upon seeing me near the end of the crib she abrubtly stopped dancing and started to smile.  "Just wait until your mother hears about the garbage your listening to." I said as I pulled her out of the crib.  She smiled again as if she understood my little joke but since the garbage truck  could still be heard faintly in the distance she began dancing again.