In the last week or so, bedtime stories have gone something a little like “One day there was a bunny and…” I then get interrupted by Jelly saying “tell me a story about Beyoncé”. No lie! So I’m like… “Erm, OK.. One day Beyoncé woke up and asked her friend Kelly if she wanted to sing and dance with her at a party” at this point, Jelly corrects me with “AND Jelly! What about me?”. The first night she said this I was so surprised, and giggled a bit. What surprised me even more was that every night she started asking for the same story. So I’ve had to update it to “One day, Beyoncé, Kelly and Jelly decided to sing and dance” (possibly before Michelle, LeToya or LaTavia joined???) So as you can probably tell by now, my daughter loves a bit of Yoncé and she always has. From around 16 months old, she used to always ask to have ‘Listen’ playing while she gets in nap mode. If you put on anything else she would soon tell you to change it.

Last weekend her Daddy and I recorded a video of us performing Queen Naija’s ‘Butterflies’ (@jayneemusic). When she saw it she asked if she could sing in it too. I told her that I don’t think that she knows that one well enough so I asked her if she wanted to record a song that she likes instead, and she said…. “Love On Top”. Just like any other two year old, Jelly loves to sing and dance. “OK do you want Daddy to play the guitar too?” She replied yes and then asked for XXL and Mummy to make an appearance as well. So here it goes, Our family rendition of “Love on Top” as requested and directed by my daughter Jelly.