Weekend Vid Picks: All the Latest in Adorable Children

I know, guys, that for a while it seemed like adorable cat videos were dominating our society, no thanks to Surprised Kitty:

But here come some videos of children that will make your reproductive organs ache. Not because they’re doing kid things, though — but because they are doing their very best to seem like grown-ups. First, esteemed actor Brian Cox (lots of period pieces, X2) guides a budding actor through one of Shakespeare’s most famous monologues.

And then there’s the small son of YouTube user uke3452, covering Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours on the ukelele. Well, he plays the music, anyways.

Jason Mraz seems to be a deviation for him, as his other videos are more Beatle-centric: He’s so far covered While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.

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