Every now and then, you find some little gem at the library that just surprises you. Or, in this case, made me want to jump and down, scream, kneel and thank the Lord. I was afraid the other library patrons would think me blasephmous, crazy, or would want the CD for themselves, so I just grabbed the it, hustled to the front with my library card and shooed the kids out the door.
Finally. Finally. A CD mothers and their children (maybe...) can enjoy together. The Barenaked Ladies bring you: Snack Time. The fellows behind such hits as "If I had a Million Dollars" "This Old Apartment" and "Falling for the First Time" bring their unique sound to the kids' level. It is not your average kids fare, which may explain why my children have been more ambivalent about the catchy tunes than I'd prefer. I LOVE it. I will persist in playing it until I hear them singing along to "789." " 7 ate 9! The cat'll have to do with 8 lives now and and the Chinese will be out of luck..."
Until then, I suspect Jack will continue to utter his plea for his audio books. He's an addict. Really. At the moment, this is the level that we're listening to and which he asks for over and over and over and over and over and ... you get the picture.
He's become a bit of a van CD player tyrant, never understanding why we can't ALWAYS listen to his books. They're good, but I could use a little Barenaked Ladies to even out the mix. However, threatening my reverie is Ellie's find of the day:
We were at Wal-Mart today for a few items and to let Jack spend a gift card given to him for his birthday. There we were in some random "boy" aisle, and Ellie turns up with this. I swore it wouldn't happen to me, but the first time she expressed an interest in the Princesses, I caved and then grandparents contributed and she thinks she IS Sleeping Beauty. Anyway, my first inclination was to say no or just put the CD back. She's 2. Her memory is short. But then I looked at the song list, and while I'd like to say the catchy BNL's "Eraser" came to mind, I found myself humming "So This Is Love." I wanted to think, "Well, Cinderella, look at what love gets you: three kids clinging to you in a Wal-Mart toy aisle." Despite myself I realized that I liked all those silly Disney songs, too. So, I let her get it.
On the way home, I played the CD. Ellie listened passively, because while she likes the Princesses images, she hasn't been fully indoctrinated to the music yet. It occurred to me that as I sang along to "Belle"-- "Behind that fair facade, I'm afraid she's rather odd. Very different from the rest of us. She's nothing like the rest of us. Very different from the rest of us is..." that Ellie was watching me in the rear view mirror with a funny look on her face. I know it's supposed to end "Belle." But I'm fairly certain my kids were thinking "Mom." Oh well.
2 comments:
Found your blog and thought I'd add my two cents. They Might Be Giants have three that we love. "Here Come the ABCs", "Here Come the 123s", and "No!"
We really like TMBG, so we love the kids albums as does our son.
I've got to put in my vote for 'No!' by TMBG also.
We were babysitting a couple kiddos and they had a delightful CD in their car. Aaron heard a few songs and said "I want!" It's a CD and book set; "Philadelphia Chickens" by Sandra Boynton. Delightful music, for kids of all ages (except 43).
We've even used a couple songs at our swing dances.
Sandra Boynton has written lyrics for at least one other book/cd set called "Rhinoceros Tap." Haven't heard that one yet, but it's probably just as good.
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