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i am trying to avoid my motherly duties right now. which means i'm also trying to get my daughters to learn how to play together. (moms have the ability to twist certain realities--avoiding motherly duties--into good things, like siblings learning to play together. maybe this gift is handed out as we are handed our newborn?). anyway.
so i've been pondering music choices for my girls for a few months now, since addy's preschool teacher told me (with a smile) to change the station when i mentioned that adeline really likes coldplay. so i gave it a good effort; i played the two cd's the teacher gave the students. adeline danced around a bit & she is learning kid songs this way. you know, classics like on top of spaghetti, the wheels on the bus, jesus loves me (well, that's just from home; i highly doubt they sing that in school). so, yes, kids music is fun & silly & has the right rhythm to get their arms swinging & heads bopping.
BUT. YET. STILL. HOWEVER. adeline will choose coldplay over those cd's every single time. her song to drive to school? viva la vida. her song that she is forcing to be amelia's song? put your records on (corinne bailey rae) but really, amelia's song is strawberry swing. and then i now have to sing on top of spaghetti every chance i get...i feel like i could turn into one of those crazy american idol try outs when they say something like 'my kid thinks i'm the best singer in the world, so i think i'm such a great singer now' b/c that's how much adeline likes to hear my *terrible* singing voice. to mrs. r, addy's teacher: i'm not opposed to kid's music; it just seems that we can all share our music. (did that make sense?) i will listen to kid music some, they will listen to my music some, we will listen to wes' music a bit & then we will grin & bear it when in the car with gram mum & pop pop who like country music... or grandma sue's musical-movie songs *smile*.
so i'm wondering in 20 years, when adelne or amelia hear any of these songs they'll remember the moments of driving adeline to school. b/c songs seem to be like smells, as soon as i hear them i remember when i listened to that song. like the smell of raising sweet dough reminds me of my grandma's kitchen & i can imagine everything as it would be (complete with the *ginormous* green plastic bowl the dough would be rising in & all the tin pie plates she would have stacked up). when i hear certain u2 songs (angel of harlem & mysterious ways) or inxs i am taken back to the house my family lived in at that time, in nankin & the huge speakers we had & i remember how loud my dad let us turn the volume up...so loud that the floor would vibrate & i thought that was *SO COOL* of course. then i also remember driving in the car (maybe the buick century?) with my mom & she was listening to a keith green tape. i started to ask her questions about what keith green was singing & as she was telling me something along the lines of 'he wants everyone to know that jesus loves them' & she started crying. i think i remember that as one of the first times i ever saw my mom cry...so now when i hear keith green i think of my mom crying (but not in a bad way, in a soft hearted way).
so i will do an experiment. in 20 years i will suddenly break out viva la vida, strawberry swing, & put your records on just to see the girls' reactions.
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also, apparently today in our house it is 'don't wear pants day if you are under the age of 4'. AND it's also 'get into mama's make up day'. that would be mascara covering amelia's legs & mascara drawn into an A on the carpet & my deodorant rolled onto addy's bedroom carpet & my eyeliner used to draw yet another A & then also used to color on addy's toenails. & i think it was eyeliner all over addy's face, or maybe mascara? at any rate, i don't think i'll be wearing mascara again until i make it back to bare essentials.
so i've been pondering music choices for my girls for a few months now, since addy's preschool teacher told me (with a smile) to change the station when i mentioned that adeline really likes coldplay. so i gave it a good effort; i played the two cd's the teacher gave the students. adeline danced around a bit & she is learning kid songs this way. you know, classics like on top of spaghetti, the wheels on the bus, jesus loves me (well, that's just from home; i highly doubt they sing that in school). so, yes, kids music is fun & silly & has the right rhythm to get their arms swinging & heads bopping.
BUT. YET. STILL. HOWEVER. adeline will choose coldplay over those cd's every single time. her song to drive to school? viva la vida. her song that she is forcing to be amelia's song? put your records on (corinne bailey rae) but really, amelia's song is strawberry swing. and then i now have to sing on top of spaghetti every chance i get...i feel like i could turn into one of those crazy american idol try outs when they say something like 'my kid thinks i'm the best singer in the world, so i think i'm such a great singer now' b/c that's how much adeline likes to hear my *terrible* singing voice. to mrs. r, addy's teacher: i'm not opposed to kid's music; it just seems that we can all share our music. (did that make sense?) i will listen to kid music some, they will listen to my music some, we will listen to wes' music a bit & then we will grin & bear it when in the car with gram mum & pop pop who like country music... or grandma sue's musical-movie songs *smile*.
so i'm wondering in 20 years, when adelne or amelia hear any of these songs they'll remember the moments of driving adeline to school. b/c songs seem to be like smells, as soon as i hear them i remember when i listened to that song. like the smell of raising sweet dough reminds me of my grandma's kitchen & i can imagine everything as it would be (complete with the *ginormous* green plastic bowl the dough would be rising in & all the tin pie plates she would have stacked up). when i hear certain u2 songs (angel of harlem & mysterious ways) or inxs i am taken back to the house my family lived in at that time, in nankin & the huge speakers we had & i remember how loud my dad let us turn the volume up...so loud that the floor would vibrate & i thought that was *SO COOL* of course. then i also remember driving in the car (maybe the buick century?) with my mom & she was listening to a keith green tape. i started to ask her questions about what keith green was singing & as she was telling me something along the lines of 'he wants everyone to know that jesus loves them' & she started crying. i think i remember that as one of the first times i ever saw my mom cry...so now when i hear keith green i think of my mom crying (but not in a bad way, in a soft hearted way).
so i will do an experiment. in 20 years i will suddenly break out viva la vida, strawberry swing, & put your records on just to see the girls' reactions.
***
also, apparently today in our house it is 'don't wear pants day if you are under the age of 4'. AND it's also 'get into mama's make up day'. that would be mascara covering amelia's legs & mascara drawn into an A on the carpet & my deodorant rolled onto addy's bedroom carpet & my eyeliner used to draw yet another A & then also used to color on addy's toenails. & i think it was eyeliner all over addy's face, or maybe mascara? at any rate, i don't think i'll be wearing mascara again until i make it back to bare essentials.
