I am a Beatles fan (for those of you who do not recognize the genius of John, Paul and George, the very name of this blog is the title of a song on Sgt. Pepper's). This also makes my children Beatles fans. Maybe?
Your taste in music has roots in the culture you are brought up in. The seven notes (major notes with whole steps between them) of the western musical scale do not seem to adequately express music played with sitar and shamisen. There are schools of Korean drumming that baffle me with their use of meter. It seems to make sense if you grew up listening to it--though my parents might still be baffled why I took an interest in rap music.
With that said it is still surprising to me when the songs I truly love are also liked by my kids. I love hearing the kids sing along as I'm driving and when they request a song to be played again. They seem to really like songs with the word "sun" in them: Good Day Sunshine (Beatles), Here Comes the Sun (Beatles), You Are My Sunshine, Island in the Sun (Weezer), Keep on the Sunny Side, etc... I may test my theory further by exposing them to Blister in the Sun (Violent Femmes) and Aquarius-Let the Sunshine In (Fifth Dimension).
...I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world"Your Song"
-Elton John
We were driving home from the museum and Cora asked me "what does that mean?" I was thinking at the time how wonderfully sweet it is that she might have an inkling of the themes of love and gratitude in the song. But upon further reflection, she also asked me why Dora says "Glay-see-os" (Gracias) and other items of interest that had nothing to do with poignant sentimentality.
Speaking of the museum. Cora and I walked into GoMA yesterday afternoon and found they had installed a three-story potato-sack slide. You can ride it for free! As if going to the museum for free and feasting your brain on art wasn't good enough, they now provide adrenaline-inducing entertainment. I have no idea how long it will remain there, but I am going to take my co-workers this week.
Cole modelling wings he wanted me to tape to his back
Cole attends a Judo class on Saturday mornings which is good for both of us. He gets physical activity and experience dealing with listening, winning and losing. I get to watch him learn and I have to sit on the side of the mat with my mouth shut.
(Cole is the second from the right)
Gabe is still a good sleeper. I keep mentioning it because it has to end some time. We don't know why we are currently blessed with a baby who enjoys sleep as much as we do, but we remain thankful and aware of its fleeting nature.
He is also getting more vocal lately. Mostly one syllable cooing and other tonal utterances, but it is clearly a form of communication that we respond with equally (and increasingly) ridiculous noises in an attempt to speak baby.
2 comments:
several thoughts:
1. LOVE when maddie likes the same songs that we do. totally agree. she went through a phase awhile back where she only wanted to listen to johnny cash's "it ain't me babe" and that brought me genuine joy. then a couple of weeks ago she requested to hear "bust the windows out your car" off of the glee soundtrack and wanted to know what it meant to "bust" windows out the car. i had to rethink allowing her to listen to all of the music i like.
2. what camera are you using or are you just that photographically gifted? your photos of your kids are always fabulous.
3. i am genuinely happy for you both that gabe is such a good sleeper, but i am envious as well. henry is many wonderful things and we love him dearly, but he still likes to graze the midnight buffet twice each night and shows no sign of ceasing. perhaps we could host gabe for a week or two and have him give henry a little tutorial.
glad you're all doing well! hugs for each of you...
Thank you Kim.
"It Ain't Me Babe" is a great song. Maddie has excellent taste. I have the same problem with my music. I can't listen to Ben Folds or Mumford and Sons with the kids because of the occasional f-bomb thrown in.
These days about 75% of my photos are taken with my iphone, which has a scratch on the lens. We also have an old 3 megapixel fuji S5000 I still love and Mary is has a new pocket Nikon that works well.
The photos of the kids are only good because:
a. On any given occasion, I will shoot five to ten photos of the same pose to try getting the right expressions and light.
b. For every one photo I put on the blog, there are about 100 we discard. We are ruthless in editing.
c. I do cropping and tuning in Picasa (version 3) before uploading.
d. The kids are cute, which makes up for lack of technique.
The photos of your kids are exceptional. I should be asking you for tips.
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