Friday, September 19, 2008

Children's songs


Abram and I usually spend part of our day playing with toys in the living room and listening to children's songs while we play. My mom gave us a CD set with 150 children's songs on it. I have fun listening to songs from my childhood that I had forgotten. I also have heard some politically correct word changes (ring around the rosie is no more). I have also heard some songs that make me say..."What?!?" Like the one that merrily sings,

Don't throw your junk in my backyard, my backyard, my backyard. Don't throw your junk in my backyard, my backyard's full.

then in the same song sings

Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar. Fish and chips and vinegar, vinegar (something something).

Could they really not find anything else to sing about? But my all time favorite goes a little something like this (hear upbeat clap hand and stomp foot type of rhythm):

I know a wienie man, he owns a wienie stand. He sells everything from hotdogs on down. One day I'll change his life, I'll be his wienie wife. Hotdog, I love that wienie ma-an.

I asked Barry tonight how someone could have possibly come up with those songs. He replied with one word, "drugs".

Monday, September 15, 2008

Stuck!


For the past few weeks Abram has been perfecting his skills at sitting up and standing up. This usually works out pretty well for him as he likes to control his environment. However, it does not work so well when he sits or stands in his crib...and...well...gets stuck. He cries until we come in and lay him back down again. Poor kid, doesn't know how to lay down.