Quote of the Day

Today, Erica, Mary Lane, and I are waiting in the car while Jeanette ran inside a store. We were listening to the Rolling Stones (including the teaching song, You Can't Always Get What You Want) and one my favorite Rolling Stones' song came on, "Get Off of My Cloud." Erica started to sing along, "Hey, you, get off of my cloud!" Then she asks me, "Why does he have to get off the cloud?"

Erica's Favorite Music

Erica loves music and loves to dance. When we are in the car, we often listen to talk radio- sports or NPR. Erica will say, "I don't like news." That is her subtle way of reminding us that we need to turn on music or a CD. So here are her favorite songs and a few cute things she does when she sings. These are in no particular order.


1. John Denver- Thank God I'm a Country Boy. She takes after her daddy here. This was one of my favorite songs when I was little, I mean, when I was about her age. We were driving to Camp Sunset last week and that song came on my ipod and at the end she said, "I wanna hear it again." So we did.

2. Randell Goodgame- Jesus Loves Me. We've had and loved Slugs and Bugs for a long time, but we haven't gotten the Christmas one that came out last year. I heard this song on Under the Radar and played it for Erica and she loved it. She just sings along with it on the chorus. I like the song because the second verse says, "Jesus love me when I'm good..." and the third says, "Jesus loves me when I'm bad..." Also, Slugs and Bugs are good for kids music that doesn't cause parents to want to gouge their eyes out. Other good ones are They Might Be Giants- Here Come the A,B,Cs and Here Come the 1,2,3s.

3. Randell Goodgame- Beautiful Girl. Also on the first Slugs and Bugs CD, I sing it to her just about every night before I put her to bed. This song used to make daddy cry whenever I heard it. Seriously, if you are the daddy of a little girl, listen to this song. See if you don't tear up.

4. The Heart of Worship- She listens to a CD while she naps of Baby Praise songs. One of the songs on it is the chorus The Heart of Worship. She was singing it the other day and had changed up the words a little bit. I guess to make it more applicable for a 2 year old. She sang, "I'm sorry Lord for the toys I played with."

5. Todd Rundgren- Bang on the Drum All Day- The other day she was singing this song, saying "I don't wanna to play. I wanna bang on the drum all day." I was skeptical of those claims.

6. Toby Mac- Made to Love- We have the great video of her dancing to this song. She wasn't yet two so she wasn't real strong on her feet so she would spin around and then fall down. In fact, I made a music video of her dancing to this song. I would show it but blogger takes forever to post a 30 second video without anything added to it. Erica will be able to buy her own computer and teach me how to use it before blogger would get around actually uploading that video.

7. Various songs from church and school- Several months ago she came home from church singing, "Jesus is the Boss" and after working through her little voice we figured out that she was singing "The wind obeys, the water obeys. Yes, Jesus is the boss." She also loves the Dinosaur song and a song about colors that she learned at school. If you ask her to sing a song, she will say no and then after you stop asking her and maybe even walk away, she'll start singing. She's doesn't perform on demand.


There are more and maybe I'll post some more. I have some great video of her dancing and singing, but blogger evidently doesn't feel like uploading videos right now. You should see the video of her singing what sounds like a song she just made up as we were driving in the car. It's really cool. Maybe blogger will let me upload sometime. Probably not, but we can always hope.