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[jaderabbit]

I used to get annoyed at parents who did things ostensibly for kids that were really for them. Now that I am a parent and must daily face the brain-melting horror of catchy but insipid singalongs, I understand. There's one Music Together song, "Trot, Old Joe," that's a particularly virulent earworm.

Trot, Old Joe!
Trot, Old Joe!
You ride better than

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[chukspace]

But pre-Face of Boe, quite teh sexy!

[jaderabbit]

I thought he was cuter in something else I saw him in, actually. But I won't say what, in case of SPOILERS.

[shaenon]

You must teach me the tune to that.

[jaderabbit]

As you wish, milady. Howzabout next week? We need to get together anyway. E-mail me.

[clair_de_lalune]

I don't know if this will help, but I did manage to pick up some CDs of children's music in Brazil. I have no idea whether or not they're good, but I'll send them along soon, by which, realistically, I mean sometime before Christmas. :-)

[jaderabbit]

Oh, you GODDESS! Thank you! They will be wonderful. Their Brazilian nanny will be thrilled, and they'll get to hear Portuguese in a native accent. Thank you very, very much! Christmas is not too late!

Listenable Children's Music

[cynodd]

Some of my favorite parents-friendly children's music albums are an album titled "For the Kids" and They Might Be Giants' children's album "No!"(very catchy and fun). I'm also a fan of "Peter, Paul and Mommy," because it was my favorite as a child. You must get some listenable children's music soon for the sake of your sanity! :)
--Cyn

Re: Listenable Children's Music

[jaderabbit]

Hey, I think I know you, don't I? Didn't you have an unusual wedding that Sweety and I attended?

I love "No!", and should try it again. The kids didn't like it when they were little, although they did like some of the Powerpuffs music. They especially liked the Shonen Knife and Frank Black and the Catholics numbers.

Bad books get me down, too. Would it be wrong of me to edit some of their board books? Not to cut stuff, but to relabel the "violet" correctly as a "violet-colored lily"? I already corrected the grammatical errors in their baby books. Couldn't respect myself otherwise.

Re: Listenable Children's Music

[cynodd]

Didn't you have an unusual wedding that Sweety and I attended?

Yes, that's me. :) I thought you'd figure that out. Clair_de_lalune talked me into doing this lj thing. (And of course now is teasing me because I said I didn't want to do it and am now doing it.)

Would it be wrong of me to edit some of their board books?

Not wrong, but mandatory. I must be too tired to think straight, because I don't even notice the errors. But what I do notice is gender issues. No matter how much she loves being a little princess, I refuse to buy that Disney princess book in which the plot is basically a couple different princesses doing wedding planning. Gack! I love "Go, Girl, Go Potty!" because Sara puts a truck in the potty, and the corresponding boy book has the boy putting a teddy bear in the potty. (They're learning about the potty but not using it correctly yet. They also put it on their head. And this will definitely happen in real life.)