Manly Got Fresh Beats

So, anyone who actually knows Manly would be pretty surprised to know that other than classic rock, my man LOVES hip hop and rap. HA! It makes me laugh out loud to think about him thumping down the interstate listening to MC Paydough or Manchild or whatever in the world "artist" he happens to be in love with at the moment. When I first met him he drove THIS:

He'd come busting around the corner of our Baptist private college thumpin Baby Got Back with pride. Wowzah! Times have changed SLIGHTLY. Ha! I bet we could fit all the kids in that beast though...

ANYWAY, from time to time, in order to try to SWAY our children to like his music choice he slips free downloads he finds into their music basket. I should take this time to mention that NONE of the kids have EVER liked listening to his music. They do, however, like MY music choices and this erks him to no end. I digress...

Recently, in another effort to gain a following with the kids, he brought an unmarked CD that he found somewhere(who knows where) that is children's songs the kids love, only it's the HYSTERICAL hip hop version. After doing my research for this blogpost I've discovered it's actually several songs taken from the Baby Jamz vol.1 album. SO, if you are a closet hip hop fan like Manly, you be sure to look that up...

SO, the point to this post is that my children have taken a liking to this particular CD. Espesially my KK. That girl will listen to this cd over and over again. Standing right at the player she'll listen for all the words then go around singing them. My sweet Lulu has even started singing to words to the songs. Today she said there was one that was good for me to here because it went with what people always said to us. I said, "Oh yeah. What song is that?" She says, "The Old Lady the Lives in a Shoe!" She goes on to say that I need to hear it and see what I think.

Needless to say I DIED laughing when I heard the line, "How many children she got? Oh man! Whoa! That's a lot!" HAHAHA! SO, Manly might have won this round, but only because the children could relate.

If You Sing a Song a Day, You Will Make a Better Way!!

You know you've got that song in your head now. You know the one. Be it the original form sung by Earth, Wind, and Fire or the spunky version by the girls of Point of Grace, that is one fun song to get in your head, but that's not what this post is about!
My children love music! They come by it honestly; Scotty and I both come from musical families and are musicians ourselves. They are usually heard throughout the house singing away. Usually several different songs are going on at the same time. They have their own stash of cds and a player in their room, musical instruments, a real working Dora mic with amp. These kids are musicians at heart.
Olivia recently learned a song that has us all singing it around the house. It's one that I'm pretty sure I sang as a child. It goes like this:

Now THAT is a FUN song to get stuck in your head.=) Well, a few days ago brother started singing it. Now, he's not into saying 4 syllable words yet, so he just sings the Ho's Ha's and He's, but he just sings his heart out! SO so sweet. I just love these babies.
Now play that video again and go out singing about the Joy of the Lord!