Boy, did we hit the mother lode today! In our never ending search for non-annoying music we can all listen to as a family, we discovered that somehow my favorite band had come out with a kid's album and we didn't even know it. Not since our dear friends Tyson and Laura (who are finally expecting their first, yeah!) introduced us to Here Come the ABC's, have we been so excited about a new album.
We have this silly game the kids like to play. We take turns counting, and when someone gets to 7 they just start giggling, because they know what comes next... 7 ate 9... of course. And when you're counting by two's it turns out that 6 ate 10. Another raucous round of laughter and squealing. Needless to say, the first track of the album was a hit with our crowd.
Usually when I get one of the kids' songs stuck in my head I ask Duane to just shoot me, but I've been happily humming Pollywog in a Bog all afternoon. And the kids just love the video we found on YouTube:
Listening to the album has been delightful, but I think the best moment came during, "Snacktime" (Part i. of The Canadian Snacktime Trilogy) when Gordon Lightfoot does a cameo and Duane and I mistakenly heard him say he likes Pasties for snacks, a regional dish from Northern Michigan and Wisconsin that Duane makes fun of everytime we go for a visit. "You know, Elisa, there is a reason these haven't caught on anywhere else in the country." We were ultra disappointed to know that Mr. Lightfoot really said, "Pasta" with a Canadian accent, but was still worth a really good laugh.
You know every region has their own version of the pasty... the empanada, the calzone, even potstickers with just a little bit of a different crust. Pasty's aren't that strange, maybe not that good, but not that strange.
Posted by: Julie | July 15, 2008 at 07:16 PM
Shut up...I bet you were so excited. I don't think anyone loves the Barenaked Ladies any more than you. :)
Posted by: Dianna | July 15, 2008 at 07:31 PM