At times I kick myself for having allowed the kids their own musical choices when we're in the car, especially going to and from child care. Way back when it was just Reed and I in the car, I'd have a selection of CDs to fill our 6-CD player and he'd choose what he wanted to listen to. Of course now we've (thankfully) progressed to having an iPod so we have access to every bit of our kids music library - which means even more requests for specific songs are coming out of the back seat. Not to mention the approximately eight million times I've been asked to turn the music up or down (ugh!).
And while this does drive me a bit crazy, and while I would love to be able to listen to my own favorite music, I realized the other day what a valuable lesson they've getting -- they've learned to love music because they can connect to it. These folks sing songs that really mean something to the kids - they sing about the alphabet, counting, dancing, losing (and finding) a favorite toy, cleaning up, wearing hand-me-downs, going on trips. So I'll happily go along with it. Music loving kids = happy Mama.
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