My Girls

Have an eclectic taste in music.  Here is a small sample of their play list.

Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M11SvDtPBhA
Daniel Powter - Bad Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH476CxJxfg
The Chipmunks - Bad Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BYELjU8B7A&feature=fvst
Bad - Michael Jackson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROprP41yB_E
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlJy_Cb21Lw
Hot and Cold- Katy Perry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY3CehyfUko
Hot and Cold - The Chipettes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9CTf_Y8nU
Smile - Uncle Kracker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R9j4cUWjrQ
Wheels on the Bus - Dora
Old McDonald - Dora
Old McDonald - Mommy
The Belle Starts - The Clapping Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfmpykW-IfY

As you can see, I included available links to YouTube videos in case any of you are unfamiliar with these songs.  Sorry Old McDonald by Mommy is not on YouTube and I was having a difficult time choosing the available Dora songs.  However, I'm quite sure everyone is familiar with Wheels on the Bus and Old McDonald :-)

We have tried to introduce them to a variety of music and having them get excited when one of their favorite songs comes on the radio or daddy starts playing it on his Zune (no iPods in this house) makes me 'smile.'  

For example, daddy starts playing The Clapping Song in the van and Naomi perks up, she begins kicking her feet, clapping her hands and moving her head side-to-side.  Or Lili will hear Party in the USA come on the radio and passionately announce, "This is my faborite song."  (Faborite is not a typo - that's how she pronounced favorite.)  If we play these songs at home we now have two little girls standing in the family room dancing and Lili begins singing along. 

We very much wanted our girls to have a love of music and they have taken their love of music to a level we only imagined possible.  I just need to do a better job of pulling out the video camera and capturing these moments.  When I do, I'll be sure to share it with all of you, but in the meantime I have a written record of the kind of music they were listening to at the ripe old ages of 1 and 3.