There is one song I sing to them every night or when I need them to calm down. You're guaranteed silence within a few minutes of singing it. All the other songs are usually tunes and words I just make up as I go.
Then one day, I thought "hmm, perhaps I should teach them some English kid tunes". You know, so when they get to school one day, they know who itsy bitsy spider is and all....and are not sitting there singing made up Spanish songs about what we're making for dinner or how beautiful their leg rolls are.
So I thought I would start with an all time favorite: "Old McDonald had a farm!". What kid doesn't love that song?. So off I went and started singing to them.
After a week or so of singing the new tune, they really started to love it as much as all my other great songs. Then one day, daddy came home for lunch...and I was busy singing to the fellas their "English tunes":
Old McDonald had a farm....and BINGO was his name-o, B-I-N-G-O...B-I-N-G-O...ee i ee i oh!!!
My husband looked at me puzzled. He was like did you just say?. I explained I wanted them to know some English songs so I was singing to them the old time favorite kid's tune!.
He started laughing...told me about my two-song fusion and then directed me to Google to find some lyrics so that when our kids do go to school they don't think Itsy Bitsy spider lived in Old McDonald's farm named BINGO!.
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3 comments:
That is so cute! It's okay. I'm "english" and I still get some songs confused! lol
I do that all the time with those two songs:) They all blend together after a while, don't they?
Your boys are adorable! Great idea with the month shirts... I totally wish I would have had it.
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