Jesus! the Name that charms our fears and bids our sorrows cease; ‘Tis music in the sinner’s ears, ’tis life and health and peace. We’ve been trying to learn a new hymn every few weeks. Several weeks ago, we introduced the kids to Charles Wesley’s O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing. At one point, […]
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While Tommy turned into a TV zombie this week, Elizabeth and I enjoyed some mommy-daughter time. Her newest thing is to go around singing “Holy, Holy, Holy” except that it sounds like “Oh-lee, oh-lee, oh-lee!” I just love the way she accentuates her “ohs”…
Tommy, emerging from the back porch: Mommy! Look, I am playing the bo-bo just like Grandpa Willett! Doo doo doo. (marches around kitchen, playing his instrument) Mommy: Do you mean oboe? You made that all by yourself?! (rushes for camera before duplo oboe gets broken)
Tommy’s recent musical innovation–playing the beaters (accompanied by marching and singing, of course)!
Ever since Becky gave Tommy the Team Kids music CD with “Only a Boy Named David,” he’s been obsessed with that song. Today, however, Derek noticed Tommy was singing different lyrics after church: Only a car named Lightning, Only a car named Lightning, (repeat) And one ‘ittle car went in the track and the track went […]
Tommy really loves his music, and he’s figured out how to change CDs and work his CD player. After a couple of tumbles off his stepstool, we moved the CD player off the dresser onto the floor and moved the CDs out of his dresser into the compartment in the step stool. Now he has […]
Our Current Favorite Kid's CDs
Posted in Music on Aug 28th, 2009
Awhile back, Christina blogged about Christian music for kids. For those of us who grew up with Psalty the Singing Psalmbook (we have several of those on LP thanks to Derek’s mom who saved them!) and the Creekbank Kids (was that just we Willetts?), there’s quite a bit of nostalgia about the “great” music we listened […]