Here's what we're listening to these days:
Car rides
Christopher demands "a happy song" every time we get in the car and his two current favorites are Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison (or "the sha-la-la-la song") and Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder (or "the I wonder song").
Hang out time at home
Songs for Wiggleworms (album) - especially "I've Been Working on the Railroad" (or "the railroad song")
Getting dinner ready
My daily opportunity for a dose of adult news while Mike and Christopher tear it up at the park: NPR (WBEZ 91.5 here in Chicagoland). I *heart* NPR.
Friday afternoon/dinnertime
Sara Bareilles (you all know she was in my UCLA a cappella group Awaken, right?!) or Alison Krauss and Union Station usually hit the spot when we're celebrating the end of the week with some playtime and a glass of vino. (Alison Krauss' voice amazes me, by the way. Effortless, agile, emotive, and perfectly on pitch ALL TIMES - just check out her live performances. Someday we'll see her in concert...)
After the toddler is in bed
Glenn Gould's recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations. It makes me feel like my brain gets a realignment and shifts into adult-mode. Ahhh.
Saturday morning pancake hour
Jack Johnson's In Between Dreams (Better Together and Banana Pancakes are two of Mike's favorites).
Sunday morning
While we feast on Saturday's pancakes and get over the disappointment that the end of the weekend really IS approaching, the Garden State Soundtrack, Sigur Ros (this is the song Takk - which means "thank you") and a big cup of Irish Breakfast tea never disappoint.
