This is going to be completely random but here were my stream of conciousness thoughts while I was just preparing the carmelized slivered almonds for a salad for tommorow night's G. Family Thanksgiving dinner.
So as I have probably mentioned before, I really don't like Jewish music. I tolerate it in my car because my kids really don't need to be (and definitely shouldn't be) hearing the garbage that I call music (which really isn't all garbage, but some of it is definitely innapropriate for their ears) and even though pre-pubescent boy choirs disturb me a bit, I listen to them because the kids LOVE them and they remind me of my old BY choir days (yes, that was me in the 1993 concert tape singing "the ancient wall of stone"- no applause necessary- no really, sit down!). ANYWAY, I have a bunch of jewish music on my iPod so that I can get Ez to clean his room by letting him listening to good old Kermit the Pod or if I ever don't want to listen to the hundreds of "goyish" songs, books on tape, or podcasts that I subscribe to.
Where was I? Oh, so I was just in my kitchen and I was listening to this song "Modeh Ani" by some choir that I don't even know and it is a really catchy tune. I can actually tolerate it. So I was sitting here thinking that I should be one of those cool moms (in the ortho community) who is in tune (no pun intended) with her kids likes and dislikes and I should start waking my kids up with this song. I can put it on a stereo or something in the house. But then it hit me that I have never once woken my children up. If I wanted to do that, I would have to put this song in the stereo at 4:45 AM because that is just about the only time in the morning that I can be assured that all three of them are still sleeping.
So then I realized that by the time I actually have to wake my children up, they will be sullen teenagers who won't appreciate pre-pubescent boys singing Modeh Ani and their music collection will probably look something a bit more like my innapropriate collection. Scary thought, huh?
Posted by peninah at November 22, 2006 11:54 AM | TrackBackWoo hooo...::applause::BY choir!
Ummmm...you really don't strike me as the type of Mom who wakes up her kids to a Modeh Ani CD. This is neither negative nor positive. Just stating my observation.
Posted by: Sara K at November 22, 2006 12:51 PMYeah, probably not, but I was thinking maybe they would think it was cool (in a kid kind of way). Believe me, I totally don't look at it as a negative that I don't seem like that kind of mom.
Posted by: peninah at November 22, 2006 01:10 PMThis is not making me very optimistic that i will ever sleep past 6:30 am ever again.
Posted by: Lanie at November 22, 2006 05:00 PMYou will, it just might not be for another 15 years or so.
Posted by: peninah at November 22, 2006 08:03 PMLanie: forget about 15 years...maybe never. Peninah: I could just see the three of them waking you up with that song!! Happy Thanksgiving and regards to the inlaws
Posted by: bubbyt at November 23, 2006 08:58 AM