15 November 2008

Sunday Randomness

The usual stuff that I didn't feel like making into whole posts...

The Boy: "Do I get any extra in my allowance for spending time with the family instead of playing with my friends?"
(Does a kick in the pants count as extra?)

Me: "Why are you wearing my sunglasses buddy?"
The Boy: "So the spitting cobras don't get me."
Me: "Righto, carry on."

The Boy: "Wanna know my favorite song?"
Me: "Sure, what is it?"
The Boy: "The Polka."
(I'm going to have to have a talk with his Polish grandfather. That's just not right.)

Fortunately we know the Polka thing isn't true. We have the following as proof:



A little help on some lyrics is in order, but he's got the ham going. I trimmed a bit out in the middle where he discovered he could make the CD skip when he whacked the table.

Also an award from Tara at From Dawn Till Rusk. Sadly, she is wrapping up her blog to move on to another project and I can wish her nothing but the best (even if she does spell favorite strangely...there's no 'u' in there...even spellcheck marks it wrong, so there.) It is well worth perusing her archives if you get a chance.


I rated as 'Coolest Dad' in her book and that's good enough for me.

32 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's it, teach your kid some parrothead....your going to regret that one day...just you watch.

hahahaha

Casey said...

Wow, Cheeseburger in Paradise... that sounds like every HASAY member's dream. Hahah, the chorus was excellent, he had the head shake crazy Jimmy Buffet going on. Great video!

Petra a.k.a The Wise (*Young*) Mommy said...

How could you possibly have comments already? It's not even Sunday yet.

:(

OK, well, I think Jake definitely has a career ahead of him as a lounge singer. And he is adorable, just like his dad.

Jamie said...

That fact that your little one can sing JB makes my heart smile. It is so important that we mold our little parrotheads.

Spitting cobras? Awesome !

Anonymous said...

I think that's great - I like some Jimmy Buffet myself. I have the kids over here singing old Beatles songs which trips out my friends. They say I'm turning them into hippies.

Captain Dumbass said...

They're never too young for Buffett.

KJ said...

Jimmy Buffett, baby!
"Cheesebogow in Pawadise"
Um.
That is so cute that I'm going to have to go die now.

Sherendipity said...

Dude. You've got watch out for those spitting cobras.

Unknown said...

Wayne: Like when he sings it over and over again in the car? It's okay, I sing along.

Casey: I don't know where the performer comes from...

Petra: I think he's got me beat by a mile in adorable.

Jamie: Once they're exposed it just takes off on it own. Yeah, those pesky central PA cobras...

Tony: Nah, you're just rounding them out.

Cap'n: Amen.

Kat: You should recover ;)

dipity: I know. I found three this morning alone.

Me, You, or Ellie said...

C'mon, man. Polkabration! Now if he could *do* the polka, I'd be really impressed.

Ellie

Diane said...

Well, you are a cool dad. No doubt.

I couldn't see the video (damned Adobe won't load the new flashplayer since I got my heavy-duty virus antibiotics) but I can tell from the comments I would've liked it. The first time I heard a 4-year-old Ryan sing, "Blew out my flip-flop... stepped on a pop-top," my heart just warmed.

And I'm with him on those spitting cobras. No one wants that crap in their eyes. Damn!

♥ Braja said...

That boy's a genius: spitting cobras?! I love him. Send him over.

Anonymous said...

I have a video of my oldest singing Brown Sugar by The Stones when she was about that age. I was really hoping she would never catch on to what that song meant...LOL I think I have a new crush on your son! : )

Anonymous said...

LOL @ Spitting cobras.

And yeah, those Canadians are always spelling things wrong.

Jannie Funster said...

Hey, this totally makes me want to go put on Home Alone (1) and watch the Polka Kings scenes with John Candy over and over and over.

Michele said...

Hey, you're just teaching him the importance of music appreciation. He could be singing Margaritaville.

We took our youngest to a Genesis concert when he was about that age. He loved it.

Sprite's Keeper said...

Nothing wrong with a little Parrothead as long as he's not tipping his cup at 5'o'clock for a little Parrot Bay.

Unknown said...

Ellie: He may be able to...he's sneaky like that.

Diane: I know. I have to get those things out of the house once and for all.

Braja: Okay, just send him back after he gets on your nerves.

Sarah: They catch on too quick sometimes.

Anna: She's even worse than that with spelling. She's across the pond. They think they invented the language over there.

Jannie: Back when we could tolerate Macaulay Culkin...

Michele: He can sing a lot of Buffett. My fav is "Pencil Thin Mustache."

Jen: No, that's for daddy.

DeeMarie said...

Great conversations!! I like the allowance one. I think he should definitely work on that negotiation!

Anonymous said...

Congrats on your award! The vid is awesome, it might be my new favouriutie. :D

Vodka Mom said...

omg I just realized I didn't comment this morning! HAHAHA. I went over to Dawn's and was shocked to shit that she mentioned ME, and was zipping around the blogosphere and FORGOT to come back!

Jesus. Loved the little fella singing. He rocks- jimmy buffet- that is GREAT.

you're the man.

Khadra said...

very cute :)

Anonymous said...

Awesome video and great with the allowance .. I have to adopt this approach with my children...
:)

creative kerfuffle said...

lol at spitting cobras! HA! and it's ALWAYS a good thing when your kids start singing the music you like. mine have been raised on motown and 80s music and i love it when they say turn it up, i love that song and it's one of my faves. jake is soooo adorable!

Bee said...

Oh that was hilarious! The drawback is that now I want a cheeseburger but I can wait (not sure if I'm good enough for paradise yet- FINGERS CROSSED!).

Unknown said...

DeeMarie: But sometimes we would prefer to pay him to get out of the house and play with his friends.

goodfather: lol. Nice...two 'u's...that's gotta be even better than one.

Deb: Next stop...um...some tiny stage somewhere.

Khadra: Thanks. It's all natural ;)

anita: It's hard to keep them in the house at times.

CK: We'll get his musical tastes to where they need to be. At least we can teach our kids one thing right ;)

Bee: It's never too late for a cheeseburger.

zipbagofbones said...

Spitting cobras? Don't show him the Weird,Freaky and True show on TV. The Ligers kept me up last night. Giant ass cats, need more than sunglasses to keep them at bay!

Confessions of A Mississippi Mom said...

Cheeseburger in paradise!! Love it! He'd be a good back up for Jimmy any day of the week. Ole Jimmy is from the town I live in he always brings us Cheeseburger's LOL....

Congrat's on the award ....another one!!!

The Stiletto Mom said...

You need to quit your job now and take his show on the road!

Unknown said...

Cat: We have monster spray for that...

Carrie: I hope he doesn't mind The Boy's little homage ;)

Mary Anne: That would be okay with me.

April said...

good taste :-) gotta love a buffet fan. and a cheeseburger. mmmm... i'm hungry.

♥ Braja said...

I thank you for your impartiality--holy and unholy in equal measure--but must know how in someone's holy (or unholy) name you KNOW the smell of putrefied skunk rectum?!?!?