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May 22nd, 2007

Slugs & Bugs & Lullabies

A good friend recently gave us a copy of one of his family’s favorite kids’ music CDs, Slugs & Bugs & Lullabies by Andrew Peterson and Randall Goodgame.
The songs on this album are fun, some soothing, some not so soothing (but funny as all get out!), and touching. You listen to some and know […]

By Kerri Aldrich -- 2 comments

March 29th, 2007

Toy Creation: The Drawer Guitar

I can only imagine that this little creation came about after a morning of me telling my oldest son, “Please find something else to do besides bang on that drum!” Well, when you’re asked to stop playing one instrument, it’s best just to find another, yeah?
Actually, I don’t remember what prompted this activity; probably […]

By Kerri Aldrich -- 5 comments

December 23rd, 2006

Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas

We’ve had the Christmas music playing through the house since the beginning of December. We only play it once a year, so might as well get a year’s worth of listening crammed into that month, yeah? The kids do enjoy it, but also like to hear something that was performed more with them […]

By Kerri Aldrich -- 0 comments

March 28th, 2006

Popular Music for Children

Last week at Hamley’s toy store, I came across these personalized music cd’s for kids. It sounds cheesy, but the songs were actually quite catchy and it was fun to hear them singing out my son’s name. In London, the price is practically double what we’d pay in the U.S., so I’ll have […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei -- 2 comments