Creating the iPod generation

I'm not sure if we encouraged Emmett's love of music or if he came home with that. But he loves music. And thanks to my awesome bro & sil, we got some really great music for him before he came home. But as any parent knows - eventually you just can't listen to Ladybug Picnic anymore. Now consider our hour and a half commute to and from daycare (thank you construction!) - and you can understand that if I have to get Reduce,Reuse,Recycle in my head, I'd prefer to not have it there close to bedtime.

So in order keep Emmett's music in his daily life, and still keep my sanity (which is light to begin with), I relinquished my iPod shuffle to kids music. I loaded all his favorites like "The Land of Nod" vol1 & 2, Yellow Bus, "Bacbyardigans" CDs into the shuffle and taught him how to use it. It's a great little distraction (way better than an in-car DVD). Except for one small thing...

You know how when you ask someone a question and they have headphones on - they shout? Well, try that with a 4yr old - but switch it around to be he's asking you questions and at full scream - in the confinements of a moving vehicle! And the existance of the shuffle commute has created this conversation.

Emmett: "Oh Omma, I've been waiting for this song"
Me: "Oh, yeah?"
Emmett: "uh-huh, cause it's my fahhvorrrite"
Me: "Oh, is it Yellow Bus?"
Emmett: "no it's this song"
ME: "Which song"
Emmett: "The song on this thing" (pointing to the shuffle)
Me:"I know it's the song on the suffle - but which song?"
Emmett: "This one, it's my favorite"
Me: "But I thought your favorite was Yellow Bus, what does this song sound like?"
Emmett: "I don't know"
Me: "OoooKay then"

Still haven't a clue which song he was referring to, but I'm glad it's his new favorite!