Music Time!

One of Marek's favorite songs these days is "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash. Whenever we listen to that song, he gets wild with dancing around the living room. It's very cute to watch. Who knew he would be a Johnny Cash fan? He discovered the headphones the other day and wanted to listen to "Ring of Fire" in a new way. But, he insisted that mommy dance around to the song in the living room while he listened using the headphones.






This morning we were watching a live performance of Raffi on DVD. Marek moved along to the music and clapped with enthusiasm every time the song finished. He is really starting to like songs that he can act out as well. (He still sings Wheels on the Bus, the ABCs, and Twinkle, Twinkle very well. I wish you could all hear him!) Additionally, I've been playing some classical music during his quiet play times and a few times before bedtime or nap. He really seems to like it and calls it his "bear music."



We aren't doing music class this fall because I didn't want to overschedule him. So I'm happy to see he is still interested in a lot of music on his own. If we do music class in the winter, it will be interesting to see if a few months older makes him more participatory. We went to the indoor play park on Friday morning and he was much more social than usual. I'm happy to say he isn't as out of control or aggressive as some of the other kids there. He just loves his friend Elizabeth. She was there, too, at the play park. He recently went to her 2nd birthday party and still talks about her on and off throughout the week.

We're taking swim classes again this fall, as well as his favorite gym class at OSU. He could stay at gym class all day! I'm hoping everyone is having a great start to the Fall this year! We definitely are - we love the cold, rainy, cozy days! Marek picked out his first pumpkin of the season and we decorated the kitchen windows with Halloween fun. I haven't picked out his costume yet...but I'm leaning towards a lion this year.

Keep in touch and take care!