Ok life gets in the way of blogging. I have been really busy I have been working on a kid’s TV show as a recurring character as well as writing music for it. It has been interesting and quite a bit of fun and I have now finished 5 of 6 episodes I am involved with. The show is produced by the same people who produced “This is Daniel Cook” and is a “reality” show set in a daycare. It will be called “Jungle Room” and it should air in late 2007 or early 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
Today my son Jake (4 years old) rode a two-wheeler for the first time (with any degree of success).
Jake had been trying for a couple of days now and today he just exploded and rode for over an hour.
Pretty exciting stuff.
Hooray for Jake!!
| I had a great response an article I published on a the origin of a lullaby called “The Sandman”. It seems that this song has been kept alive for over 100 years by parents singing it to their children from generation to generation. This song is well known in my family and we have always wondered where it came from or who wrote it. It also seems that my family was not alone. Families from all over the English speaking world have also been keeping this song alive, including New Zealand, Scotland, England, USA and Canada. Many of them have also searching for the origin of this song. |
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I learned this song from one of my kid’s babysitters. The version I know goes like this:
Little Green Frog (composer unknown)
Mmm mmm went the little green frog one day
Mmm mmm went the little green frog
Mmm mmm went the little green frog one day
And they all went mmm mmm ahhh!!
We all know frogs go ladedadeda
ladedadeda ladedadeda
We all know frogs go ladedadeda
ladedadeda ladedadeda
They don’t go mmm mmm ahh.
I have also heard this text: Read the rest of this entry »
I went with my family today to the Toronto Model Railway Club open house. They allow admission to the public the last 3 Sundays in February each year. So if you are in town check it out. It is a pretty amazing place. The permanent installation is 4800 square feet of “O” gage civilization. It is a train lover’s dream. Needless to say Jake and Kyle, my two budding train geeks, were in heaven. Check it out:
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