I have been accused of having an "old soul". Once, after working for several months with someone over the phone on a Cat history project, when we finally met in person they said I was the youngest looking 80-year-old they had ever met. Even I, however, would not be caught dead watching something as old-fashioned as the Lawrence Welk show. That is, until this weekend.
We have a routine where we watch 10-20 minutes of TV with the boys before their bedtime to help them wind down. Saturday night I turned on the TV and it was still on PBS from watching some kids shows during breakfast. (yay us for not watching any TV between breakfast and bedtime!) When I turned on the TV, there was a couple playing accordions and a guy playing a tuba, doing a polka. The boys were fascinated by it. N is really into playing songs on this keyboard right now, so I left it on so they could watch. L loved the "big trumpet" (tuba) that the guy was playing. It turned out it was a "Country and Western" episode of the show, so the boys actually knew some of the songs from my "oldies" CD that I have in my truck. (L loves to sing "Sixteen Tons" together before bed time.) We watched a little more and they did "You are my Sunshine", which C sings to both of them so they knew that one. They had to go to bed, but I recorded it on the DVR. Today we watched more of it. Of course the slow songs aren't their taste, but they like the faster ones. They got a real kick out of the square dancing numbers, and insisted C and I join in, which we obliged. We had a family square dance in the living room. Great-Baba would be so proud.
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