It’s been three years since I could attend the Santa Claus parade with my kids.
Three years is a long time, at their ages. Neither of them remembers it from before. Going to a parade “when it’s cold out” seemed crazy to them. It seemed awesome to me, but I still have enough Detroit Girl in me to appreciate standing around and freezing in order to see giant floating snowmen and fighting the scrappy kids for candy.
Three years ago, A.P. was still listening to Nora Jones Come Away With Me. He had two favorite albums back then; that and the soundtrack to Garden State. Both seemed far too melancholy for a little kid.
Then my husband got ahold of the kids and found out they liked the Foo Fighters, in much the same way I have “found out” my kids like hockey, the library, and ArtPrize.
They never really had a chance.
Blogging has its privileges. Apparently they do not involve parade privileges. The snippy little elf who got to tell the parade to stop and go (for commercial breaks and Eight West Celebrity Interviews) kept yelling at all the kids in our section to GET OUT OF THE STREET. Seriously. They ninja’d out, snatched the candy, and ninja’d back.
These kids are professionals, Snippy Elf. They’re not going to get run over by Ronald McDonald in his clown car who was not, I noticed, handing out candy.
I think that No Toys In Happy Meals Law is hitting Ron hard. He seemed kinda down.
Blogging privileges do include getting advanced copies of new CD’s though. We have been listening to “Norah Jones…Featuring” for a few weeks and loving it.
She sings with Ryan Adams, Ray Charles, Charlie Hunter, OutKast and… the Foo Fighters. And a whole bunch of other people (there are 18 songs on it!), but those were the ones I really wanted to check out. “Ruler of My Heart” sounded a lot like the Otis Redding song “Pain In My Heart” and I was annoyed that someone had ripped it off, until I realzed it was just another version of the same song. I think it would be awesome if her dad (Ravi Shankar aka the sitar dude who played with the Beatles) was on the album. Maybe next time.
You had no idea I was such a music nerd, did you?
I love that I could revive the Santa Claus parade tradition with my kids this year. I love that an album bridges my entire family’s musical interests.
We’re home from the parade now; eating leftover Chicken Noodle Soup, snacking on a few pieces of parade candy, and listening to “Nora Jones… Featuring” while we rest up for the Griffins game tonight.
It’s a good day.
I received a complimentary copy of “Nora Jones…Featuring” from One to One. All opinions are my own.
