Funny

I don't know why it took me THREE YEARS to figure out how magical driving in the car with little ones can be.... all you need is an annoying kids' songs cd playing in the background.  Maybe I didn't have any clue what an impact it would have on the peace level in the vehicle.  Or maybe the thought of listening to kids' singing off-tune to senseless nursery rhymes was really unappealing (probably most likely the case).  Either way, driving is fairly pleasant now with the kids.  I'll take the annoying songs over screaming any day.

The kids especially like the "No More Monkey Jumping on the Bed" song on one of our CD's.  This version tries to be all hip and new-agey, which, let's be honest, is obnoxious...but it works for them.  The "doctor" in the song will have a different, goofy voice from verse to verse.  There's one point when the doctor sounds really silly when he's scolding Momma Monkey.  The kid's laugh every time.

While driving back from church we were hoping a certain little Chicken would doze off for his nap.  We didn't have any luck until we were just a few yards from our driveway and he started nodding off.  Daddy decided to keep going to secure the nap.  I had looked back and saw he was conked so we headed back.   Just a moment later, the silly Doctor voice  in the monkey song played on the speaker.  Suddenly, from the back seat we hear:  "Ha ha ha! Wunny!!"  I turned around just in time to watch Chicken's eyes flutter closed as he instantly fell back asleep.

I think that he was trying to hold out on his nap until he listened to that part of the song and his tired little body just couldn't hold out.  But his mind didn't give up!