The Von Pudding Family Singers
Because I'm wanting my life to be a bit more like those depicted in musicals, today is the day during which I will not recognize words unless they are sung to me.
The kids are hating it, because "I want some milk." needs to nightingaled in a "I WANT some MILK!" manner before the drinks are delivered.
(Please know that any words typed in all caps are sung very loudly in a confident operatic tone. Try it using the phrase "I'm OFF to the BATHROOM! And I NEED some PRIVACY!!!" Fun, right?)
Just between you and me: Tomorrow I will not recognize the children unless they are both singing their words AND doing a gentle shuffle.
Early next week, we'll be scrubbing the floors and singing about our hard knock lives. In Spanish!
And don't think that Jeff is off the hook.
By the time our tax refund comes in, I fully expect us to carry this off, complete with monocle and feathered sequined headband.
(Just so you know, I can barely watch that Minnelli/Grey video without feeling sick to my stomach.)
Submitted by
Jaynee
at 3/3/2008 11:02:22 AM- Around our house we sometimes do that monotone opera, or as everyone else calls it - gregorian chant. The kids haven't picked up the nuance of it yet, but I'm hopeful.
Submitted by
SnippetyGibbet
at 3/3/2008 6:19:23 PM- Oooooooh, I love it. I may have to institute singing answers to question in my classroom. I think it would be good for the brain.....and comic relief for my tired old soul.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa-meeeeeeen. (singing)
Submitted by
Sandy
at 3/3/2008 10:29:04 PM- I used to babysit my sister's kids a lot, and I'd start the singing thing - "Hey, STEPHEN, can you please PASS me your PLAAAAAAATE?" and that was all it would take. They LOVED it! Their favorite? "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-kaaaaaaay!"
Submitted by
Lisa
at 3/4/2008 7:00:05 AM- COINCIDENCE. My 4-year-old daughter and I were bored with plain old Go Fish last week, and decided to play the whole game in Opera Voices! "Do you
HAVE a Q for QUA-IL?" "No, go FIIIIIISH!"
(We have also played in pretentious British voices, and thick Southern accents.)
Submitted by
Alli
at 3/4/2008 7:17:18 AM- Can you video the singing shuffle for us tomorrow? During long car rides singing along with the radio in lounge club version or thick accents is also fun. (esp. hard rock music)
I just DRIBBLED water down the FRONT of my SHIRT as I LAUGHED while I READ THIS!!!