I Love My Music

Gabe was first introduced to Veggietales when he was about 10 months old. I needed to plop him somewhere when I vacuumed and mopped the house and attempted to use Veggietales as a form of distraction and entertainment. It didn't work. He just wasn't interested. But things took a turn when he was about 17-18 months old.

He started liking the Theme Song. In fact, he liked it so much he'd allow me to brush his teeth without the usual fighting, screaming or crying. He liked it so much there were some mornings the first thing he said to me was "Veggietales. Theme song." He'd like it so much he'll plague me with endless requests throughout the day to "Mummy, on Veggietales. Theme Song." And when he didn't get what he requested for (video's only turned on once a day), he'll go "Mummy, sing song the Veggietales! Sing song the bome bome bome bome!" Throughout the day. Here's how the theme song sounds like.



One day, he decided to attempt to sing the song for himself. And boy did we have a good laugh. This is his first attempt.



Then, he got to a more advanced stage where he added sound effects and commentary. He also chose which lyrics he wanted to leave out. For your information, nothing is wasted in this version of his. Even the parents took some time to figure out the parts that sound like jibberish, but they are parts of the song. Go figure.



The other figure that commands Gabe's attention is the purple dinosaur. Seriously, I do not know of any kid that doesn't love Barney. Why ah? Gabe can now sing, word for word, Barney's signature "I love you" song.


And... it is true that you'll influence your children according to your background. I grew up with a certain type of music in my household and it is then no surprise that with both influences from me and Gabe's waigong, that he'll be introduced to...

Yeah, go ahead and faint. The king of Cantopop is the next in line on Gabe's music list. Let's see how far this list will stretch by the time he turns two.