Do you have a song with your kids?

[Suzy Mouse]

Whenever the song "Buttercup" comes on the radio we drop everything and dance. At my bil's wedding I made sure it was played and we had the entire dance floor to ourselves. I guess I can do this since they are 8 and 5. I hope that when we go to occasions later in life we'll still be able to do the same.

Does anyone have a special song with their children?

 

[browneyes]

There are several songs I associate with my dd. The song Sweet Child O Mine (by Guns 'n Roses, then later Cheryl Crowe) is one I tell my dd is for her. The line that goes "She's got eyes of the bluest skies and if they thought of rain..." really reminds me of her because she has blue eyes (I call them sky blue eyes). I used to sing Wind beneath my wings to her when I was pregnant with her.

For my ds, Wild Thing might describe him.

 

[luvmydogs]

When my ds8 was three, we'd always dance to the songs Mmmmm Bop and Tub Thumping (I get knocked down, but I get up again, no one's ever gonna bring me down...), but if we hear one of those songs now, he'll deny he ever did it! He's just tooo cooool now...

 

[worm761]

DS loves "delta dawn" and "i like it, i love it". whenever either of these songs come on we sing at the top of our lungs.

 

[DisneyObsessed]

Sk8ter Boy is mine and my sons song, and Brown Eyed Girl is mine and my daughters song. Don't ask me why, she has blue eyes. It just happened that way.
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Dawn

 

[tlgoblue]

Through the years I have had many different songs that were special between my kids and me. In the beginning, I made up songs especially for them and would sing them to them every night, or when they got sick or hurt. Then we had a bunch of Disney songs that became "our" songs. The song from Oliver and Company (You and me together we'll be...) was DD and my song for a long time. Sometimes I still sing it to her, if she's feeling left out or just down. Now that DS is older, our songs tend to be songs we happen to be listening to at a particular moment in time that had some poignency to it. (the moment, not the song. ) The last one I remember is the first song off of Santana's Shaman. We were in Phoenix and had to run to the store. The sunset was one of those surreal purple, orange and blue and yellow jobbies, and the windows were down and the air was sublime. I was driving my mom's Sebring, and it has a pretty nice sound system. It was loud and all teenager! I put it to the floor and whooshed around the corner, plastering DS back into his seat. I was "cool mom" for a few brief moments. So, whenever we hear that song, we sort of re-connect.

Thanks for the memories, Suzy!

Keep the Faith!
Tracy

 

[tmq2766]

Rod Stewart "Forever Young"........ and Eric Clapton Layla only we change the words to "KAYLA"

 

[olena]

'You Dropped a Bomb on Me' and 'We Are Family'

When those songs play, Dad will get up and dance with us. It's our little tradition from baseball games in the 80's....

 

[mickeyboat]

When my babies were little, I used to sing "Close to you" (Just like me, they long to be, close to you) to DD#1 and "Baby Blue" to DD#2 (Baby blue, was the color of her eyes. Baby blue, like the Colorado skies) because I could not believe that two brown-haired, brown-eyed parents produced a blonde-haired, blue-eyed child.

Denae

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

We adopted our DS 11 when he was 4. Our songs are You'll Be In My Heart (Tarzan--great adoption movie BTW)) by Phil Collins, and I Knew I Loved You Before I Met You by Savage Garden. Each year on Adoption Day and on DS's birthday we sing Oh Happy Day by Bebe Winans.

 

[TimeforMe]

When DS (now 14) was little, I used to sing "Beautiful Little Boy", by John Lennon. Actually, I still do once in awhile

Also, all of us sometimes still sing "Happy Days are Here Again" because of a particular moment in our lives.

Many songs just for fun like "She's Got Back", ("I like big butts and I cannot lie ")

 

[kasar]

Our song is James Taylor's "Sweet Baby James" even though I have two girls. I've always called them my Moonlight Ladies.

Whenever we're on the Mass Pike we sing "So was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston". Thanks for asking, such sweet memories.

 

[jiggerj]

"Everything I do I do for you" by Bryan Adams for my oldest dd. "Have I told you lately that I love you" for my youngest dd. "Yellow Submarine" I would hum and sing to my ds. The first 2 make some sense but "yellow submarine" ???? I have no clue !!

 

[MAC3]

Mine for DD are I'll be there (Jackson 5 or Mariah Carey) and for some reason......I got you Babe (Sonny & Cher)!

 

[Suzy Mouse]

My DH's song with my son is "Margaritaville". That's a difficult one to explain....

Every Friday night my father, brother and I would be in the car and "Rubber Band Man" would always on. I cry when that song comes on...oh the memories...

 

[tlgoblue]

I love Rubberband Man! Have you seen the Office Supply store commercial with that song in it? I want to be that guy!

Tracy

 

[TINKTWINS]

Forever young is the song I decided years ago that I want played for which ever of my sons gets married first, that we will dance to. I cry every time I hear it.

 

[KarenC]

You Are the Sunshine of My Life is our song for our DD. My DH heard it on the radio when he left the hospital the night she was born (along with Isn't She Lovely). When she gets married I'd be thrilled if she and her daddy danced to that song.

For DS, everytime I hear the theme song to Duck Tales I think of him. When he was 2, no matter what he was doing, when that song came on during the Disney Afternoon, he'd get up and dance. He was dancing in the aisle when we took him to see Duck Tales the movie. The a capella group at our high school sang a cartoon medley at our Variety Show last year and that song was one of them. While DS was in the pit band with his Bari Sax, I could close my eyes and see this curly headed two year old dancing in circles!

 

[KathyTX]

DS and I have several songs we like to sing together in the car...

He's 10, and still likes to chat at bedtime and have me sing him a song. For a while, he wanted "Puff, the Magic Dragon". For the past year or so, it's the old song "A, You're Adorable." I guess everyone like to hear how wonderful they are!

"A," you're adorable, "B," you're so beautiful,
"C," you're a cutie full of charms.
"D," you're a darling and "E," you're exciting
And "F," you're a feather in my arms.
"G," you look good to me, "H," you're so heavenly,
"I," you're the one I idolize.
"J," we're like Jack and Jill, "K," you're so kissable,
"L," is the lovelight in your eyes.

"M," "N," "O," "P," I could go on all day.
"Q," "R," "S," "T," alphabetically speaking, you're OK.

U," made my life complete, "V," means you're very sweet,
Double-"U" "X" "Y" "Zee."
It's fun to wander through the alphabet with you
To tell you what you mean to me.

 

[Tiggernut_jadie]

I always used to sing 'You are my sunshine' and 'Somewhere over the Rainbow' to my little girl to get her off to sleep. She's three now and can sing both of them off by heart!

Usually she only gets about halfway through before she stops and asks 'Why are you crying, mummy?' She hasn't got to the stage where she understands 'happy' tears yet and thinks she's making me sad!!!!!!!