Belting it out

Jonah is forever singing or humming some diddy around the house. Most of the time it's something he's heard on one of children's songs CDs we play before bed or something he's heard at someone else's house. We try not to watch too much TV around here, but one of the kids' favorite shows at the moment is the Backyardigans. It's pretty cute. The whole show is computer animated, and there are 5 characters who have adventures in their backyard. As they start to pretend, the backyard landscape morphs into whatever magical place they are thinking of that day. There is copious singing of clever catchy songs, and the children who provide the voices for the characters have some amazing singing talent. The theme tune is pretty catchy itself, and as soon as the show comes on, Jonah starts singing along. Loudly. At the top of his little lungs. He knows most of the words to the song, but in true Brown form, there is definite liberty taken with the lyrics. What he doesn't know he just mumbles, runs together, or makes up. I figure part of the reason he hasn't figured out all the words is the fact that he can't hear the TV over his own singing. Grandma B. got the boys a CD with some of the songs from the series, and I got Jonah on video singing along...