Everyone's got an anthem round here...

For Benjamin, it's his ABCs...and don't get me wrong, this is no perfect rendition as of yet. It's still fun to hear him muttering them under his breath while working with his trains, or even singing them loudly while marching through the kitchen. Doesn't even matter that he just chose to strip himself naked and sing them for me while I was making coffee...
You know how you try all day long to guide, direct, and encourage the right behaviour...and then something happens that you find so hysterical you literally fall onto the floor laughing...and before you know it, the ABCs are being shouted so loud it wakes your younger one up? Yeah, well, small price to pay to have some shared hilarity with Benjamin this morning. He was stark naked and holding his "guy", came marching into the kitchen with the other arm pumping up and down in the air, and sang his ABCs. Except lately, whenever he gets to "F, G" he substitutes "Budd-eee". Ridic. Whatever. But it was so stinkin funny that I honestly fell onto the floor and laughed for about 5 minutes. This gave him enough encouragement to take it "to the next level"...and...well, here we are.
So.
What was the point of this entry this morning...oh yes, I remember. Anthems.
I think we've covered Benjamin's.

Jonathan's would most definitely be the Weebles song..."Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down!". All I have to do is sing the following, in a sing-songy voice, naturally: "Weebles wobble, but they don't--fall--down!"...and he laughs uncontrollably. Even does that lean-forward and look like you're gonna lose your breath thing. Kills me. And it all started the other day after Laptime at the library. Benjamin was playing in the kitchen area with some other kids and I was reading board books to J. I found a Weebles book and gave it a whirl. Instant love affair.

My anthem these days is "Don't Stop Believin" by Journey. It's on my Ipod and I jamm out to it regularly at the MAC. Always makes me step it up a bit...one of those songs.
I have several, actually. Songs that make me want to work an extra cheeseburger or two off...or at the very least, a few guilt-ridden glasses of wine. They are as follows:
Fix You by Coldplay
The Scientist by Coldplay
Vindicated by Dashboard Confessional
City of Blinding Lights by U2
and She Will be Loved by Maroon 5

Ok. I guess I can't be on the computer anymore this morning.
The fucking diaper's off again.
Time to potty train???