Comments on: a wardrobe post! and my pregnancy theme song revealed!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:41:38 +0000

Cool Leah! As kids, we had a music box that played that song. I didn’t find out the words until much, much later, but the melody has always been very ingrained. Thanks for sharing your lovely memory :-)

By: Leah

Leah — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:31:14 +0000

My mom used to sing “Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head…”, always at bedtime. I loved it. I think I even asked her to sing it a few times when I was in Junior High or High School!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:04:17 +0000

Thanks for the hair compliments!

And we just read that story too, Salina, but I think that Blondel was a minstrel was left out of Story of the World. That is cool to know. It just said that he’d whistle Greensleeves, a very common English song of the time, everywhere he went looking for King Richard. We studied Robin Hood shortly after and then watched Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves and there was a scene where Blondel whistles outside the French castle where Richard is imprisoned and he hears the whistle back, we were so excited to see that!! I don’t like that movie much, but it is fun to see history played out.

I didn’t know you like The Beatles!! Thank you for sharing what Luke said, he is such a great guy! If you were missing I’d follow Luke around looking for you and singing, too :-)

By: Salina

Salina — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:03:45 +0000

Oh, and I agree with Sarah, your hair does look good!

By: Salina

Salina — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:01:24 +0000

Jennifer,
I love this post! As you know, I love music; the melody and often too the words that accompany it. I just taught the kids about the Lion-Hearted King Richard of England whom fought during the 3rd Crusade. When he was imprisoned, his friends didn’t know his whereabouts. His favorite minstrel Blondel went around singing one of his favorite songs, with the hope that Richard would hear it and let Blondel know where he was. Well, it worked and Richard was rescued b/c he heard the song and sang the remainder of the song to let his friend know where he was. After telling the story to the kids, Luke said, “If I was looking for you mom, I would sing the Beetles, “It’s getting better all the time”… and you would sing, “Better, Better, Better… ” And, he is right, I do love to sing the chorus of that song.
I love that you have those special theme songs for your children and I can’t wait to listen to Buble’s “Haven’t met you yet”

By: Didi

Didi — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:45:59 +0000

And your hair looks lovely.

By: Didi

Didi — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:43:29 +0000

Oh my! I got teary-eyed when I heard the song “Haven’t met you yet.” I’ve seen Michael Buble sing that song on DWTS and ELLEN, but it wasn’t until reading your post that the words had so much more meaning. So cute. I love it. Thanks for sharing.