Monday, September 12, 2011

Roots

There are many times since becoming a parent and singing to Heath that I have thought 'what on earth would I do if it weren't for growing up in the church?' I am weekly amazed by how deep my repertoire goes. We have settled into a few more kidsy-favorites for bedtime routine: Jesus Loves Me, Jesus Loves the Little Children, Zaccheus. Then there are the nights where I dig deeper into my hymn history and sing the Doxology or Jesus Something about that Name.

Tonight Heath had not settled down for bedtime yet and so I left just the lamp on in his room and while he played with his books we had some family sing a long. This is what came out tonight!
Give me gas for my Ford, keep me truckin' for the Lord
Give me gas for my Ford I pray, hallelujah
Give me gas for my Ford, keep me truckin for the Lord
Give me gas til the break of day

And I will sing Hosanna, sing Hosanna, sing Hosanna to the King of Kings
sing Hosanna, sing Hosanna, sing Hosanna to the King of Kings!

Oh goodness. I am definitely becoming my mother.

What songs do you remember from your childhood?
Are there regulars that have become part of your routine now?
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4 comments:

  1. DogearedSeptember 12, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    Wait....so it's not normal to sing that song if you don't have a kid? Then I definitely don't sing it...a lot. Nope.

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  2. CarrieSeptember 13, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    Too cute! :) I sing that to Vera too. I also sing The Frog Song, Let's Go Bowling at the Bowling Green, Alice Where Are You Going?, I Love You a Bushel And A Peck, and then, of course, the Christian favs. When we change V's diaper and stand her up we sing Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus. I also sing Something About That Name and Rolled Away. Vera does the hand signs for that one. :) Fun blog post! :)

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  3. The BullardsSeptember 16, 2011 at 4:14 AM

    We have been singing a lot of hymns (mostly to calm ourselves!) and a random song about Noah, which I can't believe I even remember. (The Lord said to Noah there's going to be a floody, floody... Anyone?) I like the look of the blog, Lynds! Cute.

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  4. VanessaSeptember 25, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    Was thinking of you this morning and found that walking boy in the last post video...my goodness. I used to sing "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" as lullabies to my babes, but the number of church/camp songs I have in my brain (and embarrass Mattie with) would astound pretty much everyone but Trevor Bates, maybe. : )

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