A Repost.....Talk About a Joy Ride

This morning on the way to school we were listening to Buck Howdy again and the boys were all singing along. When we got to school. S4 was hopping over every crack in the sidewalk and every red square on the linolieum in the school singing "Big John" loudly to himself. I got a lot of looks at this, and then a bunch of smiles.


I had to run to the office a minute to drop off a note for a file and a mom stopped me to tell me that she had been behind the bus when it dropped the boys off at home recently (it always amazes my husband and I just how many people have figured out where we live now) and S4 had come running down the driveway in nothing but his grundies screaming "Guys!!!!" with his arms outstretched. It had made this mom's day!


As I dropped all the boys off at their classes and got back in the vechicle to drive home to more Buck Howdy tunes, I got to thinking of this post I wrote for Sue over at Praise and Coffee. I figured since I wrote it she wouldn't mind if I borrowed it again! :) Don't forget to check out her Praise and Coffee nights, she has one coming up October 8th and this is one you so do not want to miss. Most defiantly do not want to miss this one at all!


So, it's a repost. But if you don't mind, stop by Praise and Coffee and thank her for posting my blogs in the first place. Hope you enjoy this one....my morning was so like this evening I wrote about that I wanted to share it again.


Enjoy!


Thursday, February 5, 2009

Life with 4 boys...talk about a joy ride!
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(By the way, Denise came over and we got her started on her own blog, you have to go read about her past Sunday (http://denisedykstra.blogspot.com/2009/02/just-another-sunday.html !!!)Here's another guest post by Denise:



Have any of you heard of Buck Howdy? You can check him out at Buck Howdy.I have gotten his cds from the library before and currently we have the album called Chickens playing to and from school in the suburban. Actually, it plays wherever we go but back and forth to school is a constant trip. Anyhow, he is just great.He sings songs like “Don’t let Granny in the door” and “Big John” and “Hey, you, get off of my cow!” and “You are my sunshine” and “Chickens, chickens, shore do love my chickens!” and “Baa, Neigh, Cock-a doodle-doo”.Okay, you get the idea about him just from the song titles by now, I’m sure. And yes, I am still singing the “I love my chickens” song in my head, it’s my favorite.We love this cd, as you can tell. I should just buy them, but I keep getting different ones from the library and rotate them for the boys to listen to. I cannot help laughing, no matter what stressed state we left the house in I can almost guarantee a good giggle.It will be completely silent in the vehicle, well, other than the chattering teeth of a cold winter morning, and suddenly one will belt out “Don’t let Granny in the door!”. How can a giggle not escape you on that one?

One night we were headed home from Word of Life club and every one of the boys was singing. Our oldest sings with a twang just as he hears Buck Howdy do. The next one sings adds little ‘add on’s’ into a song, making it his own. The third listens carefully to everyone else singing and attempts to do a little of all of them, trying not to make a mistake. The youngest goes as loud and proud as he possibly can belt out from his car seat.It sounds awful, but to my husband and I it is the silliest and sweetest time! It’s one of those moments you just want to hold on to for forever.Cherish it and look back and recall it to memory, it’s that great.I usually start giggling so hard I can hardly breathe and tears form in my eyes and it’s just great. But it is truly awful, especially if we join in to sing loudly along.But they sing with all their heart. They love it, it’s so much fun.

What do you think God thinks of us when we sing? Do we sing our songs on Sunday morning or to our praise cd or station thru the week with passion or ho hum? It’s worth thinking about. Because, I seriously doubt that he is going to critique our tone and sound. If it’s from our heart it’ll bring Him more joy than our boys singing to a Buck Howdy cd.

I can’t help but think that no matter what stressed state you started to sing to God in, the songs reminding us of God’s greatness can’t help but calm us.Just something think (or sing) about!(In case you missed her first article, check it out here: Denise’s introduction)
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2 comments:

Mel said...
oh that is so true...the words soak into us as we are singing along...
February 5, 2009 7:26 AM

Heather C said...
Amen... make a joyful NOISE! :)We love the "Seeds of Praise" CDs. They're straight Scripture set to music... my 8yo is so proud that he can rattle off Philippians 4:6-8 like nobody's business! I love that the truth is soaking in... and there is nothing sweeter than hearing praise on the lips of your children! Music to my ears!