My Mom used to tell me that when my brother was little he liked to sit in his room playing with blocks and listening to Beatles records on his little record player. Nick celebrated his 40th birthday this weekend with an amazing Beatles-inspired cake made by Stephanie.
We have a copy of Beatles 1 that Dave checked out from the library. We've been listening to it in the car. I love the Beatles and I can sing almost every word of almost every song. I have a theory that when Nick was listening to those records in his room I was a tiny baby sleeping in the next room and the songs were just imprinted on my psyche.
Sawyer really likes the CD too. He especially likes "Yellow Submarine". Today we were listening to "Help!", and Sawyer asked me "Why does that guy need help?" I told Sawyer I thought it was because maybe he was feeling a little sad and worried and he needed a friend to help him. Sawyer had a different idea and he said, "Here's my idea...the guy was walking along...and he slipped and fell into a hole and his feet got stuck in the mud so he needed someone to come and help him get out of the mud." Of course I thought this was really cute and funny and then I thought about it for a minute... Help me if you can I'm feelin' down. And I do appreciate you being 'round. Help me get my feet back on the ground. Won't you pleeease pleeease help me. I love 3 year old logic.
Eliza likes it too. When "Penny Lane" is on she's in the back seat singing along "La La la la La"
All you need is love...
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Oh, I love the Beatles, too! So are you saying the public library has Beatles CDs? I'll have to check that out. I heard on NPR yesterday that the Smithereens (not a band I'm real familiar with) did a cover of an early Beatles record. I heard bits and pieces of it and it was really good.
Sawyer's interpretation of the song sounds right on to me. I think he's a clever guy.
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