Have You Voted?

If you haven’t yet voted today, get out and do it. Control of Congress hangs in the balance (along with many and sundry local issues). Bring the kid(s) and make it a lesson in citizenship. (If they’re too young for that, bring them anyway. The seniors who staff the voting booths will coo over them and make you feel good.)

Don’t know where to vote? The Goog has the answer.

Songs About Second Thoughts – from Erin Lee

Photo credit: Mark Bergin

Children’s musicians Erin Lee Kelly and Marci Applebaum have been kind enough to do a monthly guest post about children’s music for a few years now. (It all started when I heard them perform their song “Fine By Me” on an R Family cruise: “My family doesn’t look like the families do in picture books/And that’s fine by me.”) The two are no longer recording together—but Erin Lee has a new band (soon to have a new album), and has offered to continue sharing fun songs by herself and others, along with ideas to make the songs an interactive experience for the whole family.

Look for more music suggestions from Erin Lee here on the first Monday of each month, or visit her homepage, www.erinleemusic.com.

I’ve created links to Amazon for the full albums (click the album name), plus links to Amazon MP3 downloads, when available, for those who want only the singles. (Click the song name.) I also have a widget after the jump that will let you preview most of the songs without leaving Mombian.

Sometimes when you’re having a hard day it’s easy to think that things are just terrible and they’ll never get better. So it’s wonderful when we get the chance to give a situation a second thought and change our outlook! Sometimes we change our minds when we learn more information about the problem. Sometimes we try something new and discover that things weren’t so bad the way they were. Sometimes we simply benefit from a blessing in disguise.

Here are three story songs where the narrator starts off believing one thing . . . but by the end of the tune has second thoughts and a brand new point of view. Read the rest of this post »