Top 10 songs

(This is an old post that for some reason stayed in draft status and never got published, oops)

In the car on the way home from daycare the other day I asked Riley what her favorite song is. She seemed to like thinking about it, so we went for second favorite then third… She would close her eyes and say “I’m looking at all my songs and trying to choose” and wave her fingers around in the air, them suddenly open her eyes and burst into song. Pretty awesome. Here’s her list:

1. The Aisha song (a really sad song from a story about a little girl who learns how to be happy again after her mother dies. Riley is obsessed with the story and the song)

2. Puff the magic dragon (she still listens to this on repeat sometimes while falling asleep)

3. All the Curious George songs (from the movie soundtrack, see previous post)

4. Twinkle twinkle little star (a classic)

5. Abcd’s

6. The elephant marching song from the jungle book

7. Bare necessities (jungle book)

8. King Louie’s song, I wanna be like you (from the jungle book. King Louie is a jazz singing orangatan)

9. Ka’s song, trust in me. (continuing in the Jungle Book theme)

10. The vultures song, we’re your friend. (JB)

11. “The song at the end of the movie with the girl in the pink dress” (JB)

Yes, she loves the jungle book. LOVES it. I have to say of all the Disney movies I’ve seen, it’s certainly the least offensive, and the music is pretty good. Since we don’t let her actually watch the movie that often, we end up listening to the soundtrack a lot… and the songs seem to be in all our heads even when not listening to the soundtrack,