James is dancing to "Yo Gabba Gabba," this weird, low-budget, 1970s-looking kids' show on nickelodeon. I can't properly describe it; go to yogabbagabba.com to see the madness for yourself. The part James is dancing to here is at the end of each episode where the freakishly skinny man in the furry hat and the orange unitard (I am not making this up) says, "Can we dance? Are you ready? Well let's do it! Break it down!" Then he does this thing with his hands that James is doing in the third picture here. Other classic songs from the show include, "Don't Bite Your Friends" and "I Like Bugs" Why does daddy endure this, you ask? Because while James is dancing to Yo Gabba Gabba, he is willing to eat whatever Daddy shoves in his mouth. This particular day, he had a plate full of tortellini for lunch. We have never gotten him to eat as much as he should without a big struggle, but it seems that DJ Lance Rock can succeed where we have failed.
Along with the weird dancing, James has been working on his singing too. Mommy sings "Who put the overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?" when giving James a bath, and he's starting to sing along. His part goes, "No! Abba na na na na na na cha-doe!" Amazingly, that is the actual harmony part as heard in the original 1901 recording:
Perhaps he'll also like "Whiskey in the Jar" and "Danny Boy."
James also enjoys songs that have a lot of clapping, such as Marc Broussard's "Home,"
"Trip Through Your Wires" by U2
and "Get Ready for the Bettys" from Phineas and Ferb
If any of our loyal readers have suggestions for other good clappy songs, please feel free to send them in.
Below is a picture of James with a pretzel stick, his favorite snack. He calls them "fish," because that's what he learned to call Goldfish crackers when we first gave them to him, so now all snacks are "fish." That's fine for now, but it might confuse the lunch lady down the road. It also kind of looks like he has a stogie in his mouth, which is something we wish to discourage as soon as possible. But until he starts saying "I love it when a plan comes together", we'll be okay.
That's an "A-Team" reference, folks.
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