A Little Bit Angry, A Little Bit Rock & Roll
Learning to channel one’s aggression is as American as apple pie. So is a Fender Strat. So I guess it only makes sense that rocking out on the guitar would be a great way to release some of the stress and anxiety of toddlerdom. Especially for a toddler whose only word is helicopter and Ah-na-na-nah!
Apparently, one of the best cures for little dood’s temper is a good old-fashioned jam sesh. It doesn’t matter where the jams are coming from. Guitar. Piano. Makeshift bongo drums. Head-butting. Music is the “head-clearer” du jour. Er… du week?
…At least until that gets boring. And then it’s on to the next household item that can make noise and doesn’t break in five seconds.
Just another day in the life of a tortured artist, man…
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It totally sounds like he says, “I like it” at about 54 secs.
Yeah, I heard it too very clearly, “I Like It.” Next time, you gotta sing along.
That’s so cool! There’s nothing like music to soothe the savage toddler beast. One of my #1 babysitting tools is/was my keyboard. Let a toddler bash her frustrations out on that and you have made a friend for life. Luckily, I’m hearing-impaired so I just take my hearing aids out and let the kids rock out.
I can’t wait until my daughter is old enough to rock out with us! She’s getting pretty good at the drums, judging from the hellacious noise she makes at dinner!
Holy shit! You’re right! He said “I like it”… How can I be his mother and be the only one who doesn’t understand his langauge. Man, I suck.
My kid has a set of bongos. All he needs now is to grow his hair out and to start smoking pot. Just kidding. I want Archer’s shirt. Where did you get it? I’m going to google it right now.
That’s too cute. Especially with the shirt he’s wearing. Was that a backstage performance?
I was all exited to point out that I heard him say, “I like it”; it’s cool that others heard it too. So, what else has he been saying?
Ha. That’s like spoken word poetry. Cool, man. Snap snap.
hey archer, im a tortured artist too, wanna hang out? if I am too grown up for you, you can hang with george, he speaks the same language as you, and also likes to make me say “ow”
Archer is toooooo cool
he is so freakin cute!!! I love him! we need a play date….move here! pretty please???? love you and miss you
Well when parents do understand their children, it amazes me a lot more than the shock of them not! I’m proud of my interpretation skills because I was pretty sure he said “I like it”, and I’m just a single 27 year old male with no kids! I’d like to think I’m the compassionate type, because the inner thoughts of a mother are just one more topic that fascinates me. Of course I’m not without some reason for sympathy. My siblings now have seven children between them (as of 3 nights ago), and I get to be the fun uncle at get togethers. Anyway, this is a great blog, and I’m forwarding it to all my siblings and their significant others!