My daughter has discovered Sesame Street, both the TV show and on music CDs.  We checked out Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music from the library.  She loves it.  Her current favorite song is Furry Happy Monsters (to the tune of REM’s Shiny Happy People).

Anyway, Sara and I were talking about our Sesame Street music memories.  Mine seemed to be more extensive.  I think because I had the Ernie and Bert Sing Along record when I was young.  As my mom will attest to, I listened to it all the time.

Thanks to the internet, I found a site with all the songs available for free.  I still have lots of the words memorized…why my neurons want to keep those floating around in my head, I have no idea.  It was a fun memory, anyway. 

For those with 2 year olds, may I suggest A Very Simple Dance to Do, with the caveat that you may be doing an action dance over and over again.

 I distinctly remember there was a slow song on that album, Morningtown Ride, that I didn’t like because it was right after a fun and silly dance song.  It totally ruined the mood.  But it was a record — you didn’t have any choice but to listen to the song.  I find it funny that my daughter does not have any concept of that.  Whether its music, video, or whatever information she wants, she will have it instantly.  This may be why it is hard to explain to her that she has to wait 3 hours for her Jello Jigglers to be ready.