just because...babies alway need stuff

Loving all the tragic songs that have been bravely offered up ...at least I know I'm not alone in my enjoyment of songs to wallow by.
I am soooo exhausted - that's what taking your children to a Hi 5 cd launch will do to a girl.
And I thought battling my way through the Exhibition hall at the Craft fair was tiring - no, a few 100 children plus parents who have been waiting for more than an hour and a half to see the famous five wins hands down anyday. It wasn't generally advertised and it was at the Powerhouse museum,so I thought it would be relatively quiet and low key. Wrong , wrong , wrong. As soon as I saw the sardine packed floor , we made a beeline for the next level where we had a good view of the stage and all of the parents fighting for the best position for their offspring. It was worth it in the end - Rose was thrilled to bits to see Hi 5 kind of up close, especially her favourite Tim. I will think twice before I go to a non booked seat kids group concert again.

So todays" just because" parcel is for all of those crafty ones out there who like to make things for babies. A few balls of baby yarn in the three standard colours: boy, girl and a bet both ways, a DMC toy rabbit that has a place for you to embroider something sweet, a repro vintage postcard from a children's book, some pretty fabric including a piece of cotton waffle for a small blanket and a bit of trim and button fun. Chocolate is a given. And as I am sooooo tired I would like to know your favourite song/s to chill out/kick back to. I haven't drawn yesterday's winner yet because the girls went to bed early - I'll do that tomorrow.

As this was such an uninspired post, I will end off with a lovely piece of inspiration that I received in my "words, words,words " swap.

If you can
WALK
you can
DANCE

If you can
TALK
you can
SING

Zimbabwe proverb

Simple and sweet
(but they obviously hadn't heard me help out Maria McKee on "Show me Heaven" when they coined it......)

Comments

[Julie]

Id go for Tracy Chapman. Love her and very mellow.

[Robyn]

Norah Jones is nice. Oh, and Lauryn Hill's slow stuff off of her first album. She has one of those voices.
And Hi 5 must be a group in Australia because Hi Five used to be an R&B group here in the States back in the early, early '90s. But maybe fighting the crowds wasn't a bad thing; the girls went to bed early which can be nice.

[Anastasia]

'BeeGees Greatest Hits' double CD is another perfect chill out CD - love all the songs!

[Rebecca]

Anything by Sade

[gkgirl]

now THIS i can do...
i have a whole playlist
devoted to relax-me music...

sarah mclachlan (anything at all)
james blunt
anna nalick
blue rodeo (rain down on me, lost together)
suzanne vega (caramel)
any coldplay
some enya
some imogene heap
jeff buckleys version of hallelujah
leonard cohen
lots and lots of cowboy junkies

sigh....
i feel relaxed now just writing them
:)
and glad to hear you enjoyed
the concert even with a crowd
:)