Idolising Children?

Ah. It has been a big week. Aren’t they all. Anyway, as a consequence, less words this week. Less articles. Less blog posts. Less GeekDad.

But, there is a backlog of Whispers at Bedtime. And, there have been books, and a Christmas Tree put up. Boys are writing Christmas lists and Santa is going to have his work cut out with “Agents” Lego.

This week’s Whispers at Bedtime gives props to my favourite song writer of all time Anthony Atkinson. I understand he is now also a primary school teacher. Lucky kids!

Anyway, I pull out the guitar after bedtime stories and sing a few songs. Anthony’s work is high in my repertoire. The boys favourite song at the moment is “ecstatic” and gradually they have asked questions about all the lyrics. I’ve done my best to explain. But, how do you explain the concept of “ego” to a five year old? You can see a youtube clip of The Mabels (Anthony’s old band) playing the tune at the Bridge Mall Inn  in Ballarat on youtube. I showed my boys. Surely that is another aspect of the internets we hasn’t thought off. I can take my children back into the pubs of my misspent youth through youtube. They loved it!

Song: Ecstatic from “Scenes from a Midday Movie”, The Mabels (circa. 2003)

Tags: anthonyatkinson, ecstatic, the mabels, songs