The kiddos and I went to work\/school without Micky today. She was at home to make sure some deliveries were properly setup (come check out our mack-daddy backyard & deck!!)<\/p>\n
And so in our way that we do, we talked most of the car ride about what we saw, words that start with certain letters, and what we were going to do that day. And then when the inevitable lull came in the conversation, we popped on the Bluetooth player, loaded up YouTube, and jammed to:<\/p>\n
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars. Amelia says to me, “Daddy, point to me when it’s my turn, and I’ll sing my part” which amounts to singing “Hot Damn” as loud as she can during the chorus (with a few “OOOHHHs” thrown in as well). Luka starts wiggling his butt, and gets his funk on. That boy has\u00c2\u00a0hips. That comes from my side of the family. Uptown Funk was my choice.<\/p>\n
Then it was Luka’s turn. He decided to go with an instant classic…<\/p>\n
Idina Menzel has nothing on us. We can belt this song like there’s no tomorrow. And I’m pretty sure that we don’t get a single lyric correct. That is true Onvural singing in the car magic.<\/p>\n
And finally, Amelia went way past her years, and chose one of my all time favorites…<\/p>\n
And as she sang, “Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah” we got to school, hopped out, and started our own individual days.<\/p>\n
It feels like you’re doing something right when you can have mornings like these<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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