Because Babies Grow Up

I was inspired to find more gown-up style kids’ music after the positive feedback on the post about For the Kids. I didn’t have to go very far to find the band Milkshake who releases a brand new CD (their fourth) today! They offered us a CD to review and we jumped at the chance to hear the sounds of a rock band turned kids’ music band.

We got the CD on our way out the door to the grocery store. Now that we live in rural Tennessee, a drive to the grocery store and back was enough time to hear almost the entire CD. We danced, bopped our heads and even chimed in on the chorus of a couple songs that were pretty easy to learn. I think my favorite part of the initial listen was the first song. It’s energetic, catchy and fun then there’s a guitar solo. It’s perfect.

After listening to it quite a few times now, we find ourselves singing You Did It! anytime those words are appropriate for our situation. This is a CD our whole family has enjoyed together. I’m interested, too, in going back to their earlier albums. The band turned from indie rock to kids’ music when band members became parents. Their first CD was made when their children were babies/toddlers and so it has great appeal to that age group. As their children have grown, so has the music and themes of the songs. I think the girls will love to grow up with this band!

To celebrate the release of their new album, Great Day, Milkshake has offered to giveaway one CD to one lucky Because Babies Grow Up reader! You have one week to accumulate as many entries as you’d like! Here’s how:

• Visit Milkshake’s fan page on Facebook and check out the songs from the new album on the left side. Come back and leave a comment about which song you like. (required)
• Become a fan of Milkshake on Facebook. Leave a new comment telling me that you did. (1 entry)
• Subscribe to Because Babies Grow Up’s new subscription feed in the right sidebar. Leave a comment saying you subscribed. (1 entry)
• Share the post on any of your favorite social bookmarking/networking sites. You can use the button links at the end of this post. Please leave a comment for each site you share it on. (1 entry per site)

This giveaway is open until Sunday night. A winner will be chosen at random from the comments using Random.org and will be announced Monday morning. The winner will have until Monday evening to claim the CD. If I have not heard from the winner by Monday night, a new winner will be chosen and announced Tuesday morning.

Enjoy checking out the band Milkshake and sharing this wonderful band with friends, family and your favorite social networks!

*By the way, my baby turns 1 today! Happy Birthday, Elizabeth. We love having you in our family.