Well, we finally made it home from our trip to Tennessee. We are moving to a fairly rural part of the country. We’ll be right at the crossroads of the Tennessee-Virginia-Kentucky border. Fortunately, they have high-speed Internet there. Unfortunately, our motel did not. I had planned to keep you all (y’all, from here on out!) informed about the trip, but that was not possible.
Today I’m sharing one of my favorite songs: Leavin’ on a Jet Plane. I love folk music because it’s easy to understand the words; I like the harmonies and I can sing along. We typically focus on traditional kid songs with actions and kid themes. But every once in a while it’s great to introduce little ones to other types of music. This broadens their knowledge and appreciation of the art of music.
I chose this particular song because we flew to and from Nashville. On our return flight we were waylaid in Denver overnight due to a ridiculous snowstorm. At one point I really felt the words of the line: “Don’t know when I’ll be back again.” We had just told Sammi that we would see her in a few hours and read her books and tuck her into bed and then they canceled our flight and rebooked us for the following evening. Then that flight was delayed two hours. We didn’t know how to talk to her about coming home because we didn’t want anymore broken promises. Luckily, she LOVED her time with Grandma and hardly missed us at all. She did squeal with delight when we finally walked through the front door. So that made me feel a bit better 🙂
I hope you all get into the folksy mood today with your little ones. I’ll tell you more about the highlights of the trip another day.
SkylarKD says
Believe it or not, I’ve never heard the original version of that song before! I love the version by Chantal Kreviazuk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7RLcq4Kn3Y