The next page in my 52 Lists book asked me to list the "Soundtrack of My Life" right now. Apparently this book does not know me very well. Though I am a worship leader, and I do consider myself to be a pretty musical person, I am also a very highly sensitive (introverted, feeling all the feels, and hel-LO, I am overwhelmed again) person, and I LOVE the quiet. With two toddlers, silence is a very special treat I rarely taint with music playing the background.
So, Dear Book, I do not have a soundtrack.
Hi, my name is Liza, and I am a LAME-O. Hiiiii, Liiiiza....
I will, however, list noises (including some songs) that fill my life now... Because, I think, someday, I will want to remember some of the details of this sweet season of my life as a mama. Someday, I will probably miss these sounds and wish I could play them on Pandora.
- It's late, and the kids are sleeping, so I hear white noise machines playing from both their rooms. Back when they were newborns, all the seasoned moms told me to vacuum while they slept. "Leave the TV on! Bang those pots and pans! They'll learn to sleep through it!" Well, gals, I tried. I really did. And, sure, they slept all of 12 minutes before jolting awake, but I'm the kind of mama that loves HER sleep, too, so I put on some clean yoga pants and drove myself to Wal-Mart, bought a ten dollar white noise machine, cranked it up to the highest setting and enjoyed a relaxing retreat while my babies slept for THREE HOURS. Suffice it to say, I am all about the white noise, people. Also, that sentence before the last one was a pretty run-on sentence. Sorry, Ms. Wilson.
- I also hear Mark's fan. I call it "Mark's fan," like your mom would say, "Go talk to YOUR FATHER." Like, when she was kind of mad and did not want to be linked to HER HUSBAND and would rather identify him as YOUR FATHER. I would rather not identify myself with that choice-word fan for several reasons. He insists on having it on in our bedroom the entire night (that seems tiring to me). He likes the ambient noise (I would prefer silence - please see above). He likes the "air circulation" (I hate the extra sensation of something moving and breezing over my skin - please see above again). Someday, I may miss some of the sounds on this list, but I betcha twelve million dollars I will not miss that fan. MARK's fan.
- The Fray. I thought I should list them here because even though I only listen to them about seven times a year, they are the only band (when I do have a rare moment of craving music) I actually want to listen to. Gravelly and imperfect voices, lots of piano and drums...they are like the BEST vanilla ice cream. Super predictable and super delicious - kind of like home. I heart you, Fray. I also heart vanilla ice cream. #basicwhitegirl
- Whining. OH, THE WHINING that can come from a two and three year old.
- Little voices singing. I am not much for babies, but I do love children when they become old enough to talk and especially sing. I fell in love with both of my kids (ahem, again) when they started singing with me. Will knows all the words to the hymn The Solid Rock and My God Is So Great!, and Charlotte sings a mean Bless the Lord and Happy Birthday.
- Pride of the Dutchmen. I spent an embarrassing amount of time tonight geeking out over Orange City's marching band's videos. I just LOVED high school band and had always wished we'd be as good in our field shows and marching as we were in our concert band. We were pretty darn good, people... Anyway, I NEED to live vicariously through my children as they go to band camp and field competitions and Hollywood parades. (Someone, send a therapist.) Let it be known, we WILL move to Orange City by the time Will is old enough to be in band.
- Diffuser. I finally bought a nice essential oil diffuser that makes very, very little noise. But, on the rare occasions the house is extremely quiet...you'll hear a little puff, followed by the glorious scent of Thieves or Lavender + Lemon.
- All the Frozen songs. Because, hello, I have a daughter. We've watched it seventeen hundred times, but I still pause whatever I'm doing to sing "For The First Time in Forever" with Charlotte and "Love is an Open Door" with Will. Whoever wrote Frozen, please write more Disney musicals. And, while I'm at it, has anyone else noticed the sharp decline of main characters actually SINGING their own songs? Dancing, even? I am not a fan of this let's-play-a-cool-song-in-the-background-by-a-pop-star-while-main-characters-do-NOT-sing-or-dance thing. There are less and less kids' movies that are true musicals, and I'm kind of upset about it.
- Giggling behind closed doors. Will and Charlotte love to run off into a room, slam the door behind them, and play who-knows-what. See here. All I DO know is that I usually hear LOTS of cackling and hollering and giggling and usually find a HUGE mess to clean up. They have so much fun, I can't bear to stop them.
- Indie Holiday Radio. As we've established, I rarely listen to music, but the holidays are sort of an exception. I stumbled upon this Pandora station and have pulled it out at least three whole times this season (which is, like, a LOT for me). I hope you love it.
"Sorry Ms. Wilson" lol
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