Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Family Jammin’

November 7, 2010

We’ve had a fun family weekend I have to say! Last night, we watched Toy Story 3 – which was excellent! But that’s a whole ‘nuther post. Today, we (the kids and I) played Rock Band for about two hours. It was SO much fun!! We decided right off to switch out band members and vocals every two songs so everyone would get a turn. We also made sure that most of the littles were on easy and they knew the song lyrics. With that set we were off!

Maggie was the first to sing and she did very well! Becky and Katie however needed lots of help with guitar and drums, and their big brothers stepped up to the plate. Joe sang the next set with the girl backing him up on guitar and drums – kind of like the Go-Go’s mini style. Joe really got into his singing – I have to say he was quite good. Next set Steve got in on the act, but I only think he sang one song overall – mostly he was on instruments. Every two sets, we gave the little kids a break, and Matt, Chris, Steve, and I were on. I sang vocals on a couple songs, and the next set Matt sang vocals. At one point Maggie decided to sing cat style to “That’s What You Get” – there was a lot of meowing by her and Katie throughout. Very cute!

We played mostly classic rock and 80’s songs. I chose “Just Like Heaven” as it is one of my all time favorites. Others were: “Go Your Own Way”, “Take It On The Run”, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, “Don’t Stand So Close To Me”, “That’s What You Get”, “Still Alive”, “Rio”, “Don’t Stop Believin'”. We ended the jam session by playing “Bohemian Rhapsody” and the room came alive with 7 voices singing this classic of classic songs. It was pure bliss for this mom to have such a close moment with her children singing and making music together. *sniff*

I hope we do this again because it was an absolute BLAST – one of those moments that’s a true memory maker. I also was the band’s photographer and captured these moments to remember the occasion. Enjoy!!

Setting up for the "gig".

Maggie is ready for her solo.

Matt helps Joe tune his guitar.

The concert begins!

Joe rockin' on.

Helping Becky and Katie

Our all girl band.

Steve on guitar.

Matt singing "Take It On The Run".

Maggie and Katie doing a duet of "That's What You Get".

Chris on guitar now.

Steve on drums and Joe on guitar.

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On November 8, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Val said:

Looks like fun!

On November 11, 2010 at 7:27 PM, java_queen said:

It was - even with my singing! I love singing, I just don't do it well.

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