"Pump it up to the max!"

[azurelunatic]

So Little Fayoumis got on the stepstool with his sword, and was vigorously "pump[ing] it up to the max" by playing air guitar and singing the following:

"Daddy looks a lot like Santa Claus
And Santa looks a lot like him
He didn't come down no chimney
So Mommy must have let him in.
Daddy looks a lot like Santa Claus
And Santa looks a lot like him!"

All of this in the best bad-boy rock stylings, with Elvis-esque hip gyrations. Uberkid, look out! Ladies, look out! (For different reasons, of course.) (Incidentally, today LF and his robot alter/invisible friend were mixing it up over whether or not the pretty popular girl from cookie night was someone's girlfriend, I'm not sure which of them she was supposed to be the girlfriend of.)

He asked for some music, so I searched and found a very nice, peaceful Christmas disk. (Some Yule stuff on there too!) He looked at me. "Could you play YMCA?"

"YMCA" was duly played, and after it was over, as it was about two minutes until bedtime, I switched back to the very peaceful holiday numbers.

I get the Kid Accusing Look^TM. "That's not pumping it up to the max!"

"No, but 'pumping it up to the max' is not good for bedtime," I said. That sort of settled matters.

Comments

[pyrogenic.livejournal.com]

Yay happy making stories!

[easalle.livejournal.com]

Yeah and my kid falls alseep to Happy Hardcore or Marching band tunes @.@

[azurelunatic]

Yes, but he's used to that.

Little Fayoumis is crazygonuts on YMCA. Dancing, boogeying, being hyper, having a great time -- and not sleeping.

[easalle.livejournal.com]

I think it is part of genetic coding in our houshold. Shaun goes to sleep to the most obnoxious speed metal. I am lulled by hardcore '80s hair bands. It really is odd....

[azurelunatic]

My Uncle Skippy can sleep through a marching band, but if you tune a violin or a guitar, he's right there.

[azurelunatic]

He's such a cute kid. He's going to be a terror when he grows up...