DON'T STOP THE MUSIC

June 7, 2012

"Music washes away from the soul the dusty of everyday life" said Auerbach.  We can't help but agree while we were dancing with the Putumayo Kids  new cd's that we got for Adrien's Carousel Party. They are great!  But if you don't believe me, check here all the awards they have won over the last years, including the "Best of the Year" lists in the best educational and parenting magazines.
Putumayo Kids are CD's collections with children music from all around the world that introduce children to other cultures. They have child-friendly music with African, Asian, European, American and Latin songs in several languages.
My favorites collections, which I played during Adrien's first birthday party, are (you can click on the links to listen a portion of each song):

• Animal Playground, animal songs from around the world. It's my favorite and a percentage of the sale of this album is donated to preservate the famous Bronx Zoo.
• Sing Along with Putumayo, a selection of classic blues and folks.
• Sesame Street Playground, multilingual songs from Sesame Street.
• World Playground, songs from all around the world.
• Latin Playground, Latin songs. My favorite is a Guantanamera version, sung by children.
• African Playground, African songs.
• French Playground, famous French songs.
• Jazz Playground, cool jazz songs.

And there are a lot more collections...

GRANDPA'S BIRTHDAY

Today is the birthday of my dad, Hugo, who is turning 71 years old. Unfortunately, I can't see him as he lives in Ecuador, so I'm uploading some pictures of him with my son André to celebrate his anniversary.  These pictures are from two years ago when we went last time to Ecuador.  I miss my dad, family, friends and country so much...

In the picture above, André wears Baby Dior light blue t-shirt and shorts.

André's best moments: 2-3 years (4th -and last- part)

knight costume during l'Escalade, a local swiss celebration

This is the last part of this edition about my favorite moments when my son André was younger, from 2 - 3 years old... not far behind. He's now 3 1/2. All this retrospective brought to me great souvenirs. Children do grow up so fast, don't they?

André's best moments: first year (3rd part)

Burberry white t-shirt. Australian leather hat (borrowed from dad).

This is the third delivery of the section I called André's best moments (tomorrow is the last one, I promise!).  In this post, I want to review the second part of his first year of life, from 7 months until 12.  Thanks God for all that year full of joy and blessings in our lives.

André's best moments: new born (1st part)... BORN THIS WAY

Burberry baby sleeping bag

Today I wanted to make a review of all my favorite souvenirs of my son André when he was a little new born baby in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  It's so sweet to remember those precious moments  :)