Totally 80s Tuesday!

Finding out how to be a good mom to BigRed is my current "challenge." Love him to bits. But he has been, by far, my most stubborn and grumpy child. Maybe it's the reddish hair (it's really more just a strawberry blonde), maybe it's 3rd child syndrome--whatever it is--he can be a real stinker.

I caught a glimmer of hope when we were driving in the car and he asked me to turn off the talk radio and play some music. So I turned on the CD player, which had an 80s mix in it (created by none other than dear reader, Sister Wife). Well, BigRed must have seriously liked what he heard, because when we got home, he took the CD out of the car and put it up in his room. He listens to it when he is playing. He listens to it when he falls asleep. Ahhhh, yes....nothing like falling asleep to the sweet sounds of Peter Cetera....and Starship....and Huey Lewis and the News. Such a sweet, sweet lullaby....

So, my heart swelled with even more pride the other day when we were walking through the grocery store and he asked me the following question (he likes to quiz me all the time on random things): "Mom, what song has this in it: 'No time is a good time for goodbye?'"

None other than Starship's Sara, of course. He was thrilled with himself, and I was thrilled for him too.

Ahhh...there is hope. For all the grumpiness he sometimes exhibits, he loves him some 80s classics--and that might just be enough to see us through the next few years....