I have been meaning to recommend this album for a while. It is one of the few albums that I am happy to listen to over and over again, which is a good thing because it is already playing here at 7:06 in the morning. You can’t buy it on Amazon or iTunes, you need to order directly from the guy’s website, which at first annoyed me and then made me somewhat happy that there were still folks out there producing and distributing albums on their own.

If you haven’t heard Seth Decker, and unless you listen to XM Kids every waking minute you very well may not have, go listen to him. Our two favorites are “Open the Red Door” and “Edna the Elephant.”

Edited to add: His website has gone MUCH more high-tech since I bought the album.  You can now download the album directly from his site instead of ordering it and then having to spend two weeks trying to explain to your obsessed kids that not so long ago you couldn’t just buy and instantly download music on your computer…

I not the best in terms of keeping up with photos of the kids.  But I have just lost the memory card to my camera, which had all of the pictures since Christmas.  The trip to London, C’s sixth birthday, the missing teeth.  All gone.  I am seriously about to rip open the vacuum cleaner bag to see if it ended up in there.  ARGH.