One of Evan's obsessions is the Singapore Flyer. Nothing makes his day more than us driving past the Flyer on the Shears' bridge. My mother has been bugging me to take the twins up on the Flyer but I am reluctant because it is expensive. Anyway, the boy seems content with us driving past it. Perhaps he hasn't figured that people can actually go up on it.
Another one of his obsessions is to get me to sing to him. He makes me sing strange songs. About the weather, about the Singapore flag and about the Flyer. All this is often requested as he is falling asleep and I am already mostly asleep. About a month ago, he requested that I sing about the Flyer. I couldn't think of any other tune to put it to than Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars and I couldn't think of very many words to put to it because seriously, I haven't been on the Flyer and it's really not something that impresses me. But for my son, I make it up as I go along.
Yet another one of his obsessions is to learn the words of songs and to sing it, at increasing speeds, to the point where it is just a big blur of words. It totally cracks us up because his words aren't clear to begin with and when he ups the speed of it, no one has any clue about what he is actually going on about.
This is him, singing the Singapore Flyer song. There are 2 speeds to it. It went on even faster after I stopped recording but we were already late for church as is. You will also notice that the stools are all placed in one straight line. Once again, his handiwork. Thankfully, for neighbourly relations, I have convinced him and he is strong enough to carry it out, to actually carry the stools rather than drag them all over the house.
Here are the words for those who are interested. Not the most imaginative but he is chuffed enough and it does indeed make "Evan a happy boy".
Flyer Flyer, in the town, (I changed it to 'by the sea' but he didn't like it)
Round and round and round it goes.
Up in the sky and down on the ground.
Making Evan a happy boy!
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Monday, November 09, 2009
Boy Idol
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Hey, here's a suggestion... didn't you say they love "Wheels on the Bus"? Seems to me Round and Round is perfect for describing the flyer...
ReplyDeleteThe Singapore Flyer goes round and round,
Round and round, round and round,
The Singapore Flyer goes round and round,
All day long.
The doors on the flyer go open and shut...
The people on the flyer go in and out...
etc... heh...
Nope. Tried that. Failed. He told me to stop.
ReplyDeleteLOL... must have been sacred to his mind... cannot violate something so beloved. *grin*
ReplyDeleteOh I like the way he said, 'Again! Faster!' and went on to sing the song at supersonic speed!! :) Okay technically it can't be supersonic but you get the drift. He's so funny! :)
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