Rainbow Connection Hostage Crisis: Day 32

Day 1
Introduced Milo to The Muppet Movie. He took an instant loving to the song "Rainbow Connection," and started asking me to sing it to him at night. It's not an easy song to sing, but I obliged. Don't know all the words so I make some of them up.



Day 5
Draw Milo a picture of a rainbow on his chalkboard so he would understand what a rainbow was. Milo begins walking around saying "Rainbow Connection" at random moments during the day.


Day 8
Milo starts saying something that sounds like "summer days" over and over again.



Day 9
Determine that "summer days" is actually "some day we'll find it".



Day 14
Milo receives gift of guitar from his grandmother. Plays "Row, Row Row Your Boat" and "Twinkle Twinkle" on it repeatedly. Erroneously believe that Rainbow Connection crisis may have passed.


Day 16
Milo plays guitar while singing the entire first verse of The Rainbow Connection, begining with "Some day we'll find it/The Rainbow Connection" and up through "Da da da dee da da dee." Whip out video camera and make him do it again. Applaud. Marvel at how totally cute my child is.


Day 17
Milo still playing "The Rainbow Connection" on his guitar and singing along. Still cute.

Day 18
Milo still playing "The Rainbow Connection" on his guitar and singing along. Less cute.

Day 19
Milo still playing "The Rainbow Connection" on his guitar and singing along. Getting annoying.

Day 25

Suggested different songs one could play and sing along with. "You don't understand me!" Milo screamed. "No one can take this song away from me! NO ONE!"

Day 30

Woke up singing Rainbow Connection to myself.

Day 31

Am now hearing Rainbow Connection wherever I go. The subway, the office, out on the street - it plays always, always, always.

Day 32

Some day we'll find it

The Rainbow Connection

The lovers, the dreamers and MEEE

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