On the road

We were driving in the car last week when Tani had interesting conversation on his cell phone.  It's a real cell phone that's no longer active and has no battery - I think he has more fun with it than cell phones that light up, make noise, or even actually call people - he can really use his imagination.  So he's on his cell phone and the conversation goes something like this "... Hi! pause Mommy Neysa and Mommy Malka" pause We're on the road! pause Yeah, yeah pause Absolutely! pause OK, bye".  Tani loves to listen to music in the car.  Melissa can attest to the fact that I get nervous if there's no CDs in the car, which now rarely happens.  His favorite kids CDs are Raffi, Laurie Berkner, and Tom Chapin.  He reliably enjoys jazz and has been known to listen to a Beethoven symphony or cello concerto although he usually wants us to replay certain phrases over and over - Melissa explained to him the slower parts of the music are also interesting to listen to and he would let us play at least a full movement.  The only genres he doesn't like at all are Country and pop-style loves songs.  I know this because sometimes I've had to resort to radio in the car for music, and he quickly protests these types of songs.  Recently Tani, my friend Georgia and I were driving in Georgia's car and she only had a CD mix in the car.  After passing on the first two songs, he happily listened to "Red Barchetta" by Rush.  He also liked "Limelight".  In the last couple of weeks, Tani wants us to rewind songs to listen to the beginning several times before moving on with the rest of the song.  We might repeat a song or parts of a song 3-5 times before moving on to the next one. He seems to be studying/listening to songs he likes more carefully.  It's a lot of fun to listen to music with Tani!