One of Shay's favorite songs, it will not surprise you to learn, is "The Wheels on the Bus." Right now, he thinks all buses are school buses, so we usually sing "The Wheels on the School Bus." He likes to request specific verses -- he loves hearing "The baby on the school bus goes wah-wah-wah"; I think it helps him work out some issues about the baby who sometimes cries in our house -- and he loves hearing about the Mommy and Daddy on the school bus who go "I love Shay." But, sometimes we exit the realm of people and sing about the fire truck on the school bus, the dump truck on the school bus, and the digger on the school bus. He kind of polices the sound effects too: once, in a sort of tired and bored mood, I sang that the fire truck on the school bus goes vroom vroom vroom, and he promptly shouted, "No, Mommy, whee-oo-whee-oo-whee-oo!"
Today, we worked on some construction paper fire truck/school bus creations -- I cut out the bodies of the trucks and a couple sets of wheels, attached some tape to them, and let Shay choose where to stick the wheels. Then, I got out some crayons so that he could draw on the paper, but he had other ideas: "No, Mommy, more wheels."
Your wish is my command, master.
