Peanut Butter Memories

There is one children's song that has recently resurfaced in my memory. It was there, but it wasn't something I thought about a lot, that is until my daughter's last music group.

We were sitting on the rug with pictures of animals and the names written in English and Spanish. I was struggling to get my just about two year old to focus and to do the actions with the songs when suddenly they sang "Peanut butter"

It was as if for the briefest of moments that time swung back wards to my now fourteen year old and his then Kindergarten class. They required an unopened jar of peanut butter and they put on a short little skit featuring this song.

We Love Peanut Butter (Tune:Allouette)

Peanut Butter, we love peanut butter,
Peanut Butter, that's what we like best.
Do you like it on your head?
 yes, we like it on our head.
On your head?
 On our head. OHHHH

(Point to different body parts as you sing about them)

Do you like it on your shirt.....
Do you like it on your pants....
Do you like it on your socks.....
Do you like it on your shoes....
Do you like it on your underwear....

The weeks leading up to this performance were filled with my son running through the house singing this, in the car, wherever we may be he sang it. And even now all these years later he will ask me if I remember him singing this song at school.

I do, I remember sitting in that auditorium and looking at all the little kids up there and feeling my heart swell with pride that my sweet little boy was up there. That he was growing up and that this was the first of what I hoped would be many performances. It was a spectacular moment for me as a mother.

And being the somewhat sentimental Mom that I am, that is why I was taken aback when I heard the song at music group. I felt sad that it went so fast. I felt silly that it had brought tears to my eyes. As soon as I could I sent my oldest son a message telling him that his little sister had sung this song. Well, not really, as she is still learning to speak. Later that day I spoke to my son on the phone and I asked him if he could sing the song for me. Of course, now he is a big boy and he can't sing a baby song. At least not when other people are close by and might hear him.

I really hope that they do that song again in music group. As silly as it sounds, it really did warm my heart.

Cherish each moment that you are given with your children. Embrace the escapades and try to find the humor in each one. I know this is very often not an easy task. I have had my share of escapades as a Mom of two boys and now a daughter who really reminds me of her oldest brother.



This song was found on www.drjean.org/html/cds_f/keep_on

I would also like to dedicate this post to my oldest son, you know who you are and I pray that one day you too will appreciate all the special moments that come your way with children of your own. Love Mom