Happy (one day after) Mother's Day!
To my mom, Buffy and all the Mommies who have loved and shaped me - a very Happy Mother's Day to you!
And a super-special bunch of love to the Ella who has made me a Mommy :) Just to show you what a rock star kid she is turning into (and a lucky mommy I am), I have included a short video of Ella rocking out in the back seat to the Eagles of Death Metal.
She is a little like a New York hipster kid in that she typically is too cool to smile or look like she's enjoying herself during the good songs and, when she knows you're watching, won't rock out until your back is turned. Then she lets loose. And yes, at about 26 seconds in she is playing air guitar - I didn't get the camera out in time for her ripping solo a moment before.
I adore this child.
Just to keep in line with the rocker Mommy's Day theme, here are some fun quotes from moms of up and coming indie rocker bands. My personal favorites:
OK Sun Uh, mother of SuSu's Oliver and Andrea:
So this is what you do? Hmm. [long pause] Oh, is that you singing? You know, I think this is future music. Yes, music for the future. This is really good, sounds Eastern to me. The girl can really play guitar. What's "Anarchitect"?
Debbie Kube, mother of Team Robespierre's Ty Kube:
Team Robespierre is generating fun and spreading joy. Their passion for
their music is infectious. Does it get any better than that? You are
living the dream. GO TEAM! All those piano lessons are coming in handy.
I love you, Ty.
One day I hope that an indie rock magazine interviews me about Ella's upcoming albums - I promise not to be *too* embarrassing, although everyone will know me anyway as I'll be the crazy one at ALL her shows in the back wearing a t-shirt with Ella's face on it kicking butt when people aren't singing along or clapping loudly enough. Or something. And you know it's true.
Happy Mommy's Day :) You are all rock stars to me.
You are so right, Ella really does save all her best moves for when the camera is turned off! It's easy to catch her in amazing dances and song, just not so easy to catch that on film. At one point in that video she could have been playing the castanets. :-)
Love you so much, Katie! Happy Mother's Day to you again... go ahead and celebrate the whole week!
Posted by: happybuela | May 12, 2008 at 08:16 PM
I love how at the end of the video she suddenly remembers her very cute little cherries on her outfit :)
She's like 'rock and roll, rock and roll, rock and... oh my, well look at these!!'
Posted by: katie | May 12, 2008 at 08:36 PM
No way! I can't stand it!!! That is too cute! Even when she isn't smiling she is adorable!
Happy (belated) Mother's Day to you Ella's Mommy!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: MishMish | May 14, 2008 at 04:33 PM
Rock on Ella! Thanks so much Katie for posting this. You're a wonderful mom! (Remember this for when Ella is a teenager.)
Posted by: Paloma | May 28, 2008 at 06:32 AM
That was waaaay too cute! Rock on!
Posted by: OverDad | May 28, 2008 at 12:45 PM