Pum Pum...again!

I'm a big fan of Christmas music. Come mid-November, Christmas tunes are near-constant background noise at our house.

Remember this?

Well, it seems Kam has taken a play right out of Nedy's book; his love for The Little Drummer Boy rivals that of his big sister. (Who, incidentally, has broadened her horizons a bit this year with a new favorite, Feliz Navidad.)

Kam is nothing short of a Little Drummer Boy (a.k.a. 'Pum Pum') junkie. He can be completely occupied making "num nums" at the toy kitchen or "zooooom!"ing his car all over the floor and cease all activity the instant he hears even the first 2 "ding dings" of the Little Drummer Boy. "Pum pum!!! Pum pum!" Absolute pure delight.

So the other night I was rocking him to sleep and he was in his usual three-minutes-into-rocking-eyes-closed-about-to-nod-off state when the darned Drummer Boy comes on the radio. I may as well have given him a Pixie Stick (or seven) in his bottle. "PUM PUM!! PUM PUM!! PUM PUM!!!!"...all the while clapping his hands with the biggest, goofiest smile on his face you can imagine. And then the child who usually falls asleep within mere minutes is wide awake, full of the giggles and random exclamations of "PUM PUM!" for the next 15 minutes.

And would you believe the exact same scenario played out the next night?! What are the odds that that song would come on while I'm rocking him to sleep two nights in a row?!

And, more notably, what is it with my kids and that song?!?! ;)