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I was home by myself last week with the three kids and we did what so many kids and fathers do when Mom leave them alone together.  We turned the music up.  Loud.  And we’re not talking kid’s stuff here, we’re talking Radiohead’s Ok Computer.   

High on the list of the one million reasons I love my children is that they love music.  It has become such a central part of their lives and of our lives together.  Whether playing their guitars, dancing, music at church or singing on the way to bed — music is such a part of who they are and I love it.  I’m not big on children’s music, but just about any other music the kids want to explore I’m up for exploration.  Jacob was pretending to play the banjo the other day so I found some Bela Fleck for him to jam to.  Michael has taken to listening to my iPod in the mornings after I go to work and everyone else is still asleep.  Maggie just loves to move no matter what music is playing.  

Music’s central place in our lives has a lot to do with some choices we’ve made about how to set up our house and with some great new technology which has changed the way we listen to and discover music.  Good topics for a future post, but the end result is that our days are filled with music.  It has put me in a reflective mood about music and how much I love it.  I really, really do.

Note:  If you click on the album covers the link will take you to the MySpace Music page for the band where you can listen to the album for free (legally).