Saturday, March 13, 2010

ZZ top and the early morning rock band

it's one thing
to wake up early on a Saturday morning to a crying baby.
it's completely another thing
to wake up to the blazing sound of untalented children on electronic instruments.

I don't know what got into my kids this AM, but they were up early to
ROCK OUT!


There are several things I find funny about this situation:
#1 Luke abandoning his drum sticks to play with his feet. Whatever inspires.
#2 Zack's knee holes. No one gets THAT much wear and tear out of their pj's. No matter how much he denies it, we all know there were scissors involved.
#3 their BYU hats. I can GUARANTEE this was Ben's idea. Nothing says ROCK STAR like a bunch of white, matching Mormons.
#4 Zack's expression. the older boys were definitely posing for the picture, but Zack was in the middle of the chorus. Every once in a while, he stopped singing so he could play his red tambourine. I am still not sure which sounded worse.

if you care to see (hear) it live,
a short clip of their first cut is uploading on my home videos blog.

4 comments:

Laurene Ross said...

Love the holes in the knees! I finally broke down and bought my 3rd boy some sweats of his very own( not passed down three times and holy as all get out!} And yes white matching Mormons, especially under four feet, ROCK!

Emilee said...

Looks like American Idol is taking hold of the boys at the Shumway house. Love the air drum sticks! We caught up last night on AI & I was as surprised about Katelyn going home as Lily- WHAT? It's quite an eclectic top 12 if you ask me. Secretly I think Big Mike might take the cake this year. XOXO

Brandon and Lindsay said...

I love homemade rock bands! What's great is I remember doing it as a kid and thinking we were so cool and so good! And now I love laughing at my own kids because they are NOT good (and I'm sure I wasn't either, sadly!)
Oh, and we do have pajama pants that have worn the knee through, even without scissors. They are the few pairs that have made it through all three boys, and Jake was just too much for them. Oh well, when you're too cheap like me you just cut them off into pajama shorts!

janet said...

Linds- You know, possibly, just possibly the pj's could have worn THAT much at the knees. Ben and Luke both wore those pjs and guess who wore them before? The Mattheson boys from the good old 15th ward in Spokane. After 5 boys, maybe those holes are "natural"

And I am ALL about cutting them off and making them into pajama shorts. Especially during these Vegas summers.