1/25/2014 Grammy Nominees Concert

Nominees on stage for the finale

Wow! What a great show today in LA featuring The 2014 Grammy Award Nominees for Best Children's Album! All five nominees came up on stage to play songs from their nominated album. The concert aired at 6pm EST/3pm PST today and will repeat tomorrow at 1pm EST/10am PST on SiriusXM 78. Great performances!

Bart, Kenny, Rocky Alvey, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Mindy

Radio Special Playout:

• Opening Jingle
• Intro from Kenny and Mindy
• Beth Nielsen Chapman and Rocky Alvey interview
• "Rockin' Little Neutron Star" - Beth Nielsen Chapman
• "Test Re-Test and Verify" - Beth Nielsen Chapman
• Kids: Margot and Zoe interview
• Jennifer Gasoi interview
• "Little Blue Car" - Jennifer Gasoi
• "Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well" - Jennifer Gasoi
• "I'm A Bubble" - Jennifer Gasoi
• "Happy!" - Jennifer Gasoi
• Alastair Moock interview
• "When I Get Bald" - Alastair Moock
• "B-R-A-V-E" - Alastair Moock
• "This Little Light of Mine" - Alastair Moock (with Elizabeth Mitchell)
• Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton interview
• "Kooks" - Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower
• "Arm in Arm" - Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower
• "Blue Clouds" - Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower
• Justin Roberts interview
• "Check Me out, I'm at the Checkout" - Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players
• "" - Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players
• "Recess" - Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players
• "Turn Turn Turn" - Elizabeth Mitchell, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Justin Roberts, Alastair Moock, Jennifer Gasoi
• Closing from Kenny and Mindy

DO Give Me That Broccoli!

Mindy asked why everyone says that they don't like broccoli when they really do!! Kids from all over called in to report that they DO, in fact, like broccoli and also described how they liked to eat it....

You Know Your Kid Calls into XMKiDS Too Much

when they walk around saying this:

Chloe's Message

Political Birthday Party Poll Coming Soon

The Weirdo and Judy Gumsmacker are running in the Goobernatorial race of the great state of Coliflordia, shaped like a duck and with "Paper Airlines".

The Weirdo promises ice cream for all (on Saturdays and Sundays) and JudyG promises lactose-tolerance for all.

The Weirdo is running as the Cow Party's candidate. Jack is his campaign manager, who will call in to "clean up" after The Weirdo, when he says something "wacky."

Judy Gumsmacker is running as the Octopus party's candidate. Party color is Red. Emma is her campaign manager.

Campaign slogans?

Update:
The Weirdo - No cafeteria glop! parties a few times a month. Should we deny the loctose-tolerant people ice cream because of the lactose intolerant folks? He will provide milkless (five star) brownies from the lactose-intolerant.

Judy Gumsmacker promises soy ice-cream to lactose intolerant citizens. She also promises free video games. Funds will come from selling pens made of ink from octopi.

Random:
Is there such a thing as milkless brownies? Yes Dairy Free
Brownies

Thursday: JudyG will need a break, so Absolutely Milkshake will be on.

Friday: The candidates will be out in Ghost-town, Coliflordia, so they won't be campaigning the air (Spooktacular Pumpkin Jam will air).

Old Governor was Ian Smith, but then he turned 13.

Grievances and platform suggestions:
Better Food
Free Duct Tape from all hardware stores

(Apologies - I can't change the spelling of the state or the race in the poll since people have already voted -- it is "Coliflordia Goobernatorial.")

I love Mindy's choice The Shins - "Sometimes You Win, sometimes You Lose". Best of luck to both candidates. Win or lose, this is incredibly fun!!!!

(Stay Tuned. Possible debate 5pm Wednesday)

Hey MINDY! Robbie's Shirt.

So, Chloe got through to Robbie and asked about his "special shirt". I have NO IDEA what he answered to her question except that she says it wasn't very nice about you...uh oh :)

Chloe didn't like Robbie's dessert suggestions -- spinach (saag paneer is good for dinner) and crackers with fish and chocolate (she told him that we're vegetarians). Hmmm, who can blame her?

She did tell him her three favorite songs - "Real Tall Tree", "Sally Can I Walk You Home", and "There's A Carp in the Tub".

Quiz on demand?

Chloe called in to Mindy today. I asked her what she was going to say if she got through, and she said she was going to do a quiz. huh? Mindy hadn't proposed a quiz, so I told Chloe that maybe that was not a great idea. Not to be disuaded, Chloe went on with her quest, got through and told Mindy that she was going to do a spelling quiz.

Mindy didn't miss a beat. Chloe interrupted Mindy's asking her how to spell something with her own word. Chloe's word was "qat". After the interview with Kat Vellos earlier, Mindy said "k-a-t". Chloe said no, "q-a-t, a tropical, evergreen shrub". (If you've listened to enough XMKids, you know where she got that word.) Mindy was gracious enough to offer a prize, but Chloe turned the choices down (new brake pads?) until Mindy got to the book that she really wanted. Ugh. My child.

813 Mile Road Trip

As seems to be normal these days, my kids and I drove 600+ miles. While we did not listen to XMKids the entire time, we did listen in a lot. Chloe called Mindy to talk more about the tooth fairy (and toilet seats that play music, though Mindy didn't air that part). We enjoyed listening to what all the other kids had to say about the tooth fairy, dolls that pee and more.

Mindy promised to discuss a tater toddler doll, but never told us more. Both girls tried to call in for the "Spell Check" but didn't get through. I was a bit shocked by the word that was the choice of the caller.

Robbie never told us about his shirt; wonder what made Mindy get all worked up about it? Chloe called Robbie and told him about the card she had made for him.

XMKids sure helps keep me and the girls entertained on our long car trips!

Mindy's Back! - Tooth Fairy

Mindy's back - Yeah!

Chloe called in to giver her lost tooth news. Along in the story, Chloe mentioned that the tooth fairy can make herself look and sound like mom or dad. Chloe wondered where the tooth fairy lives.

Kids called in with the news:
The tooth fairy probably lives in a gold castle in the clouds, or a castle made of teeth or under a pillow. Another report is that there are really more than one tooth fairy; that's why different kids get different gifts from the tooth fairy.

Chloe's tooth fairy knowledge comes from the book The Real Tooth Fairy by Marilyn Kaye and Helen Cogancherry.

More information about the history of the tooth fairy:

• ToothFairys.Net
  
• Tooth Fairy on Wikipedia: Reading here, it seems that many cultures have a tooth rat or mouse instead of a tooth fairy!

Lost Tooth and Tooth Fairy Songs:

• The Jimmies - Teeth - Make Your Own Someday
  
• Roger Day - My First Loose Tooth - Rock 'n' Roll Rodeo
  
• Monty Harper - Loose Tooth - The Great Green Squishy Mean Concert CD
  
• Sparkles 'n' Bubbles - Has Anyone Seen My Tooth? - The Big Happy Album
  
• Recess Monkey - Dr Wiggle - Tabby Road
  
• Eric Ode - Loretta Lost A Tooth At Lunch - When You Smile
  
• Maureen Conlin - Lost Tooth Blues - Achoo! Achoo!
  
• Justin Roberts - I Lost the Tooth I Lost - Way Out
  
• Johnette Downing - Tooth Fairy - Fins and Grins
  
• Mary Kaye - Tooth Fairy - Mouse Jamboree
  

Absolutely Anybody

is on this afternoon. As Mindy was looking for ways to fight illness on Friday, I think we can assume that the suggestions didn't help, and she's out sick.

We hope that she'll be feeling better tomorrow and be back on the air.

Chloe called in and chatted with someone, but she didn't know who he was. Chloe broke her big news, but she didn't get on the air. Her requested song "The Song of LIFE" from ScribbleMonster was found and played, however.

(Chloe also called in and talked to Kenny this morning, giving him the scoop on her big news and speaking about homeschooling.)

Book Hour and More

Whoa - I thought I was busy today!! We did manage to catch some of Mindy's show, though not as much as we wanted. We forgot to take Robbie (our XM receiver) with us, so no XM while driving around. Too bad XM doesn't have an iPhone client yet (as far as I know). Other things we forgot today -- Chloe's goggles (left in DC last weekend), a top to Chloe's swimsuit (grabbed two bottoms by accident -- but we were early enough to have time to run home to fix the problem), my phone (left at gymnastics).

Enough about my "mommy had a virus yesterday brain" ... Back to Mindy's guests today.

First up was Drew Lachey and the Magical Veggie Challenge:

Help us right this musical wrong. Gather family and friends to record a video performance of your rewritten bean chant that conveys beans are a vegetable.

Submit your video for a chance to win $5,000 and a trip to New York to meet Drew Lachey and perform your chant!

Next up was Savannah Outen, who is about to go on tour with The Naked Brothers Band. For more information:

Savannah's website with links to her YouTube and MySpcae sites.

The final official guest was the one I most wanted to hear, but missed all but the first two minutes of... Mindy interviewed the author of what sounds like a book just up my alley, Eco-Friendly Families by Helen Coronato. I wonder if it could help us and our stuff problem. More info is on the author's website Helen Coronato: The Next (Kinda) Big Thing. (Addendum: Her book reportedly lists a bunch of websites that support greener living and a lot of specifics which is something that is often hard to find in these kinds of books.)

We spent the afternoon weeding out stuff. I wish there was a solution to the stuff. Everyone gives kids stuff. Kids find stuff on the playground, in the woods. I can't keep stuff out of my house. But then I have to deal with it.

Chloe called in to chat with Mindy and announced to everyone that we were going crazy cleaning the house. Mindy joked about putting people into the "free pile" that we put a lot of our stuff into. Chloe went on to tell Mindy that I always talk about putting Chloe into the trash cans. Oh great. A family joke, of course. Chloe asked for "The Song of LIFE" by ScribbleMonster, which was the song that managed to help us through the craziness of the day.

Savannah's video:

Thanks Mindy

As Chloe started to get bored on our ten hour trip home, she decided to call Absolutely Mindy at XMKids.

Wel,, she and Chloe chatted for what must have been ten minutes. (Coincidentally, we were in Gastonia when they chatted...we had once been in Gastonia with Mindy for an XMKids Traveling Roadshow!) They talked about Chloe's trip to DC and about Chloe's two loose teeth. Mindy then posed a question to the XMKids listeners "What should Chloe do with the tooth that she wants to keep instead of putting it under her pillow?" Listening to the listener responses kept us occupied for quite a long time! Thanks, Mindy, for keeping us entertained on our trip home!

And we were sad that Robbie was unstuck last night. Chloe had wanted to call and talk to him as well....poor Robbie, missing the chance to chat with Chloe (ha!).

Whew!

Chloe got through to Robbie and requested Pop Fly. We love the whole CD (I guess it is released tomorrow?), but the title track is our favorite so far. I can see that almost every other track is growing on us. Chloe says that this CD is her favorite Justin Roberts CD, so there's a glowing recommendation for you, since she loves both "Meltdown" and "Way Out".

Frustrated

Chloe's been trying to get through to Mindy, but hasn't succeeded. She wanted to tell her that opening the fridge and standing there for ten minutes trying to decide what to eat was one way to waste electricity.

Her request was, not surprisingly, "Pop Fly", but Mindy just played it; cool.

We're waiting to hear her apology to Robbie for calling him names.

Yeah for the XMKids Homeschoolers

The latest caller to Kenny was a homeschooler. Perhapd XM Kids should consider some cool show in the middle of the day directed at the homeschooling crowd out there (including us). Could be pretty cool, I think.

No Night Owls on the Animal Farm?

Chloe called in to talk to Kenny and request "I Wish I Lived In Michigan" by ScribbleMonster. When Chloe told him she had just got up (really she had been up for almost an hour playing in her room) at 10:15, he had to double-check that she was in fact in the Eastern time zone. Anyone who knows us knows that my kids take after their dad and are night owls...

Luck - Not the Skidoo Kind

At first, it seemed that Robbie wasn't taking calls. But then, he gave the XMKids phone number, and Chloe tried immediately and got through right away. He asked her what she was having for dinner (pizza and carrots) and if she ate her carrots like a rabbit...

Chloe's request? As Robbie had already said he was going to play Roger Day, she asked for "Chocolate Milk" from ScribbleMonster. Roger Day and ScribbleMonster were her two top choices tonight, and she had a hard time choosing between the two.

Robbie played their conversation on the air, which thrilled both girls! She didn't tell him where she was from, so either he remembered her, or he's got caller id :)

Dirk on the Phone

Chloe said that she wanted to call in and talk to Jerk the Chipmunk. Camille and I thought Dirk might get quite a bit insulted by the misnomer, so we saved him the pain and corrected her. Chloe called in to the Animal Farm and asked to speak with Dirk. She wanted to know if he was related to Alvin, but no, he is just a friend. He asked her what her favorite show was, and she said she only watched movies and that her favorite movie is Cinderella. Since the conversation didn't air, I'm not quite sure what else went on in the conversation. Dirk hung up without asking Chloe what song she wanted to hear. But Kenny had just played "Chocolate Milk" from ScribbleMonster so we'll say that was her choice.

Strike Two

How's your belly laugh? The kids calling in are really funny...enough to get us all laughing along. Great theme!!

But, Camille (the first caller to Robbie tonight) requested "Rock n Roll Babysitter" from Uncle Rock, and Robbie couldn't find it. Sigh. I thought XMKids would have a greater breadth of music than that! The Plays Well With Others CD was a Gooney Bird Kids top pick in the 2006 Fids and Kamily Awards.

Missing CDs

Chloe called this morning to ask Kenny to play "Best of Friends" from ScribbleMonster. Unfortunately, he couldn't find it. He asked if she mind if he played The Michigan Song instead, and she acquiesed. We think XMKids should have the "Best of Friends" CD!

Cats Beware

Chloe called in to talk to both Kenny and Robbie today. Her main story for her XM Kids heros was that she and Camille dressed Gazoo in a dress for "National Dress-Up Your Pet Day" last week. If I remember right, this holiday was highly advertised by Jinx. Chloe requested "The Saga Begins" and "YODA" today.