10 More Days

I know that many of you have already started your summer vacation, but I have 10 more school days left.  I’m not complaining. I’m actually trying to slow time down just a little.  Once this year is over, my sweet first born will be a Kindergartener and my baby will be in pre-k!!!  Waaaaahhhhh!!!!  PLEASE…tell me how to STOP time altogether!!!  Well…maybe after the last day of school. 

Right now, I’m busy gathering all of the pictures I’ve taken this year and compiling them all into a slideshow to play at the end of year party and send home with the kids. I’ve been on a little song hunt for the *perfect* music for the slideshow.  Although I know many of you have already wrapped up this little project…and many of you are already out of school…but I thought you might want to tuck this little list away for future reference :) 

Let’s start off by saying pretty much any song from the Curious George soundtrack {Sing-a-Longs and Lullabies} would be perfect for a slideshow…maybe it’s the music or just Jack Johnson in general.  I can’t get enough of his voice.  Anywho, any song from that soundtrack would be great, but these are my personal favorites….

*Upside Down ~Jack Johnson
*Jungle Gym – Jack Johnson
*We’re Going to Be Friends – Jack Johnson
*The Sharing Song – Jack Johnson
*My Own Two Hands – Jack Johnson & Matt Costa
*Better Together – Jack Johnson {on the “In Between Dreams” CD}
Now let’s move on with the rest of the list…
* Home – Philip Phillips
*Count on Me – Bruno Mars
*Count on Me – Whitney Houston
*It Won’t Be Like This for Long – Darius Rucker
*Together, Anything’s Possible – Darius Rucker
*You’ve Got a Friend – James Taylor
*You’ve Got a Friend – Carole King
*You’ve Got a Friend in Me – Randy Newman
*My Wish – Rascal Flatts
*Life is a Highway – Rascal Flatts
*House on Pooh Corner – Kenny Loggins
*Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoole
*Forever Young – Rod Stewart {for a slower version, check out the Brandi Carlile version…SO good!}
*Simple Life – Steve Tyrell {Father of the Bride II Soundtrack}
*3 Little Birds – Bob Marley
*What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong {Stacey Kent has a great version, too}
*Never Grow Up – Taylor Swift {I can’t listen to this song without crying!!!!!!!!!}
*Then They Do – Trace Adkins
*You’re Gonna Miss This – Trace Adkins
*Days Go By – Keith Urban
*I Will Remember You – Ryan Cabrera
*Smile – Uncle Kracker
*This Little Light of Mine – Elizabeth Mitchell
*Child of Mine – Carole King
*Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) – Green Day
*Thank God for Kids – Kenny Chesney
*Kenny Chesney – Don’t Blink
*Every Heart – Sara Haze
*These are the Days – 10,000 Maniacs
*True Colors – Cyndi Lauper {Glee cast has a version, too}
*Sweet Pea – Amos Lee
*Let Them Be Little  - Billy Dean
*Little Wonders – Rob Thomas {Meet the Robinsons Soundtrack}
*Time of My Life – David Cook
*Rainbow Connection – Jason Mraz {Sarah McLachlan has a version, too}
*Small As Me – Rosie Thomas & Damien Jurado  {PERFECT for our little Kinder babies!!!!}
*Have a  Little Fun with Me – Glen Phillips
*We Will Not Grow Old – Lenka
*Dream Big – Ryan Shupe & The Rubberband
*Waiting on the World to Change – John Mayer & Ben Harper
*I Hope You Dance – LeAnne Womack
*Graduation Song – Vitamin C

I’m sure I left out some of your favorites, so let me know what they are!  I’d love to add to the list.  Not that I plan on using them all this year, but I like to have LOTS of options!!!  My personal favorites from this list…especially for Kindergarten…are Never Grow Up, Small As Me, Dream Big, This Little Light of Mine, Have a Little Fun with Me, and any & everything by Jack Johnson :)

Now it’s time to work on that slideshow!!