"I like pina coladas!" Max informed the two women. We were at the Runway of Dreams Gala last Thursday, and they had recognized him from the blog. Turns out they live in Las Vegas, the city Max is planning on visiting in December. Why? Because he saw some Las Vegas fire trucks in a video and decided it would be a good place to go. Max was telling them all about his plans, which evidently includes tropical drinks.
Lately, Max has been telling everyone he meets about his trip to Las Vegas. (Dave will cash in some air miles and they'll go around Max's birthday in December.) A new occupational therapist came over to the house yesterday to meet Max. She wanted to talk about life skills; Max wanted to discuss his dining plans for Las Vegas.
Last weekend, Max attended a recital for a group of kids and teens who get music therapy through Jammin Jenn. (And yes, it was quite the week between his graduation and walking the runway.) Participants sang Over the Rainbow, Imagine and Don't Stop Believin'. One played bells, another the steel drums. But my Max? He sang a song he and his amazing music therapist, Amanda, made up called—wait for it—Las Vegas! Where Max will drink pina coladas, see the Beatles show (I'm afraid to look up whether it's topless) and have good luck.
It was rather awesome. Yes, I've been proud of him for singing standards like Let It Go, but crooning about a joy trip to Las Vegas involving pina coladas is a whole other level of music therapy.
The lyrics are below, in case you'd like your child to sing this at a recital or impress relatives at your next family gathering.
I want to go to Las Vegas
It's a six-hour flight
Las Vegas is new to me
It will be a delight
I will stay at my cousin's house
We'll go out to eat
The weather will be very hot
I'll eat mac and cheese...and meat!
I want to see the fire house
And see the fire trucks
I want to stay for two weeks
And have good luck
I want to swim at a hotel
And wear goggles too
I'll drink a pina colada
And have so much fun with you
I want to see the Beatles show
And sing "Yellow Submarine"
I will go with my cusin
And then we'll go to Dairy Queen
Las Vegas, Las Vegas
It's a six-hour flight
Las Vegas is new to me
It will be a delight!
Image source: Flickr/Tim Shields BC
Oh this is so fun! He's getting to go on lots of fun trips lately!
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Max is becoming quite the traveler! Does Sabrina get to go on fun trips too?
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ReplyDelete"I will stay at my cousin's house
ReplyDeleteWe'll go out to eat
The weather will be very hot
I'll eat mac and cheese...and meat!"
Cousins are indeed good travelling companions, Max.
"Las Vegas, Las Vegas
It's a six-hour flight
Las Vegas is new to me
It will be a delight!"
And I love that Tim Shields graphic. All the transportation!
"I want to see the fire house
And see the fire trucks
I want to stay for two weeks
and have good luck".
This is a classic "I want" song in a musical. So it does tie in with all the standards at Jammin Jen. [Maybe not more than one Beatle cover was covered?]
"I want to swim at a hotel
And wear goggles too
I'll drink a pina colada
And have so much fun with you"
My own swimming dreams have involved goggles. And lap swimming. Hope the pools in Las Vegas are all you dream of, Max!
"I want to see the Beatles show
And sing "Yellow Submarine"
I will go with my cusin
And then we'll go to Dairy Queen".
"We all live in a yellow submarine". And the timbre and the imaginative element.
I like the way you prepare your own work at the concert. And sing communal songs in communal places.
I think the Beatle show will be "cream of the crop/the top of the top".
Bells and drums are incredible - respect!