Heigh hos

When my mom takes Ivan for a walk around their neighborhood, they encounter numerous tacky front yard decorations, including some standard garden gnomes.

This prompted my mother to start singing the "Heigh, Ho" song from Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs and to She couldn't remember the lyrics or anything beyond the Heigh, Ho refrain.

But Ivan started singing Heigh Hos, so I decided to try to find that song on that treasure trove called Youtube from my iphone.

And there it was. Not just the Heigh Ho song which the dwarves sing while they're working in a mine, but also the song where they sing/dance with Snowwhite, and the one where they wash their faces.

Now, Ivan loves to watch these three videos on my phone.

"Heigh Hos, mama, find Heigh Hos," he asks me. He's particularly fond of the "Dancing Heigh Hos."

"Dancing Heigh Ho, find dancing Heigh Hos, mamma," he asks repeatedly.

I'm not sure whether he likes that video because the dwarves are dancing or because they play different instruments. It's probably a bit of both. I just recall him being fascinated with the instruments on that Josh Groban concert we watched on PBS a few months back. We need to take him to a live music performance, preferably a free one, a performance that's part of some outdoor festival, or maybe some high school production. I think he would enjoy it.


We've been listening to Heigh Hos for a while now. I've been using these videos to divert attention from from doing something he's not supposed to, and, more importantly, to get him to calm down and rest, and, cross my fingers, fall asleep when it's nap time. Since this summer it's been virtually impossible for me to get Ivan to go down for a nap. But when we sit on the leather couch and watch Heigh Hos, he occasionally does relax and fall asleep for a two+ hour nap.

The only problem with Heigh Hos is that occasionally the Youtube app doesn't work, which can be a major problem and disappointment for Ivan.