See if this one rings a bell: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
They're the world's most fearsome fighting team!
They're heroes in a half-shell and they're green!
When the evil Shredder attacks,
These turtle shells don't cut him no slack!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
Splinter taught them to be ninja teens!
Leonardo leads and Donatello builds machines!
Raphael is cool but rude, Michaelangelo is a part-y dude!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Heroes in a half-shell,
TURTLE POWER!
Yes. I do know the whole theme song to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
It may not be resume worthy, but it definitely puts me in a cool zone with certain 3 year old boys.
And in case you're wondering, my son is "Michaelangelo the Party Dude"- he even had me write it on his cup at Thanksgiving. Sometimes I'm Splinter but usually I'm April. Sean is usually "Raphael, cool but rude" The dog is usually Shredder, sometimes RockSteady or BeBop. We're all caught up on the names because I rented a season on DVD once. We'd let Calvin watch it for 10-15 minutes a day for a few days, but then quickly noticed that he wanted to play-fight a lot more. A little too much for my taste. So TMNT got the plug.
But I still get a lot of requests to sing the theme song while driving around town. And I do it. Repeatedly. And when we go on walks and see a sewer cover, Calvin shouts, very excitedly: "Look Mama! A TURTLE LID!" Once we even counted all the turtle lids we saw on a walk. Sometimes the small hose-sized ones even count. He also has a green puffy down vest that is appropriately named his turtle vest.
I love it. The blissful playfulness of childhood.
p.s. I've had considerably less time to post, but we do still exist and love to keep in touch. Don't give up on our blog yet!
