Elizabeth Mitchell's amiable voice feels like soft caresses on your cheek, making even classics like "You Are My Sunshine", "Skip to my Lou", and "Goodnight Irene" sound new and beautiful. Her husband and daughter join her softly in about half of the songs on the album, creating a pretty harmony. Mitchell's daughter sings the first verse of "Crawdad" a capella before Mitchell, her guitar, and the bass join in for the second verse. Mitchell even covers the 60s rock song made famous by Cat Stevens, "Here comes My Baby" and makes it sound perfectly natural as a mellow children's song. "Going Down the Road" is one of Mitchell's own songs which have tiny bells dispersed throughout the song, giving it a dream-like quality. "So Glad I'm Here" is very upbeat and sounds gospel inspired; although it is just Mitchell singing with a piano, bells, and clapping in the background, it sounds like a choir could break in at any moment. Each song has an instrument that is dedicated to keeping the steady beat, and can be picked out by listeners.
Your little one may very well want to sing or hum along, especially when Mitchell's daughter can be heard piping in whenever she knows the words. The song, "Car Ride" is full of fun noises to emulate, such as the "Click clack" of the car door, the "Vroom vroom" of the vehicle" and going "Zoom zoom" home. It ends with real car horns honking, which your child will certainly recognize and enjoy! "Alphabet Dub" is a great learning tool or aid to teaching your little one the alphabet, as the entire alphabet is heard six times throughout the song. By the sixth verse, only a few of the letters are sung by Mitchell, giving listeners a chance to fill in the blanks. "Lady Bug Picnic" teaches numbers up to 12 with plenty of repetition for your little one to practice.
My three-year-old friend, Sam, really enjoyed the song "Ooby Dooby". When I asked him what he liked about that song so much, he said it was his stuffed alligator's name. This is just a crazy guess, but I'm assuming that Sam heard the song before the alligator was named; otherwise, that is the weirdest coincidence ever!
--Audra