Daddy's Fish BowlA Clear View Of A Father's Family Experiences

Anybody that knows me will tell you that I’m a big kid at heart.  So the majority of the time, playing with the kids is more of a treat than a choir. I love creating goofy, crazy games to play with Ty & Tre.  The kids love it; they’re naturally silly anyway.  With that being said, bare witness to our super awesomely cool blues band: “Blue Pans & Bang Bang”.

Ah man, I had to take a minute to laugh.  I haven’t seen that clip in a few months &  watching it again, I remember how much fun Ty & I had creating the band.  I’m not exactly sure how the band name was derived, but I do know that it was all Ty’s doing.  He’s always good for a random saying that makes no sense to anyone but himself & sometimes me as well.  We use this great skill of his to aggravate Fefe at times.  Ty will come up with something completely stupid but funny sounding, for example, a few days ago it was “Doo Doo Bip”, now I have no clue what a doo doo bip is, or what it means, for that matter.  But go ahead, try saying it really fast and I bet you’ll at least crack a smile.  Warning, if you’re in your cube or another public place, I’d advise waiting to perform this activity, people WILL look at you like you’re crazy. 

But anyways, back to the story, Ty comes up with the doo doo bip saying and I play along.  We head into the kitchen while Fefe is cooking and start asking her if she knows where the doo doo bip is?  Did she take the doo doo bip?  Has she seen the doo doo bip?  This drives her absolutely crazy, and provides more than a few good laughs for Ty & I.  Clearly this phrase means absolutely nothing, but the fact the both Ty & I appear to know its true meaning & Mommy doesn’t is enough to provide entertainment for a short amount of time at least.

Now that you have a little insight on the imaginative nature of Ty’s mind, you can better appreciate “Blue Pans & Bang Bang”.  The band formed because I was a little down that day and asked Ty to play a game of “Hungry Hungry Hippos” with me to cheer me up.  I told him that I had the blues & if he played with me, they would go away (I was lying, but it made him feel useful).  He says “What are the blues?”  I couldn’t believe that he didn’t know what the blues were; his poor misguided soul must be introduced.  I told him to get his band playset and I’d teach him about the blues.  Ty was in charge of naming our band and I was in charge of naming the song.  With our two kooky brains working together, our debut hit single was born.  I foresee a long career ahead for Blue Pans & Bang Bang, our Hungry Hungry Hippos song will be on iTunes & in all major retail outlets soon, lol.