Gotta be ME

Back story.... There's this GREAT hiphop children's musician, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, who does this awesome song called "Gotta be me". As the title of the song implies, it's about not bowing to peer pressure -- the lyrics go something like, "Who ya gotta be?" and the response is, "I gotta be ME!" This is one of our favorite songs and when we hear it on the radio we turn it up and sing as loud as we can. We also talk about it a lot with Katie and Ella -- how no matter what, you gotta be who you are.... it's a wonderful lesson for kids, right? Quite possibly, for all of us...

The rest of the story... One night we were trying to get the kids in bed for the night and Ella was being especially fussy... cranky, nothing was right... completely giving us the business. Bill said something to the effect of, "Ella, why are you so fussy?" Her reply? "Dad, I gotta be me!"