We love Austin, it ain't no secret. Sometimes we pretend we are moving there, but we do that with Portland, Chicago and of course San Francisco as well. We went down to play the Fun, Fun, Fun festival and another show. We also did some recording with one of our favorite people, Jim Eno.
Magnolia got play with Drew, Jim's daughter. They are the same age. Our nanny overhead the following conversation between the 3 year olds.
Mags: "Does your mommy play music too?"
Drew: "No, my mommy takes care of babies at the hospital."
Mags: "My mommy and daddy both play music."
Drew: "My daddy works in the studio to pay the bills."
Mags (while nodding her head and speaking with a little 'tude) "Uh-huh, I know."
They totally have it figured out.
It was hot and I couldn't quite reach the harpsichord. Doctor says big baby, again. Or maybe eating those watermelon seeds finally worked.
Magnolia loved mixing the song for us. She had a total tantrum minutes after this shot. Typical producer.
Our nanny ruled. She brought all sorts of surprises for Magnolia and she took her swimming every day a the hotel.
Our hotel also hosted a little person's conference while we stayed there. When we first walked in, there were at least 50 little people hangin in the lobby. This directly led to a conversation of why a large group of "short people" (whom she assumed were kids) didn't have a mom or a dad with them. I was just thankful she didn't say anything about Santa since we had just seen a Chirstmas movie where the elves were played by little people. It could have been really embarassing but it just turned into a conversation about how everyone's bodies are different. And from then on we just agreed to say hi to people when we stare.
This is the last show we'll do pregnant. I'm proud to say I stood for almost the whole set in the heat. I think we still brought it.
Now we're off to Minnesota to see family since we won't be traveling during the winter holiday (baby time).
Show reveiw and live pic