Modern American Rule #1: The road is no place for a person who's paying attention.

Let along one who's on a bike. With a little baby in a trailer. But we did it anyway and enjoyed an evening of wine, women and song (more like beer, family, and jazz, but whatever) by bicycling down to the Chandler Jazz Festival way back when Chloe was just a little 8 month thing.

Brooke and Chloe playing around during Christmas
If "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and those cliché radio versions of "Silent Night" by country music superstars excite you as much as a bawling colicky newborn in the middle of the night, I might have a good choice for you.

Music sure is magical, isn't it?
We're giving that purple blob of felt a run for his money. If you've ever been at your wits end with those Barney songs and your child's unwavering request for said songs, this one's for you.