That lady, a mature-looking bunny, sits in a yellow rocking chair, knitting (garter-stitch, nothing fancy) while the little guy makes his rounds. By the time I arrived at “Goodnight noises everywhere,” I was mopping my face with the teddy bear blanket. Plus, “Goodnight nobody?” It was a knife to the heart. It lacked the wild abandon of “Jamberry” and the wacky nonsense of “There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!” The lone red balloon made me feel like I was staring down a well, and the font reminded me of a standardized test. The vote was unanimous: “That one is the best.”Įxcept it wasn’t. I picked “Goodnight Moon” because I remembered how veteran parents had slapped their hands over their hearts when I unwrapped the slim hardcover at my baby shower. Reading was something I could do with aplomb, and I thought the experience would be soothing for all involved - including my husband, who was sweating over instructions for a bottle sterilizer that looked like R2-D2. The one-handed stroller collapse that would become my signature maneuver was a mirage shimmering beyond a desert of sleepless nights. My diapering experience was limited to Cabbage Patch Kids. I’d been a mother for long enough to know how little I knew: My bathing and feeding skills were weak. My firstborn daughter was only a few days old, swaddled in a blanket printed with baleful teddy bears, when we made our first foray into the iconic picture book by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd. Not in a dainty, tear-dabbing way I’m talking Niagara waterworks, heaving sobs and a red nose. A relationship like that can only go on for so long, then its time to pack up and leave.' Ī's Rohan Kohli stated on the music website, 'I instantly fell in love with the gorgeous vocals, lush, soaring choruses, smooth, harmonic guitar leads, and the heaps upon heaps of layers and accents.' In support of the album, the band took part in the 2006 Warped Tour.The first 25 times I read “Goodnight Moon,” I cried. It is about looking over the fact that someone lies in the relationship. According to Ryan Dunson in a lyric feature on Euphonia Online, 'This song is about loving someone even though they have lied to you before. The first single from the album was 'Liars and Battlelines'. It was Rookie of the Year's first release as a full band, after originally being formed as an acoustic solo project of lead vocalist Ryan Dunson. The Goodnight Moon is the second studio album by the American indie rock band Rookie of the Year, released by One Eleven Records on April 11, 2006.

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