Memories of that rainy day with the boys

I've just returned for one of the best holidays ever. I spent part of it with one of my oldest friends from my navy days and his beautiful wife.

They also have two gorgeous boys. The eldest is five and the younger one is about two. They are the cutest and liveliest boys with what seems like inexhaustible energy levels, always playing games or running around. They would wake me up at six in the morning bursting with excitement cause some or other alien has invaded the room. The room where I was sleeping in, and we'd have to defend our fort (my bed) with imaginary light sabers or laser guns depending on which alien force they decided we'd have to fend off.

Anyway, their mother had to go into work one day and left me and my friend to look after the boys. It was a rainy day and we decided to take them to a kiddies farm that has a jungle gym and all sorts of contraptions to make any special forces soldier collapse with exhaustion after completing only two rounds of the course.
There I was squeezing my body through padded rollers, tunnels, spinning wheels and climbing through tiny holes that no adult was supposed to squeeze through trying to keep up with the youngest of the boys, when all of a sudden he sat down and declared that he was tired. I accepted this break gratefully.

I fished out some kiddy fruit juice, opened it and handed it to him. While he was sipping his juice he started humming and soon started singing too. I didn't really concentrate on the song as I was still trying to catch my breath and regain what dignity I had left after falling quite unceremoniously off a spinning wheel.
After some time though I did start listening to him singing. Something to the effect of 'I need a dollar, dollar that's what I need...' What  sort of nursery rhyme has those lyrics I thought?
Later while we were driving back looking for a place to eat Aloe Blacc's song 'I need a Dollar' was playing on the radio, and the youngest burst into song again singing along with Mr Blacc. My friend turned to me and said that that was the youngest favourite song, particularly when they were driving.

I've been back home now for almost a week and while driving to see a supplier Aloe Blacc's song was playing on my favourite radio station and I started singing along, letting my mind roll back to that memorable day I spent with my best friend and his sons on that rainy day.

So here's that song so that you can also share in my memory too.
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6oYX1D-0w&feature=related