Alia has been singing along to songs she doesn't know. If I am singing along in the car, I have a little echo in the backseat, and she follows the notes pretty well, for not knowing the songs she is singing!

As to the stuff, not sure if you have freecycle in your area, but then you can make people come to you to get stuff... If you don't have time to get to Goodwill, that is. Now, will you come do my house, too?