4 things about me

I know I’ve been MIA for awhile.. seems like life just keeps creeping up on me these days *grin.* Everything is good here, just extremely crazy busy so, bare with me. Anyways, I thought this would be a fairly quick and painless post, seeing that I’ve received something similar in my email a couple of times here lately.

I have been tagged by Jo to do “4 things about me,” so here goes.

Four jobs I have had in my life:
swimming instructor, lifeguard, Mad Science instructor, chiropractic assistant

Four places I have lived
Fort Scott, KS; Lawrence, KS; Fort Wayne, IN .. yes that’s only three places.

Four Places I have been on Vacation
Florida to Disney, Colorado to ski, Maui on my honeymoon, and Greenville, SC right before I had Bean.. and yes, I’d love to travel out of the US one of these days.

Four of My Favourite Foods:
Matt’s steak with sweet potatoes, tacos (mexican in general), pizza meatballs with freezer corn, and chicken and noodles with mashed potatoes

Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:
skiing in Colorado, in sunny, warm SC visiting friends, visiting friends and family who live in other states, serving in a beautiful place.

And now I am supposed to tag four other people, but seeing that the only person I remotely know with a blog is Jo, who already did this… I’m leaving it up to the first four people who read this… Copy the above and add your own answers in the comments section. I look forward to reading your answers!

Have a great day!

tara

eggs

Can you believe it’s almost spring time?? Ok maybe that’s wishful thinking, but Easter is only a month away. So to help usher out some of the winter time blues and get us thinking about spring.. I thought I’d share a post from Craftastica that I thought was marvelous… naturally dyed eggs.

Aren’t they gorgeous? You should go check it out.. and if you decide to give it a try, I’d love to see your results and I’m sure Kristy at Craftastica would too.

Oh, and speaking of eggs.. if you are a common consumer of organic, free range or locally boughten eggs and have wondered what to do about those pesky red spots in the occasional egg- to eat or not to eat? According to Jill from the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board, “There is no health hazard from eating eggs that contain red spots.” Click here for a full explanation.

have a great rest of your weekend!

tara

Update: Unfortunately the valentine’s apron for my daughter has yet to be done and I still can’t seem to get the video of her singing off of the burned DVD onto our computer.. once I stop working so much this will be top priority people. thanks for being patient!*grin*

Music Together

Sorry for the temporary hiatus. I’ve been working more here recently (as in every Monday and Friday all day). And I started Beth Moore’s bible study Stepping Up: A Journey Through the Psalms of Ascent last Thursday (Woohoo!… more on this blessing later).

Anyways, onto our focus today.. awhile back I learned about Music Together while reading through one of my Montessori resources. So Bean and I recently started participating in a Music Together class. Now mind you, prior to this class, Bean and I were prone to frequent music/dance sessions (although akin to the dance scene here in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids). But we have really enjoyed participating in the class and have learned some cool, new ideas too. Today I finally put in the “home” CD they gave us at class and we have been listening to it pretty much all afternoon. It’s great because it has all the same music we do in class, so now we can sing and dance to it whenever we want! There is also a CD for the car and I’m curious to listen to it now. Our teacher Allison told us last night that this music has different rhythms than the the music our culture has, so it allows us to experience rhythms of many different cultures. We sing songs, play musical instruments, dance around with scarves or pieces of fabric (which I have in mind to make for home), do rhythm repetition, sway to lullabies and generally just enjoy the music.

One of the best things about this class is that Beanie Girl started singing around the house a lot right after we started going. This may just be coincidence because I know it’s a common developmental milestone at this age, but nonetheless it has been such a joy to hear her sing. She frequently sings “Jesus Loves Me,” (singing “Oh No” instead of “this I Know”) “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” (singing “Bow Bow” instead of “Bow Wow”) and the phrase “Higher Higher Praisin’ the Y(L)ord” (which I think she made up trying to remember the words to “Hallelu Hallelu Hallelu Hallelujah Praise Ye The Lord”) *grin* We even got her to do it in front of the video camera the other day. I’ll have to post it once my dear husband edits it and burns it to a DVD, so stay tuned…

Other than our Music Together CD and Little Bean’s acapella singing, some other well-liked kid friendly music from our collection (including a music DVD) are: (in no particular order)

       

And a lifesaver from Bean’s baby days:

I hope this is helpful to any of you looking for some kid friendly music.

have a great day! tara

Happy Groundhogs day!

Happy Groundhogs Day everyone!

Ok I know, who really celebrates Groundhogs Day. But honestly, ever since I can remember my family has celebrated February 2nd. While we don’t celebrate Groundhogs Day, like apparently a lot of other people do, we do celebrate my little brother’s birthday today, so Bean and I worked on a little coloring project today. We had a little problem starting out…

but we finally got it right

complete with 2 lipstick kisses

Hope you had a great birthday Todd!

And since the most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow this morning, here’s wishing all of you a happy six more weeks of winter; hope you are enjoying it as much as we are..

Have a great rest of your weekend!
tara