Short and sweet today :)

Ethan has a rocket ship on the front of his pjs. It's orange with green wings. (Wings? Is that what they're called on a rocket ship? I don't know.)

But he is quite adamant that it's not a rocket ship, it's a carrot.

What kind of child is this?

Any boy prefers a carrot over a rocket ship has been well trained.

I taught him everything he knows :)

10 Things of Today:

1. Ethan loves the taste of kids tylenol (the liquid kind that's grape flavored.) If he wants some, he says "I have a beaver (fever), I need medecine."

2. I almost enjoyed my Science lesson (almost).

3. Four of the other kids are at the museum with my grandparents for the free admission week. I refused to go because I'm still scared of that mammoth.

4. Piano starts again tomorrow. I'm happy :)

5. I bumped my head on the ceiling in my bedroom, which I haven't done in months!

6. I am entering an Odyssey trivia contest. Does anybody know the name of the employee Lucy talked to at the Calvin Bloom company?

7. I made four pumpkin loaves yesterday. Two have mysteriously disappeared.

8. The other kids just got home from the museum and Eli says "We saw a big, big elephant that was super big and made loud noises. It wasn't real but it was really scary." See? I am justified.

9. Eli also says "And the deers were scary but the bear was nice." ???

10. It's only 12.47. There will likely be more this afternoon.

Emma

And they said...

So, we're putting on Ethan's 'handsome shirt' (any button up shirt) and after I got it on him I said "Ethan, you are super handsome," and he said "Yeah. I am handsome like a cow."

You know it, buddy :)

January 6th, 2009: Choir, etc.

In choir we are working on three main songs right now. The first one is a Bach piece called 'Der Geist hilft unser swachheit auf'(spelling?). My choir director said it means 'the Spirit helps us through all our hardships' roughly translated. It's a lot of fun. Another song is by Georg Tellemann and it's called "Der Schulmeister' Which means the schoolmaster. It is a little mini musical play with 5 songs and acting in between. It's about a schoolmaster who thinks he's a wonderful singer and the best at everything and his class is trying to prove that they're smarter than him. It's all in German but I can understand some of it. They need a few actors from our choir to play brats in the acting part :) We are performing both of those at the Pacific Baroque Festival in February.

Another song we are working on is called African Jigsaw. It's another musical play with lots of songs and some recitations in between. It's about Africa! (No kidding!) I think it's interesting but lots of the kids in our choir don't like it. I don't like all of the songs but I do like some of the more upbeat ones. I'm having fun :)

See you tomorrow!
Emma

More News years resolutions

As you may remember, my resolution last year was to start a blog. This year I am upping the antie.
I am going to attempt writing everyday. Doesn't have to be long, doesn't have to be exciting. Like a facebook status or twitter, uh, tweet? Not that I use twitter :)

So, in 2010 I am going to write a 'status of me' everyday. Less than a paragraph. A single sentence if that's what it takes. Maybe I'll make a novel out of it next year.

Can I really do it? Time will tell.
See you tomorrow!
Emma

Amazing grace how sweet the sound, the lion sleep tonight.

Oh brother. Miles and Isabel have started singing "Amazing Grace" to the tune of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Apparently it's from a movie.

Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like meeeeeee
I once was lost, but now I'm found!
Was blind but now I seeeeeee

Aweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Awe Um mum mum baway
Aweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Aweeee Um mum mum baway

You get the idea. Try it yourself. The tune actually fits the words quite nicely. I cannot wait until choir starts again.

Another year...

Another year has passed us by.

8 Birthdays
1 Anniversary
1 Valentine's day
1 Christmas
1 Easter
1 Trip to Africa
1 New little Bambino (well, not yet :)
8765 Hours
525,600 Minutes
31,556,926 Seconds
One more year of life :)

Hope it was good for y'all too <3