Christmas at our house
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December 14th, 2011
May 12th, 2011
What Sean’s been up to…
Sean started composing songs on the piano some time before he even had a piano of his own. He started taking lessons a couple months ago and has quite quickly learned to read music. His years of playing the guitar have given him a good foundation musically but he didn’t have any experience reading anything other than guitar tab. Sean spends hours just playing around and coming up with melodies that are sometimes melancholy, haunting and mostly just wonderful. He has learned how to use GarageBand to mix and record his music. This latest one is my favorite: Sean’s New Song
Additionally, we’ve discovered Sean is a pretty talented photographer. Our friend Em passed along her old Nikon SLR last September and Sean has put it to good use. Here’s a slideshow he created of his favorites:
I have to say I love that he used Best of What’s around- one of my favorite songs! It turns out Sean and I have lots in common :)
May 6th, 2011
motherhood should come with…
My Jogo buddy, Kamille, has been posting these “Five Minute Friday” posts on her amazing blog. The “Five Minute Friday” idea came from here. I was inspired to give it a try today. Five minutes, stream of consciousness style on Motherhood… Here’s my take on it:
Motherhood should come with… Faith. A great partner. A manual? Lots of patience and an extra measure of grace. Motherhood definitely brings a whole lot of perspective to one’s life. It should come with a good play dough recipe, imagination and creativity. Motherhood should be shared with friends. It should come with a sewing machine and patterns to make her children’s favorite costumes. It should come with a way to save, store and remember all the little everyday sweetness that so quickly fades. Motherhood should come with lots of bins and shelves to organize all the special treasures that her little ones create and store. Motherhood should come with a strong heart to bear all the joy, pain, hope, disappointment, fear, and uncertainty.
January 17th, 2011
Rock 10,000′s first single!!
This song was recorded using GarageBand. They wrote all the music and lyrics, recorded each individual track and learned how to burn it onto a CD all on their own. There’s a lot going on in this song and they have lots still to learn but I am such a proud mom!!!
March 27th, 2010
The boys
Cam has been gone since Thursday morning and we miss him a lot! The boys and I spend tons of time together throughout the week- like pretty much most of our waking hours- and we very much look forward to having dad home in the evening and on the weekends. In Cam’s absence, the weekend has definitely had it’s ups and downs.
This picture was from today at Boulevard- one of the “up” moments of the weekend :) Being brothers is so different than being sisters- for many obvious reasons but mainly I see the differences in terms of the physical expressions. My sisters and I would find the smallest couch, chair, bed or whatever and all pile onto it like “puppies” as Cam would call us. Sean and Caleb also are like “puppies” but in a more aggressive way. They are always in constant contact with each other but it’s more like wrestling for who’s most dominant. They love each other more than words can describe but they also find their best/worst opponent in each other. Some days it’s very balanced and then there are days like today…
Looking forward to finishing out our weekend with Cam tomorrow!
March 12th, 2009
Sean painted this:
Sean painted this in the art class he has been taking at BellinghamART. I’m SO proud!
February 11th, 2009
School
To change things up a bit this morning, the boys and I packed up our work for today and headed out to Woods @ Boulevard. We have enjoyed our morning here as we worked on Spelling, Language, Math, Art and Reading.
Caleb just finished reading Much Ado About Nothing Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas video The Secret film
from the Shakespeare Can Be Fun! series. He really enjoyed the story. That boy is a reading machine these days! I have a few more of that series on order from Launching Success. Sean worked carefully on his Van Gogh art project today. He started taking an art class at BellinghamART each Thursday afternoon and has already learned so much.
Last week the boys started a soccer class at the Sportsplex. They work on drills and scrimmage for an hour once a week. It is just the kind of activity they need to break up the monotony of this dreary winter weather. I love watching them play– although it’s a bit chilly there.
We just finished up our second book club book on Monday. Participating in book club has been so much fun and so educationally enriching. Our last book, The Year of The Boar and Jackie Robinson, was about a Chinese girl who immigrated to America who falls in love with baseball and Jackie Robinson. We studied Chinese customs, made Chinese food and even incorporated a timeline of African Americans who have made a significant mark on History.
The boys are both continuing to enjoy guitar lessons. Each week they continue to improve and develop their skills. Sean takes playing guitar VERY seriously, practicing multiple times daily. Caleb, on the other hand, wants to be a rock star and hopes that magically his skill will match his desire.
After this week there will be 17 weeks of school left– which may sound like a lot but with how quickly each week passes, I know it’s gonna fly by! I am working on a plan that will help us wrap up each of our separate curriculums right around the same time in June. We have a lot to learn between now and then. Our brains are going to have to stretch and work hard over the next few months. I am going to have to finally
learn fractions! And then, before we know it, it will be summer.
