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Best 12 Days

thank you to my brother, jonny, for finding out the name of this group. i heard them on the radio over the weekend, but i had no idea who they were. i'm definitely interested in getting their album. although, by watching them here, i think a dvd would be even better than the album. enjoy!

p.s. o my word. i just browsed around and found this one. too much fun!

o. my. goodness.

i was perusing the 'freely educate' site and came across a link to the 'kiddie records weekly' site. all i can say is wow. i am so gleeful. :o) see my big cheeser? these are probably a little before my time, but both steve & i fondly remember listening to these or similar versions. remember "wait for the bell to turn the page?" i introduced cyrus & shelby to them the other day, and i was rather surprised at how much they loved them. one story they listened to didn't even have any pictures to go along with it, and they just stood by the computer for 15+minutes entranced with it. we will definitely be visiting these classics more.

      

Chapple Butter

this past indian-summer saturday we ventured over to boehm's for their annual apple fest. we wanted to buy some of their famous chapple butter and also listen to grammy & aunt doris play in the reunited orchestra. it was all completely wonderful. and my always-serving husband even took the children home around lunch time to feed and rest them, while i stayed to listen to the second orchestra concert. (i even took my camcorder.) oh, and as a bonus, there was a caricaturist there for free! so, i now am the proud mama of four adorable little cartoons.

 

First-Day-of-May Adventure

we had the honor of hearing the philharmonic play in this amazing mason-built building. it was a concert made just for children. they even sent out information booklets and cd's ahead of time, so we could learn about the music and the composers. there was so much packed into the booklet and cd we could've probably spent a month on it! (we spent a day.) it was so well done. we all really enjoyed it. and it was exciting to see shelby's violin teacher playing in the orchestra, too. ~bec.

Two For Tunes

i apologize for my blog "dumping." i seem to be posting all at once instead of as-they-come. but i've been aiming to spend less time on the computer and more time doing things i actually want to do. so far this week, i've had my painting project to help me stay focused on this. at any rate, here comes another batch of posts starting with my lil techies. steve handed down our old shuffle to the children. shelby and cyrus know how to plug it into "cari" (we named their computer finally), delete the songs on it, and reload it with the songs they want. oh, and elle mae showed me how she totally knows how to run front row on cari. she can bring up some blues clues anytime you'd like to join her. ~bec.

Cyber Hymnal

wanted to remember 'i heard the bells on Christmas day,' so i went to the cyber hymnal. it's not super professional, but it's a pretty nice resource. ~bec.