Off Line Adventures

          Many of you have asked why I took an almost three month “Facebook break”. While I would love to give you a simple answer, I’m not sure a simple answer is really possible. The last few months have just been crazy to say the least and to be honest, a number of things lead me to my decision to disappear for a while.

        It all started in June, we had a couple of friends from Utah and their children stay with us for a couple of weeks – It was a lot of fun but let me tell you, having 12 people (8 of which being children under the age of ten) in a home that is used to holding only four, got pretty crazy at times. :) Shortly after they left, my mothers home burned down, leaving her and my siblings with nowhere to go. Luckily we had an extra room and were able to take them in for a while, my mom and my two youngest siblings lived with us for about two months. My mother and youngest brother are currently staying in a hotel (by choice) closer to where their home was, and hoping to have a new home and hopefully a job in the next few days.

     My youngest sister is still living with us as we gave her the choice to stay here and finish out the school year while my mom gets back on her feet, so far she is loving it. Add to all of that a few personal issues and Destiny starting preschool, getting kids registered and settled back into school, etc and you get one heck of and ending to summer! I could barely keep up with things at home which meant I definitely didn’t have time for Facebook or a blog. :) I am just  now adjusting to having a very lively eleven year old girl in the house and trying to find “me time” again haha! So that is the story behind my mini disappearance. :)

Kayla

The White Queen : My Opinion

If you're a Starz fan you have probably heard of the fairly new series "The White Queen," at first glance I thought "ohh this looks like a woman's version of Game of Thrones." Which if you read my post on the Game of Thrones you will know I don't think too highly of that particular TV show. You can read that blog here if you are curious. I was curious to see whether it was a spin off of the Game of Thrones series or different all together so I gave it a shot.

 

What did I think? It was definitely not just a spin off of Game of Thrones, thank God. The beginning was a little hard to follow (though that may have been because I wait to watch TV until my kids are asleep and by then I am ready for bed too haha), but definitely got better as the episode progressed. I believe it is set in 1464 and the country has been at war for a while, fighting over who the "rightful king" of England is wether it is a man from the York or Lancaster side of the family after the throne was forcefully taken by a man named Edward IV. Though as this is going on you meet a woman who's husband died in battle defending one side and she is left as a widow with children living back at home with her family. She decides she's going to try to win over the king (whom her husband died fighting against) and marry him - I believe only for bettering her family's position and fortune - against almost everyone's wishes. It is a very interesting show, granted there seems to already (in the first episode) be a lot of manipulation and craziness.

 

Unlike the Game of Thrones series though I don't believe this one is quite so degrading to women and there is definitely nowhere near as much nudity or awful language. I am told there are only ten episodes and there wont be another season because it was only meant to be a one season show, I have also been told that much of this show is real/really happened. I have been recording the episodes to my DVR, I am definitely interested to see where this one goes.

If you love books as much as I do you can also read the books that this show came from: Check them out here.

 

*This opinion is based on only the first episode because that is the only one I have seen so far.*

 

Until next time,

Kayla

Casting For The City Of Bones Movie : What I Think

If you know me then you would know that I am IN LOVE with the Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices books. You would also know that I am incredibly disapointed in the casting decisions made by the casting crew associated with the upcoming film: The City Of Bones. So incredibly disapointed infact, that *wait for it* I DO NOT WANT to go see it in theater!

 

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against the people they have casted for the movie aside from the fact that a few very important characters are all wrong for the part... Mostly in the "looks" department. For example we will start with Clairy, unless they plan to digitally change a whole lot about her before releasing the movie I just don't see how she fits Clairys description of being "Five feet tall with curly red hair, green eyes, pale skin, and freckles." or delecate and as the book described "awkward". Lilly Collins is a very powerful looking female with brown hair, brown eyes, and no freckles. See image below:





Now why couldn't they dye her hair red and give her some green contacts at least? I believe someone a little more like this woman below would suit "Clairy" much better:



Of course they might have to get a curling iron and curl her hair a bit, I don't know if that would be asking too much of them ;)

 

Then we have Jace... Is it just me or does this guy theyve casted look a bit.... Well not like Jace....?

I mean sure he could ALMOST pass as Jace with the description "Jace has fine wavy dark golden-blond hair and dark gold eyes. He has a slim, muscular build, and is about 5'11". His face is described as being pretty and angular, and Clary often refers to him as beautiful and leonine, with a narrow mouth. His eyes were much lighter in City of Bones, Ashes, and Glass; Clary describes his eyes and hair are darker in City of Fallen Angels." I dont know but I don't think I would describe Jamie Campbell Bower as "beautiful and leonine" I would probably describe him with words more like "grungy and wild... maybe even dirty". Again, nothing against the man, I just cant see him as Jace nomatter how hard I try.... I see someone more like Alex Pettyfer:

 

 Granted again they would need contacts or something, and maybe thats just too much to ask beings that they couldn't change Jamies blue eyes either?

 

Now we have come to Magnus Bane... Ohh yes, the great and powerful Magnus.....

...Ohh wait... Maybe he's not so powerful afterall? Here is his description: "Magnus Bane is described as being of Asian descent because his mother was Indonesian and his father is a demon. He is also said to be long and lean, but not skinny, with lightly muscled arms and an inch taller than Alec. He has brown skin and black hair that is usually spiked, colorful, and glittery. He wears all kinds of make-up, such as glitter around his eyes and lipstick. (He is also described as having more makeup than Isabelle Lightwood in City of Glass.) He likes to flaunt his sexuality by wearing rainbow leather pants and other flashy accessories (such as a blue sparkly headband). Isabelle once said he was a "sexy, sexy, warlock" whereas Simon Lewis countered that Magnus "looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog" and dressed, "like the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." He is also described as having gold-green cat eyes (his warlock mark), and no belly button." Wait! Did you SEE THAT?! "He is also said to be long and lean, but not skinny..." I don't know what you call "skinny" these days but this man looks starved. Maybe they will surprise me afterall with this guy... One can only hope right? Add brightly colored makeup and glitter and maybe he can pull it off? Where is his makeup in this image anyway? Shouldn't it be there since it is such a huge part of him and his "gay" appearance?? Regaurdless, so far he fits his character more than the Lilly Collins & Jamie Campbell Bower duo. Kudos there.

 

I am ok with Kevin Zegers as Alec Lightwood, the only thing I MIGHT change would be just shortening the hair a tiny bit/style it better but still I am ok with that.

Robert Sheehan as Simon is a no go for me though. Sorry, just not happening.

First, I didn't imagine him with weird curly hair... He looks like he belongs in the National Treasure movies.... I imagined him a little more - kid next door, relaxed... Well just normal..... Now, moving on... Jocelyn Fray:

Again, where is the long red hair???? Where is the elegance? Am I missing something? Lena Headey is definitely not who I saw as Jocelyn. Lets move to Valentine - The best yet... *cough cough*

Now seriously did they even READ the book?! Are they even TRYING?! Here in case you havent read the book or just cant seem to remember let me give you Valentines description "Valentine is said to be tall and very handsome. He is broad shouldered and has light blond, almost silver hair. He also has black eyes." BLACK EYES - NOT BLUE. LIGHT BLOND ALMOST SILVER HAIR - NOT BLACK! Please!!!! Someone, tell me how they got the idea for Jonathan Rhys Meyers playing Valentine?! AGAIN no offence to the guy, but seriously... Maybe next time Cassandra Claire will worry a little less about a payout and think twice about who she's selling the movie rights to... Do a little research and add stipulations. On a lighter note I'm not entirely ticked with Connor Mclain playing Sebastian:

Atleast his hair is right.... Though again what happened to having BLACK eyes? I think this is the only casting decision I am totally ok with and an even bigger bonus is the fact that Connor Mclain is a fan of the books!

 

All in all though I am totally dissapointed and stand firm on not wanting to waste money to see it in theater. I will wait until it comes out and find it on "On Demand". If they tanked this badly in the casting department I'm ok with waiting to be disapointed by the story line they probably wont try too hard to follow too. My advice: if you havent already, go pick up the books instead, you won't be dissapointed.

 

I am sorry if you don't agree with this post, these are simply my thoughts. All images used are not my own, I got them all from yahoo.com.

Kayla

An Update To My Last Blog: A Little Surprise and The Most Incredible Experience

I honestly don't even know how to start this post, things have not gone exactly as planned over the last few weeks. It's like dejavu - I was just talking about how my plans and God's plans were a bit different in my last post "A Little Surprise and The Most Incredible Experience"... Well it seems that when I think I am starting to understand what He has planned for my life He reminds me that I will never fully understand just what His plans are.


I went in to my "first" prenatal OB appointment for this pregnancy Friday, June 7th and my doctor couldn't find the baby's heartbeat. She assured me that this sometimes happens because the baby is so small still and can hide pretty easily but she wanted to get me in to have an emergency ultrasound done just so we could put my mind at ease and I wouldn't have to wait all weekend for some answers. Unfortunately that ultrasound didn't put my mind at ease, instead it relayed information I didn't want to believe. The first words out of the ultrasound technician's mouth were that she was not allowed to say anything one way or another and that I would have to wait for the radiologist to go over the scans and get back to my doctor. That alone told me that the news wasn't going to be anything I wanted to hear. Don't they know those words are a dead giveaway? Then when I asked if she was able to find a heartbeat and she said "No but the radiologist is much more experienced and will talk to your doctor about the results so we don't know anything for sure until then" It only confirmed what I refused to believe.... After seeing my little angel on the monitor, not moving and waiting for what seemed like an eternity I got the call from my doctor. There in fact was not a heartbeat, and I was only waiting for my body to realize that the baby was no longer alive. I was waiting to have a miscarriage. She told me what to expect and what to look out for. I prayed for days for them to be wrong, for there to be some sort of miracle and for my baby to be alive and ok inside of me.... For a whole week I was torn between wanting the miscarriage to happen already if it was going to happen, being completely torn apart and wishing and praying for it all to be some sort of mistake, and for this horrible experience to be some sort of nightmare I could wake up from, not wanting to believe it to be true. For a whole week I could do nothing but wait for the most horrible day of my life yet, and cry, and be angry and ask over and over again "why??". I had just seen the baby's tiny heart beating almost 7 weeks before all of this. Why was this happening??? HOW was this happening?!

... And it all finally happened. Friday, June 15th. I don't want to get too graphic on here but I will tell you, I could not have, in a million years, imagined a more horrific or emotional experience. It has been five days now, almost a whole week, since that morning and I still can't go a day without remembering every last detail. Without wondering why, how and was it my fault??? Everyone tells me that it wasn't and that there was nothing I could have done to prevent it but I can't help but wonder anyway. I can't go a day without thinking about that little boy that I will never get to hold in my arms. I will never get to see him take his first breaths of air, smile for the first time, take his first steps... I will never get to know the little person I had growing inside of me for almost 14 weeks... I know to a lot of people 14 weeks isn't a long time, but it is just enough time for an "embryo" (if you read my last post you know I use that term lightly) or rather baby to be fully formed.

I don't believe God had a greater plan or that it just wasn't meant to be, because if that were true I don't believe I would have gotten pregnant and held that baby inside of me for almost 14 whole weeks. I don't know why this happened and I probably never will. I don't know if I will ever stop thinking about what happened on a daily basis or stop being so angry or upset, but I do know I will never forget. I would never wish that experience on my worst enemy and for anyone out there who has or is going through the same thing, I know there are no words that will make it better but I'm sorry. <3

Kayla

A Little Surprise and The Most Incredible Experience

I have been DIEING to write this post! If you haven’t found out already, we are expecting baby #3 in December! Surprised?! Yeah, so are we! Don’t get me wrong, I REALLY wanted another baby, just not quite so soon… I mean Serenity is getting ready to go into first grade and Destiny into preschool… I kinda had “other plans,” or so I thought anyway haha! Isn’t that how these things seem to work though? Apparently God has something a little different in mind…

So now we get to the most incredible experience, you know, aside from becoming a mommy all over again… Seeing a 6 1/2 week old embryo’s baby’s heart beat *April 18th*… Yes, I got to see both of my daughters heart beats on an ultrasound screen but never as early as six weeks! After being pregnant for only a month and a half – Six short weeks – That little life inside of you (that a lot of “prochoice” people refuse to call a life *or even a baby*) has a beating HEART. It is the tiniest little flicker of pixels on a screen, but still a beating heart nonetheless. Getting to see this so early for the very first time completely blew me away. I knew by 6 weeks a baby has a heart, but seeing it beating makes it so much more REAL. I was even more blessed to not only be able to see this with my own eyes but I had a wonderful ultrasound tech who gave me a CD with a little video showing the tiny heartbeat.

*maybe I will post that video later *

Now not only do I get to be a mommy to yet another little energy syphon but I recently found out I get to share the joys with a good friend Cassondra who is going to be a mommy for the very FIRST time! I am SO excited for her! I am also so excited that we are due so darn close together… Try December 1st (her) and December 9th (me)! *No this was definitely NOT planned haha* I am not looking forward to the blood tests, in my opinion that is worse than labor haha!!! I am however looking forward to finding out weather we are having a little boy or another little girl. Either way I’m ok as long as it’s a healthy baby.

Until next time,

Kayla

Game of Thrones from my perspective

So, we were recently invited by Dustin's work to a private premier of the new season of Game of Thrones (season 3 I believe?), not only a premier but a chance to meet a couple of the cast members. We had never seen the show before (we rarely watch HBO), so when his supervisor told him it would be “unprofessional to go without having watched the show before” we decided to give it a shot. I borrowed it from my cousin and we sat through a whole hour long episode last night, and as cool as our offer sounded in the beginning, we are now very undecided on whether or not were going to go.
I couldn’t bare to watch the whole episode. I have never felt so violated in my life and I had to turn away from the TV a few times. I’m sure this is where those of you who watch the show will turn your heads and close my blog but just hear me out. To me, in watching the very first episode of Game of Thrones, I felt it was definitely a “mans” show, about very jealous, disrespectful “men” seeking more power than they deserve. I can’t think of any reason a self respecting woman would enjoy the show (please if there are any of you out there, leave me a comment and share your perspective, I’d like to try to understand). Not only did I feel violated from sheer lack of respect given to women in this episode, but I also have not watched a show with so much nudity! HAHA! Now I probably sound like a total prude, I can assure you I’m not, and again I have only seen the first episode of this Game of Thrones show. I’ve been told it gets “better” but I doubt the plot can get much better and I don’t think I can enjoy watching a show that brings women down so much.

I honestly thought I would like it, so I’m a bit disappointed. I love watching shows set in different time periods and even different cultures. I think it’s interesting to see how different things were and what people were like, etc. I didn’t know I would feel so violated afterword. I just don’t exactly enjoy watching unwilling women get “screwed” *for lack of a better word* by whoever, when ever, as if it’s some sort of game. I don’t find that entertaining and Game of Thrones seemed to have a whole lot of that and even embrace it. Don’t get me wrong, I know that women didn’t really have “rights” back then, I get that. I understand you cant base a show on that time period and give women in the show the whole “equal rights” deal. It just wouldn’t work. At the same time I felt there was just far too much.

So, my major issues with game of thrones are the lack of respect for women *the fact that they are treated like objects only there for sex willing or unwilling which seems to be mostly unwilling in this Game of Thrones show*, and that there is SO much nudity. I can deal with violence and some nudity and even pure jealousy lol. I guess I thought that it would be more about the “Game of Thrones” and less about defiling women… I didn’t know those two went hand in hand.

So, again if anyone out there who watches Game of Thrones would like to inform me of WHY they like it I am all ears and willing to hear you out. Maybe there’s something I’m missing in all of this? Maybe the first episode was not the best episode to represent the whole series? Until next time,

Kayla

Immunization Dilemma

Do you immunize your children to protect them from disease, or do you choose to take that chance and protect them from the immunization it’s self?

Not long ago it was fairly rare for someone to question the importance of immunizations, yet now it’s become quite a dilemma, mainly in children. Which is the lesser of the two evils? This is the question everyone’s asking. It simply depends on who you ask though.

I know this is a topic that is up there with politics, religion, and abortion in controversial status and will always spark strong debate from both sides. Just the kind of topic I choose to avoid discussing on a personal level, BUT (yes, there’s that word…) I am going to go out on a limb and tackle it today. I am going to post my real life opinion along with some controversial facts right here on this blog…

Let me just list a little bit of information on what could be entering your child’s (or infant’s) body…

DTaP: formaldehyde, aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, thimerosal, and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80).
Act HIB: ammonium sulfate, formalin, and sucrose (or HIB Titer: ammonium sulfate, thimerosal, and chemically defined yeast-based medium).
MMR: hydrolized gelatin, chick embryo, human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue.
Verivax (Chickenpox): phosphate, sucrose, and monosodium glutamate (MSG), processed gelatin, fetal bovine serum, guinea pig embryo cells, albumin from human blood, and human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue.
IPOL (polio): neomycin, streptomycin, and polymyxin B, formaldehyde, and 2-phenoxyethenol, continuous line of monkey kidney cells.
Havrix (hepatitis A): formalin, aluminum hydroxide, 2-phenoxyethanol, and polysorbate 20, residual MRC5 proteins -human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue.
Flu Shield: trivalent influenza virus, types A&B, gentamicin sulphate, formadehyde, thimerosal, and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80),chick embryonic fluid. (Fluvirin: influenza virus, neomycin, polymyxin, beta-propiolactone, chick embryonic fluid.

*You can see where I got this information HERE*

Now this is only to name a few of the most popular. Do you recognize ANY of these ingredients? I mean aside from the obvious and reoccurring formaldehyde because I’m sure we all know what that is. Would you EAT any of this? Would you give your child a teaspoon of any of this? I’m pretty sure that answer was no. If your answer was yes then I recommend looking a few of these things and their side effects up and reconsidering (possibly seeking professional help).

If you wouldn’t eat it why would you inject it into your veins? Or even more important a child's?

I understand, they say the amount of each of these harmful chemicals is minimal, but I’m still not ok with it. There are so many disgusting and awful ingredients listed here but, formaldehyde, really?! We fill dead bodies with that, why would we begin filling our babies with it? Every couple months, every six months, a year, two years, whatever the case. It all adds up. So I ask you, why? To protect your child from a disease? Is it really worth it?

Research on this is so conflicted it makes my brain hurt. One side saying that these immunizations are perfectly safe, the other side saying they can cause (or trigger) things like SIDS, Autism, Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, and other life altering disorders that you can’t reverse. I do not know everything about every one of these chemicals and the impact each of them have on the human body, nor am I claiming to, but I do know that I would not willingly put these things into my own body(much less a baby's). I do believe God made our bodies capable of building up an immune system and fighting off disease for a reason. You can argue that (however long ago) people died from these illnesses and the invention of the vaccination was a “God send”. I will only counter with clean water and really clean anything was also scarce, hygiene practices were not what they are today, things like Autism were much less common. Coincidence?

It’s true, by choosing not to get immunizations you have to be more careful, sometimes depending on your surroundings A LOT more careful. But with this said and with my oldest in a public Kindergarten, my children have been sick with more than a runny nose only ONCE in the last year and a half and even that passed rather quickly. I don’t keep them in a bubble and I don’t limit their exposure (we go to places like Chuck E Cheese *GASP!*), we simply practice good hygiene habits, wash our hands after being in public or after touching something dirty, and before eating.

Again, everyone has their own opinion on the subject and is going to do what they feel is right for their family, this is simply what I chose. I will always remember what a lady said after she was done telling me why she chose not to and that is:
”I would rather my child get sick from something I didn’t do, than become permanently damaged from something I did do.”

Kayla

Comparing what we have

Do you ever run into those people in life where their entire life just seems “perfect” somehow?
I do, I do quite a lot actually. I know, I know, I really shouldn’t try to compare my life to others because I truly don’t know what happens “behind the scenes” or what they had to go through in life to get to “that place,” but it’s really hard not to notice.

I notice, compare, and even start to envy… I really should be ashamed, I know, my life isn’t bad by any means and I really have no room to compare my life to theirs but in the moment, I can’t remember any of this. All I know is that I “wish” I had whatever it is that they have. A better “this”, a newer “that”, a life where everything seems easier and less stressful. The latter is the most difficult for me though. I don’t really mind not always having “newer and better” but in the midst of a stressful day at home (or really wherever) I find my self thinking about how *enter random name of the day here* seems to have it all together and I feel like I’m struggling to barely make it every day. Struggling to get out of bed every morning to start my day, struggling to stay positive and not let frustrations get the best of me, struggling to get the every day “supposed to be easy stuff” done, struggling to get my laundry caught up, struggling to keep up with never ending dishes and keeping two kids fed and healthy. It looks pretty darn easy for some people, yet no matter how hard I try I just can’t seem to cut it. I feel like I’m taking on the world and just somehow seem to keep falling a little more behind every day.

Don’t get me wrong, I am insanely blessed and I know it. I get to be a stay at home mother and wife, I have a husband who makes this possible and I don’t have to worry about where our next meal (or rent) is coming from. Not everyone has these luxuries. I know I am incredibly blessed, it’s just way too easy to forget that while “looking” into others’ lives, comparing mine to theirs. I mean really, who am I to compare my self like that anyway? I do believe it’s a sin to envy someone (or their life) because you wish you had something they have…. Like God has been unjust, or forgotten to give me something I “deserve”. This is where I am a bit ashamed. By comparing and wishing my life was like their life I am showing ungratefulness, setting my self up for failure and to be let down, and also setting my self up for one heck of a bad mood. All of this and lets not forget the impact it has or will have on my two beautiful girls.

Do I want them to grow up never finding contentment? Feeling ungrateful even when they have a million things to be grateful for? Absolutely not.

I want to work on being content with my life and stop comparing my self to others so much. Instead, try to just be happy with the life I DO have. The one God gave me without “owing” me one second. The life that could have ended before it begun, and still could end any day He chooses. I’m also going to start reading Ann Voskamp’s One Thousand Gifts again. Yes, I did say again…. :) It is one of the most inspiring and uplifting books I have read.

So join me in finding contentment and learning to be grateful for every thing (big or small) we have been blessed with.

Kayla

Ohh And By The Way

I just realized until my “book” post, I hadn’t updated you guys since BEFORE Serenity started school! So just a little update:

Today was Serenity’s 100th day of school!!! They did a lot of creative 100’s activities. She has such a wonderful teacher, these past 100 days wouldn’t be the same without her. We have been very blessed to have Serenity in such a great school, with such a great teacher.

This picture is HORRIBLE quality but I don’t have time to find the original and I have decided it’s good enough haha. This is Serenity today: 100th day of school (she made the shirt in school the other day) 100 beads on her necklace and 100 dots on her shirt :)

Serenity knows all of the kids names in her class (and a little about each of them). One of her classmate has been battling Leukemia since he was about 18 months old, were all praying that this will be the last of the cancer when he is finished with this last round of treatments (in about a year and a half I believe). Both of the girls remind me every night that we need to pray for him, if you could pray for him as well that would be great. :)

Serenity will be 6 this September and Destiny will be 3 in one month from now. Absolutely insane, I know. We are trying to decide between a Minnie Mouse or Cinderella themed birthday party for the little munchkin but her mind changes hourly, so we shall see.

I now have that piano I told you all about in THIS post, needs a little fixing up but I am so insanely excited to have not only a wonderful piece of my childhood but a pretty cool family heirloom as well. <3 I think it is safe to say, I am in love with that thing.

I FINALY started taking my GED tests! I have taken two out of five, hopefully I will finish fairly soon and get to cross that off my list. That’s pretty exciting. I’m not sure if there is any more to update you all on but if I remember anything worth while I will come back and let you know. :) Have a wonderful night!

Kayla

Some of My Favorite Children's Books and Such

I know this was supposed to be a sewing/craft blog BUT please do forgive me, I have found that I get rather bored posting about the same things over and over so I believe I will try something new.

Lately the girls and I have been to the library quite often (we try for once every week or so) and we have recently discovered a few “new” favorites.

Fairly new favorites:
A Giraffe and A Half / Shel Silverstein
Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go To Sleep / Joyce Dunbar & Debi Gliori
I Love You This Much / Sue Buchanan

Not so new favorites:
The Magic Tree House (series) / Mary Pope Osborne
The Cat In The Hat / Dr Seuss (or really any book by him of course)
The BFG / Roald Dahl
Charlottes Web / E.B. White

Those are all the ones I can think of off the top of my head anyway. I wish our library kept a list of all the books you’ve checked out, then I could tell you all of our favorites haha. We also have a couple favorite movies from the library though.

The Secret Of Moonacre is a huge favorite, about a moon princess and well, I shouldn’t spoil it for you ;) You’ll have to go find out for your self.

The Great Music Caper

Signing Time this is a GREAT series of videos that do a wonderful job at teaching children (and your self) American Sign Language. Now before you close this window and call me a KOOK, I promise you – This isn’t one of those boring “teach your self”/ “self help” videos that you want to turn off five seconds after you turn it on. Trust me, I probably have the shortest attention span ever in the history of the universe when it comes to learning something new. But this is one my kids absolutely love and I even find my self listening/signing along haha. My two year old knows sign language because of this show…. Ok, anyway, moving on now…

I love books, I absolutely love them and I hope that if nothing else I am able to share that love for books with my children. A book is a place where you can escape reality and be consumed by a world of wonder, a world so completely different than your own, and not only that but you can also choose which “world” you enter.

I am currently reading The Hobbit for the very first time ever (at 23 years old haha horrible right?) and so far I am loving it. I saw the movie that just came out first and that is what sparked my interest in the book, there will be three movies so of course they had to end it without a real ending and everyone was left “wondering” until whenever they decide to release the next one so that is why I picked up the book. Did you know right now my library has over a hundred holds on this book??? Insane, right??? I was just lucky enough to find it in the “lucky” section where there are books that aren’t allowed to be renewed and are only available for seven day loans haha. Speaking of which I believe it was due yesterday (but I am not done) I am a horrible person…

So, I thought I would share a few of our current “favorites” and now I think I will get back to that book before the library starts hating me ;) Until next time,

Kayla