Happy Birthday, Risa! =)

Today, December 21st, 2009, is Risa's birthday!
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Responsible
Intelligent
Sensible
Amazing
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And lots more!
I wish you Happy Birthday, Risa! (a bit of an inside joke)
If she allows us, maybe we'll be able to post a picture later ;-).
Tonight we'll all be celebrating Risa's, Uncle N's (yesterday he got back-yay!), Nana's and Aunt Y's birthdays.

We love you, Risa! Thanks for being such a great sister and role model!

Got to go work on her birthday gift! (Momo and I haven't finished yet! YIKES!)
With love,
ESam + M♥m♥

Once upon a December

Momo recently stopped attending her ballet studio but she has still been practicing at home and today she performed for the family on our back porch. She choreographed a dance for an old song called "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas," as well as choreographed a liturgical/ballet dance, with help from her ballet teacher, that was performed to a song from the movie Anastasia, "Once Upon a December." Sam was in charge of "catering" (her chocolate covered pretzels were delicious!) while I controled the music and set up chairs in our yard. Our grandparents and cousins walked over and enjoyed the show while looking at their special programs (Momo made them) and snacking on mini beef-franks-in-a-blanket or peanut butter cookies (Sam). Momo did a splendid job and we are looking forward to next years performance!

If you would like to hear either of the songs, here are the videos Momo used to learn them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtqIM_bPTws ("Hippopotamus" is played on the radio regularly during the Christmas season and my sisters have come to look forward to it every year)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seV5e96bTL4&feature=related


Here are some pictures taken before and during the performance:

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Stretching (or posing) before performing.

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No pointe shoes unfortunately because she broke off a toe nail and it would have been rather painful.

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(A shot in midair! Great job, Sam!)
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The pretty purple costume was for "I Want a Hippopotamus" and this more elegant outfit was for "December."
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Afterward, while our family stayed to chat and enjoy the snacks, the kiddies entertained us with an impromptu dance. The usually very masculine Squire R attempted ballerina twirls and tried dancing on his toes, but when Baby followed suit it just became a silly game of hopping around and falling on the ground. We managed to catch them on camera a few times and thus I've posted a video or two for anyone remotely interested in our little ones. You can hear us discussing The Christmas Shoes in the background of the first video, probably my favorite Christmas movie ever.

We've certainly been busy these last few weeks one thing and another. Whether you've been busy or not, I hope you all have a very good December!

Risa

Our life according to Caedmon's Call

The madness of NaNoWriMo is over, the lazy days of Thanksgiving weekend are past, and we are already a week into December (can you believe it?!?!) so I suppose it is about time that I post. After being tagged by a friend, we decided that I should post this for myself, Momo and Sam.


Instructions: Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. You cannot use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It’s a lot harder than you think! Repost as “my life according to (band name).”


Pick your Artist: Caedmon’s Call

Are you a male or female:
Me, The Only One, Beautiful Mystery

Describe Yourself:
Jar of Clay, Open Letter, Trouble

How do you feel:
Draw Me Nearer, I Just Don’t Want Coffee, Let Me Be

Describe where you are currently living:
Always Been There, This World, Volcanoland

If you could go anywhere, where would you go:
Somewhere North of Here, Two Weeks In Africa, All Across the Western World

Your favorite form of transportation:
Walk With Me, Another Ten Miles, Bus Driver

Your best friend is:
Never Gonna Let Go, God Who Saves, I Didn’t Catch Her Name

You and your best friends are:
Fellowship So Deep, Coming Home, Two of a Kind

Favorite time of day:
Intro, Wings of the Morning, A New Day

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called:
Faith My Eyes, Dance, Stupid Kid

What is life to you:
Forget What You Know, Start Again, There is a Reason

Your last relationship:
Love Is Different, There is Only One (Holy One), I Waited

If you read this blog, consider yourself officially tagged! Even if it is a little difficult, we enjoyed filling it out.

Risa

I dare you not to smile!

We got sent these funny pictures so I thought that instead of forwarding them to most of you I would post them on the blog. Enjoy!

I love that last one!

ESam

Happy Thanksgiving! Again!

I thought it might be a good idea to post at least once each season! *Giggle*
I thought I might share some silly pictures fo thanksgiving!

~Momo

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wow! I can't believe it's already Thanksgiving...and I can't believe it's been a month (to the dot) since we've posted! OKay, I can belive the latter. But we have been very busy, especially the computer has been booked because Risa and Momo are both doing NaNoWriMo (http://www.nanowrimo.org/).

Well, I don't have much time now, but I just thought I'd say Happy Thanksgiving! (And that we hope to post again normally soon!)



~SAM