We saw this video at a friend's blog and couldn't stop laughing! (Thanks for posting it!) A good laugh makes your whole day seem brighter, so we wanted to share it.
Risa
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Friday, March 05, 2010
Friends
Friends come in all sizes...
Friends will support you....
And respect your creativity for thinking outside the box...
They'll be there when you need a shoulder to lean on...
Or a great big hug...
They see beyond the black and white to discover your true colors...
And accept you as you are - even when you just wake up in the morning...
So make your own kind of music...
Don't be afraid to try new things...
Practice patience and tolerance...
And when someone reaches out to you, don't be afraid to love them back...
They may just become a friend for life...
Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget!
"A friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity..." Proverbs 17:17
Risa
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Kate DiCamillo
Hi Everyone!
I hope everyone of you has enjoyed the feeling you get when you read the first sentence of a book and you know will turn out great - or has gotten to feel the great suspense in the middle of the book when you hope nothing will make you put it down - or that mixed feeling of wanting to re-read the last sentence over and over again so the story doesn't have to end - and what about the satisfaction of that happy ending? Reading is such a wonderful thing!
Now you are probably thinking either "Momo must love to read" or "Since when did she like reading so much?" Anyone who knows me well knows how little I read. I have never really wanted to read and I have always had many other things I could be doing instead. I am not even a good reader and very few books can grasp my attention.
Basically, I like poems and Nancy Drew. (I have read all the Nancy Drew books we own.) And even when Risa tells me about a book I should check out, I hardly ever find or make the time to read it. Save one author whose books I would recommend and read as soon as I could: Kate DiCamillo. Kate DiCamillo is a fabulous writer. I have read every one of her books (that I know of - Risa would be able to tell me for sure, she knows nearly everything about everything). Miss DiCamillo has written four great books that we own: Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tiger Rising, The Tale of Despereaux, and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
Because of Winn-Dixie was made into a movie and I would recommend the movie to anyone who hasn't seen it. It was a life-like fiction that told of hardships, healing and love. It is seen through the eyes of Opal, a ten-year-old who gets to know the other people in the new town, each with their own story to tell.
Tiger Rising is a bittersweet story of a young boy full of sorrow. He keeps his thoughts and hopes locked tight inside. When he finds a tiger locked in a cage his life begins change. Someone he thought was his enemy becomes his friend, he grows closer to his father and much more. It is so good that you won't be able to put it down.
The Tale of Despereaux is about a mouse that is very small and is not like other mice. It is an enchanting fairytale that has great lessons to learn of forgiveness and being yourself. I found this an extremely satisfying book full of adventure, excitement, and wisdom. Throughout the book the narrator tells us how every action, no matter how small has its own consequence.
And Lastly The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, will take you on quite a journey! Edward is a spoiled and self-absorbed porcelain rabbit. The story will take you from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the fireside of a hobo's camp to the top of a garbage heap, from the bedside of an ailing child to the streets of Memphis. And along the way, we are shown that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again.
(Plus the drawings are fantastic!)
♥Momo
P.S. She has written two great picture books for children: Louise- The Adventures of A Chicken and Great Joy.
I hope everyone of you has enjoyed the feeling you get when you read the first sentence of a book and you know will turn out great - or has gotten to feel the great suspense in the middle of the book when you hope nothing will make you put it down - or that mixed feeling of wanting to re-read the last sentence over and over again so the story doesn't have to end - and what about the satisfaction of that happy ending? Reading is such a wonderful thing!
Now you are probably thinking either "Momo must love to read" or "Since when did she like reading so much?" Anyone who knows me well knows how little I read. I have never really wanted to read and I have always had many other things I could be doing instead. I am not even a good reader and very few books can grasp my attention.
Basically, I like poems and Nancy Drew. (I have read all the Nancy Drew books we own.) And even when Risa tells me about a book I should check out, I hardly ever find or make the time to read it. Save one author whose books I would recommend and read as soon as I could: Kate DiCamillo. Kate DiCamillo is a fabulous writer. I have read every one of her books (that I know of - Risa would be able to tell me for sure, she knows nearly everything about everything). Miss DiCamillo has written four great books that we own: Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tiger Rising, The Tale of Despereaux, and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
Because of Winn-Dixie was made into a movie and I would recommend the movie to anyone who hasn't seen it. It was a life-like fiction that told of hardships, healing and love. It is seen through the eyes of Opal, a ten-year-old who gets to know the other people in the new town, each with their own story to tell.
Tiger Rising is a bittersweet story of a young boy full of sorrow. He keeps his thoughts and hopes locked tight inside. When he finds a tiger locked in a cage his life begins change. Someone he thought was his enemy becomes his friend, he grows closer to his father and much more. It is so good that you won't be able to put it down.
The Tale of Despereaux is about a mouse that is very small and is not like other mice. It is an enchanting fairytale that has great lessons to learn of forgiveness and being yourself. I found this an extremely satisfying book full of adventure, excitement, and wisdom. Throughout the book the narrator tells us how every action, no matter how small has its own consequence.
And Lastly The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, will take you on quite a journey! Edward is a spoiled and self-absorbed porcelain rabbit. The story will take you from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the fireside of a hobo's camp to the top of a garbage heap, from the bedside of an ailing child to the streets of Memphis. And along the way, we are shown that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again.
(Plus the drawings are fantastic!)
♥Momo
P.S. She has written two great picture books for children: Louise- The Adventures of A Chicken and Great Joy.
Friday, February 19, 2010
No frills airline
I'm having trouble setting my mind to composing anything long at the moment, so I decided to post something silly until I finish a more serious post.
This video is from the Carol Burnett show and it's a little skit about a man- Tim Conway- traveling in the "No Frills" section of an airplane. I really like Tim Conway, but if you don't like slapstick humor then you probably won't like this.
Hope you enjoy!
Risa
This video is from the Carol Burnett show and it's a little skit about a man- Tim Conway- traveling in the "No Frills" section of an airplane. I really like Tim Conway, but if you don't like slapstick humor then you probably won't like this.
Hope you enjoy!
Risa
Monday, January 18, 2010
The Weekend
How did everyone's weekend go?
We had a great Saturday and Sunday! It was a whole lot of fun! Unfortunately, the nobody ghost has seen fit to take our camera again, so I have no pictures to share with you =(. But hey, if you're interested in it, read on! If not, well, don't.
On Saturday our Aunt took Momo and I, the cousins, her brother and his daughter, and some other friends to Skate Country for a couple of hours and we had a blast! I brought my roller blades since I skate best in those. It was so fun--I just love skating...and there were a few games like "Four Corners" and the "Funky Salsa" or something like that.
Then on Sunday we (meaning us three girls, Squire R and dad) rode "up da mountain to a place where snow grew"...erm, had fallen. We were only there for five hours, just long enough to begin quenching my thirst for snow which, as some of you know, is a very large thirst ;-). It was amazing!! And, for the very first time in my entire life, I sled! sledded. however you say it. Which was really fun! It wasn't technically a sled. If you want to be technical about it, it was a giant caution cone bent to slightly resemble a sled. But it sure was fun anyway.
While there we also ate the cheesiest pizza I've ever had and a delicious giant chocolate chip cookie. Not to mention snow fights, a really fun (though not according to *cough* anyone else) climb up a steep hill, and we made a T-I-double Gah-Errr (that spells Tigger) snowman. Which looked really great actually until I knocked off the head!
Here are some pictures of the place we went to that I got off the internet. They just weren't taken by us or when we were there.
Very beautiful, no? Anyway, then on the way home it snowed. I was snowed on for only the second time in my life! I LOVE SNOW!
Better go before I use up all my excitement.
Catchyalater
ESam
We had a great Saturday and Sunday! It was a whole lot of fun! Unfortunately, the nobody ghost has seen fit to take our camera again, so I have no pictures to share with you =(. But hey, if you're interested in it, read on! If not, well, don't.
On Saturday our Aunt took Momo and I, the cousins, her brother and his daughter, and some other friends to Skate Country for a couple of hours and we had a blast! I brought my roller blades since I skate best in those. It was so fun--I just love skating...and there were a few games like "Four Corners" and the "Funky Salsa" or something like that.
Then on Sunday we (meaning us three girls, Squire R and dad) rode "up da mountain to a place where snow grew"...erm, had fallen. We were only there for five hours, just long enough to begin quenching my thirst for snow which, as some of you know, is a very large thirst ;-). It was amazing!! And, for the very first time in my entire life, I sled! sledded. however you say it. Which was really fun! It wasn't technically a sled. If you want to be technical about it, it was a giant caution cone bent to slightly resemble a sled. But it sure was fun anyway.
While there we also ate the cheesiest pizza I've ever had and a delicious giant chocolate chip cookie. Not to mention snow fights, a really fun (though not according to *cough* anyone else) climb up a steep hill, and we made a T-I-double Gah-Errr (that spells Tigger) snowman. Which looked really great actually until I knocked off the head!
Here are some pictures of the place we went to that I got off the internet. They just weren't taken by us or when we were there.
Very beautiful, no? Anyway, then on the way home it snowed. I was snowed on for only the second time in my life! I LOVE SNOW!
Better go before I use up all my excitement.
Catchyalater
ESam
Friday, January 15, 2010
Music
Aha! Finally Momo posts. I believe I find it hardest of all to find something to post about. Even if I find something to post about, I never can post it right. It sounds weird and takes a long time until I've written it in a way that sounds alright.
I thought of something to post about but I didn't know what to write. "There was good music" and "We had fun" was about all I could think of until I asked Mom for advice. When in doubt ask Mom. Moms have larger, busier brains than anyone else's in the world. (My theory anyway!) She told me to write a compare and contrast essay.
What?!? This is a blog? Not a place to do homework! But you have a Mom and you have a teacher; combine the two (if not already combined) and bah-da-bing this is the type of answer you get from her! Moms (especially homeschooling moms) are women who don't just say "Charismatic means someone has charm and influence" they say "You want to know what it means? Well you should look it up in the dictionary." Or if you say "Mom, what else did John Bunyan do?" moms don't say "He wrote a couple other books and was a preacher." No, moms say "Here this is a book that is about him and I can also show you a website that talks about him." But that's another blog post, right?
I am not going to write a compare and contrast essay but I am going to write a blog post in similar form.
Recently we went to a News Boys concert and a Maxwell Family concert. Some things about them were the same and some things were different.
DIFFERENT:
The Newsboys called it a concert, the Maxwell family said it was not a concert but called it a time for encouragement.
Newsboys play contemporary Christian music, Maxwell family plays bluegrass.
Newsboys concert was outside, Maxwell family's music was played inside.
Newsboys had other bands play first, the Maxwell family were the only ones who played.
Newsboys asked those who had just accepted Christ to come forward, Maxwell Family didn't.
Newsboys are not related to one another, Maxwell Family. . . . Do I have to finish that sentence?
Newsboys ended very late, Maxwell Family ended only a little late.
Only one of the Newsboys gave a testimony, 7 of the Maxwell's gave their testimonies.
Newsboys played familiar songs, Maxwell family played some songs I'd never heard.
SAME:
I sang along to both of them.
I was uplifted by both of them.
They were both in the evening.
Only half of the family went to them.
I clapped to the music during both of the concerts.
The music played was Christian.
They were both on a Saturday.
I personally preferred the hymns that were played by the Maxwell Family but I was glad that the Lord allowed me to go to both of them.
~Momo
I thought of something to post about but I didn't know what to write. "There was good music" and "We had fun" was about all I could think of until I asked Mom for advice. When in doubt ask Mom. Moms have larger, busier brains than anyone else's in the world. (My theory anyway!) She told me to write a compare and contrast essay.
What?!? This is a blog? Not a place to do homework! But you have a Mom and you have a teacher; combine the two (if not already combined) and bah-da-bing this is the type of answer you get from her! Moms (especially homeschooling moms) are women who don't just say "Charismatic means someone has charm and influence" they say "You want to know what it means? Well you should look it up in the dictionary." Or if you say "Mom, what else did John Bunyan do?" moms don't say "He wrote a couple other books and was a preacher." No, moms say "Here this is a book that is about him and I can also show you a website that talks about him." But that's another blog post, right?
I am not going to write a compare and contrast essay but I am going to write a blog post in similar form.
Recently we went to a News Boys concert and a Maxwell Family concert. Some things about them were the same and some things were different.
DIFFERENT:
The Newsboys called it a concert, the Maxwell family said it was not a concert but called it a time for encouragement.
Newsboys play contemporary Christian music, Maxwell family plays bluegrass.
Newsboys concert was outside, Maxwell family's music was played inside.
Newsboys had other bands play first, the Maxwell family were the only ones who played.
Newsboys asked those who had just accepted Christ to come forward, Maxwell Family didn't.
Newsboys are not related to one another, Maxwell Family. . . . Do I have to finish that sentence?
Newsboys ended very late, Maxwell Family ended only a little late.
Only one of the Newsboys gave a testimony, 7 of the Maxwell's gave their testimonies.
Newsboys played familiar songs, Maxwell family played some songs I'd never heard.
SAME:
I sang along to both of them.
I was uplifted by both of them.
They were both in the evening.
Only half of the family went to them.
I clapped to the music during both of the concerts.
The music played was Christian.
They were both on a Saturday.
I personally preferred the hymns that were played by the Maxwell Family but I was glad that the Lord allowed me to go to both of them.
~Momo
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