Abigail's Soiree

Aaah! Another wonderful hands-on on history for my little one...they just finish reading "First Lady of Faith and Courage: Abigail Adams", and to bring it to life for them they dressed up like ladies and gentelmen. The gentelmen escorted the ladies to the "parlor" where they serve the ladies their snacks, dance the Minuette and had table games of yore. I wish I had those cool activities instead of memorizing irregular verbs like parrots (there are MANY irregular verbs in Spanish...)Anyway, it was really fun to see them go for it...and had a lot of fun.

What da...?

It was time to change again the music selection, and unless you have seen the movie, you might be saying "what da...?" ... See, as some of you know, I go to the movies and before I even pay attention to the actual acting, the music needs to grab me. Here's one example of a great song by a unsuspected dude...my HENRY VIII...I think he does a pretty good job with these tunes...The name of the movie "August Rush", the dude "Johnathan Rhys Meyers" a trouble maker lad from Ireland.
For all that you have no idea who he is...here's a pic of him. By the way, greatly recomended movie. (Other movies he's in..Vanity Fair, Mission Impossible 3)

FOOTBALL OR SOCCER

As I was watching the Super Bowl on Sunday, I kept asking my hubby for questions to certain moves, or rules, or stops, or lack thereoff...and I decided that I will never be able to understand such complicated game...and as I was contemplating such deep thoughts, I was glad that the World Cup is comming up, and I will be able to enjoy some of the most energetic sports EVER. Of course, this comes from a European whose life went around the many, many, many soccer games on TV, which brings me to this wonderful video explaining my feelings exactly...



P.S. No offense intended to those "handball" lovers, which includes about 3/4 of this beautiful country...

Dance Festival

January and February seem to be the bussiest months of the year with lots of activities at school. This is our annual Dance Festival, where all the kids show off their wonderful moves in front of the whole school and parents...It is actually quite cute and my girls get all excited about it. Here are some pics... Here's Miss Shannia

...and Miss Michelle

My Little Pioneer

One of the many things I love about my girls' school is their devotionals. It really doesn't matter that I've already seen them or not, because every year they improve them, and every time it becomes this wonderful new experience. Needless to say, I always end up crying of joy and pride.
Today was Shannia's first grade devotional about pioneers, and for those who check on my Facebook, I've been sewing like a mad woman just for this occasion, but it was worth every second, she looked so cute...my modern latter-day pioneer.



She faithfully learned her part, and in front of a crowd, she deliver it confident. I can't believe how much she's grown.

After the devotional, I tried to have a group picture (monumental task, since there were a lot of parents requiring their kid's attention)and finally succeeded, even though I won't say after how many tries...:)



Aren't they the cutest pioneers ever?