We're learning french

I found some great books that are helping us to learn to use french around the house:

• French in 10 minutes a day - Bilingual Books, Inc.
• At Home Abroad French: Practical Phrases for Conversational French
• Lingua Fun French
• Hippicrene Beginner's French
• Usborne's First Thousand Words in French
• Usborne's French Picture Dictionary

Everyone says the kids should learn spanish because there are more people who speak spanish here than french, but, I have tried to learn spanish and it just doesn't click. French is so much easier for me, and I really enjoy french culture, and a possible trip to Europe!

It has taken me a little bit to brush up on what I had learned in school. I find, surprisingly that I remember way more than I thought I would. The kids were really surprised when I started spouting complete sentences in french (some "franglais" too). I thought if I use it as part of our everyday routine, then they would learn it faster. It seems to be working. They do understand quite a bit for just learning it.

Laptop Overheats

Great link to helpful site:
http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/01/04/toshiba-laptop-overheating/

Back to Piano Lessons

http://www.pianoworld.com/fun/vpc/piano_chords.htm

Imagine . . . a non musical mom helping with piano and violin homework. Ugh!!!!!!!!

Noah looses a tooth . . . .that wasn't loose!

Noah is by far one of my most interesting children! I was on my computer, it was after bedtime, so it was suppose to be MY time, well . . . that's never going to happen.
Noah comes in holding his bloody finger, and says quite calmly, "Mom, I think something is wrong, can you take a look at this." For those who do not know me, I don't do blood, of any kind, well the finger was fine when I wiped it off, but the blood dripping from his mouth was another story, and the hole where his tooth had been changed things completely. At this point I was panicked, but not Noah, he was still just as calm as could be, I began with a much louder voice, "Noah . . . where is your tooth? Why are you bleeding? and for crying out loud . . . . why aren't you crying?" My other children began to find my reaction slightly hilarious, Dad was watching T.V. in the same room where apparently Noah was trying to open the wrong end of a Match Box pop up plaything with his teeth, he proceeds to tell us that his tooth went flying across the room somewhere.
To make a long story short. We find the tooth, it had been broken off clean, and Noah is excited that he has lost his first tooth and wants to know how much he's going to get from the Tooth Fairy. Probably not too much, so this doesn't start a trend in loosing teeth.

Another day in our crazy life. That was part of the reason I posted the video of Noah doing the Crazy Poem. It fits him perfectly!

Sarah's a little bit country . . .

Cute Video of Noah

Music Monkeyz Debut

Good Country Music from Childhood

Atlanta Alive and Well

It's been a while since I've heard their music! You can hear some of their songs on their myspace page.

I have their album, my kids thought it was a frizbee in a fancy case! :)