Group Picture Game

I am trying something different and fun today. Steph does a group blog thing and today she is doing a Google picture game (find a picture for each category on Google). I am in need of something whimsical today and this seems just right. If you feel like playing along, please link back to her blog!!

So without furthur ado...

1. Your Favorite beverage:

Nothing beats a warm cup of coffee, any day...all day. As a stay-at-home mom, it is sometimes the thing that keeps me going!!

2. Your hometown

There she is. My beautiful Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I love the Rocky Mountains in the background.

3. Your favorite TV show
I have 2:

The Office...So hilarious!

Fringe...So thought provoking!!

4. Your Occupation/You are in school for

I am an Elementary School teacher...When I decide to go back to work, that is!!

5. Your first car

A Cherverolet Cavalier...Although I never really owned it or drove it before it died.

6. Your favorite dish

I am an Albertan and we LOVE our steak...Rare, please!!

7. Celebrity you've been told to resemble

Not in looks, or her in real life, but as her character (Monica on Friends). I am the same!!

8. Celebrity on your "to do" list
I have 2: (again)

Colin Firth...Soooo dreamy!!

Matt Damon...Soooo cute (especially those dimples!!)

My hubby knows about these 2...I know who is on his...

9. Favorite Childhood toy

A chalkboard...Yes, that's right. I was destined to be a teacher right from the get-go!!

10. Any Random picture

I LOVE music, so I chose something musical...I guess that wasn't very random...

Tuesday Tunes 45: Soundtracks

Clare over at The Lilac Grove was talking about favorite soundtracks. Since today is Tuesday, I thought that would be the perfect topic for my blog today.

I am sure most of us have a favorite soundtrack. I have several, but I will try and keep it down to 2.

When I was growing up, there were 2 movies that I just absolutely LOVED!! I would watch them over and over again. (There were a lot of those, actually, but these ones stand out!!)

The first is Top Gun. I loved that movie and still do! I finally bought my own copy for my home. Back when Tom Cruise wasn't so weird...You remember those days. And before Anthony Edwards was a famous Doctor on ER. He was just Goose!! Anyway, here's one of my faves from that soundtrack!!


The other movie I thought of right away was Dirty Dancing. I love that movie. Ahhh...Patrick Swayze..."Nobody puts Baby in a corner!" Yes, that movie totally rocked. Anyway, here is a sample song from that movie!!


So what are some of your favorite movie soundtracks? I'd love to know. Leave me a link to a video and I will check it out!!

Priorities, Priorities!!

It is that time of the day. The house is quiet. The kids are "resting" and I am just about finished my lunch. I have checked out all of the blogs, Facebook, Tweets and email. I have cleaned up after lunch. Now?? What should I do??

Well, this weekend I was reminded that I have this precious couple of hours to spend with God. The kids are quiet and not interrupting me. Also, if I spend time with God right now, then I do not feel guilty for not getting up at 6am to spend that time with Him. He doesn't care when I do it, just that I do it!! It sounds like a perfect plan. A perfect solution to my nagging spirit that is in need of some Abba time!!

So, the question remains...Why haven't I been doing it? Why do I find it so easy to spend my time on things that are here today and gone tomorrow? What is the point?

I have no good excuses. Just excuses. No real reasons. I mean, there are times when I need to do some Girl Guide stuff. (Excuses) Sometimes I need to email people. (Excuses) Sometimes I feel like I must write something on my heart so others can read and hear and understand. (Excuses)

The point is: I have no good reason for not doing it. So starting today I am going to be doing some quiet time with God at my regular scheduled computer time. I will still be online, but not for as much time as I would normally be on.

My prayer for you all is to find that few minutes in your day (I am sure you have some) where you can spend time with God. That you would look past all your excuses and find that time!! That is my prayer for you and my prayer for me!! Let's do this together!!

Kidlet Update

Yes, it is that time again...Time for another episode of "Aidan and Emma's Update"!! The blog-isode that you just can't miss...especially if you are a grandparent or an aunt!!

Emma:

Well, she is addicted to watching "The Letter Factory" by Leap Frog. She LOVES it and wants to watch at least once a day. I don't mind because she is really beginning to learn her letters. That video is amazing!! I should be a sales rep for it since I always plug how good it is. It really is amazing.

She is also really beginning to pick-up the songs from Promiseland. She is now in the Little Lambs room (2 year olds) and they do a story, some songs and a craft. She comes home singing them, which is soooo cute. (Especially when she sings "hawewuya"...It is too adorable!)

She has my personality for the most part. She is not as high strung as I can be (enter Aidan) but she is very stubborn and wants everything done her way. She walks to the beat of a different drum, too, which is really cute to watch. I am thinking that she is a good mixture of both Mommy and Daddy (musically speaking), since she has perfect rhythm (enter Jonathan) and she LOVES to sing, too.

She has started to play on the computer while sitting on Mommy's lap. Yes, at 2 1/2. That's about the age Aidan started, too. What a different generation than even my generation. I learned how to use computers in elementary school playing on those really old Apple IIe computers...With floppy disks...

Aidan:

Well, Aidan is into science right now. Anything to do with weather, space, tornadoes, volcanoes...He loves figuring out how things work and learning new things. He loves learning. (I predict either a career in education or performing!)

Yes, he is our little performer. Give him an audience and there is no stopping him. I mean, he blabbers on about things that don't make any sense, but to him it all makes perfect sense.

He is LOVING Kindergarten right now. He has made some good friends, especially Ashley. He likes the fact that he has to be so independent. (And that there are no bullies in his class like last year!!)

He has been an excellent helper for Mommy. He's been helping out with Maggie and Emma when Mommy gets a bit busy. He likes it, I think because it makes him feel all grown up. I like it, too. It shows how mature he is.

We had his Parent Teacher interview last week and the teacher praised him about how wonderful he was. (Of course she did ask about his temper...We all know that about Aidan!! I wonder where he gets that from....) Anyway, he is doing so well so far.

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I am blessed to have such good children. I mean, I know they have their moments. Even I have mine!! But overall they are great children and I should be so thankful for them being in my life. What a gift from God!! What an awesome responsibility.

Now if only I could pass over the teenage years....