6th grade dance

I'm going to the WMW Anon meeting too.

My dear sister was at the June meeting for the WMW Anon, "Worst Mother in the World." I thought I would add my own admission to the group.

http://livinglifeatwarpedspeed.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-meeting-minutes-for-wmw-anon.html

I'm glad you let me join the group. I'm the Worst Mother in the World, too. Today I was working on a Research Paper and was plugged into my relaxing new age music to help me concentrate and to block out the sounds of the children.

My WMW moment came when I yelled at my 8yr old son for some sort of liquid in a leaky squirt bottle. His shirt was soaking wet down the front. His chin and elbow were dripping wet and going all over the place.

When I asked him what was in the bottle, he proudly said "Juice. Do you want a squirt?"

No, that's not all.

The kicker came when I found out he'd been spraying it all over my bedroom floor! My carpet had been baptized by sprinkling!

Yes, that's when I won the award.

The crying and wailing was deafening, and my son was quite upset, too.

I'm glad we're moving next week. I'm glad that the juice was a very light purple. I'm glad that the carpet is a great color of rusty brown. I'm glad I've won this award and I have so many to thank for it. I just hope there aren't any stiff, sticky spots tomorrow.

Thanks for letting me come this month. Be sure and let me know when July's meeting is. I'm sure I'll be attending!

Movie Night

This is how movie night should be every night. DH borrowed the new projector from work. He had to test it out of course. Just move the furniture around and take the picture off the wall. Popcorn, our favorite family movie ever....Bedtime Stories, and blankets.... that's what I call a perfect night. We are definitely buying one of these for our new house. It's already set up for it. I can hardly wait.

For S's love of rats

Everybody fights!

Validation

I think this YouTube is amazing. I love watching it over and over. I hope you enjoy it, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao

Picture Tag

I got tagged, so here's the 3rd picture from the 3rd folder in my Picture folder. It's 2 of the girls' Littlest Pet Shops. I think its a spider and a lizard. They were taken by N's camera that she got for Christmas, and the 3rd folder is all of her pictures.

A Big Surprise on the Farm

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4976884228779219701

Here's the link to my video. To preface my video, I have to tell you how it started out. I had my camera and tripod set up in the back of the third grade classroom. I had shown the teacher what button to push. I gave her the nod to start and my camera said "Low Battery!" I had checked them beforehand and they had more than half the charge. GRRRR! My teacher hurried and grabbed the batteries from her camera. I switched them out and the same thing "Low Battery." I said, "Oh forget it, I'll go ahead and tell my story now and record it another time." The class had been waiting patiently, so I began telling my story, without the video.

The teacher disappeared for a couple of minutes and came back with two more batteries. I stopped my story, switched the batteries, and tried to keep going with my story. I had already described the warm sun on the fields, the birds chirping in the trees, and the rustling leaves. I didn't want to say all of that again, but I knew I had to say a bit of it for my video. I'm a bit flustered at the very beginning because of the battery drama and not wanting to start all the over on my story. I also kept expecting the batteries to die in the middle of my story.

It ended up going great, much better than the first time I told it. The kids in the class had fun with the animal sounds. We had practiced beforehand and I had told them to only do the sounds for a couple of seconds. There was one point when I had to remind them of that.

I know that I didn't follow my story word for word, but I certainly remembered most of it. The teacher was impressed that I had remembered all of the details. She told me that she had never been a good storyteller and that she thought I was great. She told me that she knew how important the video was to me and that's why she went looking for more batteries. I really appreciated that. It was important to me, but I was trying not to stress out. I had 27 kids waiting patiently for me to tell my story.

The kids loved my stuffed animals. By holding the animals up, they could remember to do their animal sounds. It was good for me to have them as props. It kept my hands busy and it also helped me remember the story. I didn't really give the animals different voices like I had wanted to, except for the horse. I made him move slowly just by the tone and speed of my voice.

I'm glad it's over and it's better than the first time I had to record my story and it's better than the first time I told this particular story. I feel more confident in my storytelling abilities and using the techniques that I have learned. I could really enjoy doing this if it was the right kind of story and the right audience.

T's Trash Can Performance

Isn't It Romantic?

I finally got to see the BYU Ballroom Dancers. WOW! It's something I've always wanted to do and it was beyond what I had imagined. The dancers are truly talented. At first dh and I were going to go, but at the last minute we decided it would be a girls' night out. I know dh would have loved it, but it was fun with my girls, too. It was girls' night out for lots of families. The seats looked full to me and the audience was full of people of all ages, but mostly women and girls. If it the opportunity comes up again, then dh is definitely going. I would love to see it again. I kept wishing there was another night of it, but I shall be content with one great performance. Sigh, isn't it romantic?

I Love Matching Shirts

Matching shirts and matching books. Aren't they so cute?!?

And the winner is....

A huge Second Place ribbon for "T."

Row, Row, Row Your Boat or Who Ordered the Seagull?

http://www.google.com/s2/sharing/stuff?user=107841315683854629059&hl=en

Here's my first Storyteller story. Let me know what you think. -Jenny