Little T’s birthday rattle
For Little T’s first birthday, M made him this rattle out of cups, pop-corn kernels, and painters’ tape. He loves it! (but not quite as much as the Rocket Ship she made ealier this week). Related...
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We spent Thanksgving with extended family and re-discovered my sister-in-law’s family. At the end of the evening we listened to some recorded-at-home tracks; written and performed by her niece. Today...
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Our young friend AC is visiting for the day. She and Maggie have been friends since they were two years old (Bjørn’s entire life!). They’ve been busy all day, playing make believe, making more...
View ArticleA hard day’s night
With the Olders both getting into their music so much recently, Tomas has begun introducing them to the Fab Four as part of their fundamentals of musicology education. This weekend he taught them to...
View ArticlePiano boy
This one is for the grandparents, aunts, and uncles who live much too far away. After two months of lessons, my boy has taken to improvisation. I think he’s incredible (even without the piano). This is...
View ArticleDonovan’s Pied Piper
Today is one of those days… I’m still under the weather (I’m convinced it’s the Plague), the house is a disaster, the laundry pile has morphed into a mountain range, the baby won’t nap, and I’m too...
View ArticleGlobal grooves
My friends sent me this awesome video of their kids dancing. Of course I had to beg and plead to share with my peeps — if you need a smile today, this is the vid for you Related posts:Reindeer...
View ArticleApple Camp
Maggie and Bjørn went to camp this morning, Apple Camp that is. I’d heard that our local Apple stores hosted workshops for kids — being a Mac Momma, I had to try it out. I signed ‘em up for the Music...
View ArticleHandmade guitar
Maggie gets very upset with me when I haul out the recycling because in it she sees endless possibilities, countless projects just waiting to happen. One of her favorites is Marching Band. Brothers get...
View ArticlePaper plate banjo
This one was from the Peninsula School’s Holiday Craft Fair. You have to hold the banjo pretty close up to hear it well, but the sound is amazing — reminds me of a Didgeridoo — way cool! To make your...
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