Quickety Quick Takes
Gonna try to make these truly quick so I can actually get this thang published on a Friday for the link-up. Here I go again on my own!!!
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So I seem to have a bit of a fetish for the British monarchy in my TV watching lately. I have been loving Victoria and since there wasn't an episode of that this week, I started The Crown instead and was instantly riveted.
Last week I was dabbling in some Call the Midwife and before that it was Lark Rise to Candleford and before that North and South. They all have some political elements and so there are times when I am simultaneously watching two shows and I mix up who is King or Queen at that time, or what historical event is happening or just happened. A wonderful problem to have, I think. As one of my college roommates used to say, I was born in the wrong century on the wrong continent. And then I used to remind her that I prefer my electricity and indoor plumbing, thank you very much, and I'll just read (and watch) all the romanticized versions instead. Long story short, I highly recommend any of these shows if you're like me at all!
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A sweet little shot of three girls watching Sesame Street while Mama drank her coffee one morning... perched on a box of paper towels that had just come with our Amazon Subscribe and Save delivery. (Have you tried Subscribe and Save? Not to be a commercial or anything, but you totally should. Save money, have things delivered directly to your door, and never again forget that you're out of toilet paper. Win win win.)
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Our local roller skating rink (yes, we have one) has a bi-monthly homeschool skate and the girls have been going to the last few with their friends and totally loving it.
{Side note: for many years, whenever we drove by this roller rink, whichever girl was in the car at the time would point out the window to the roller rink and say, "That's where Uncle Zach works." Usually I would say, "Um, no, Uncle Zach doesn't work at the roller rink." Then whatever girl would argue and insist that he worked there. I don't know who started this myth and/or perpetuated it, but it existed until very recently when I was finally able to set the record straight. Orrrr... maybe Zach really did do a Roller Derby stint up here in Massachusetts that he never told me about.}
Here's a clip of them at the very first one we ever went to:
You can see them falling all over the place, but now at our fourth (I think?) session they are really getting quite good! N is no longer using the white PVC "trainer" you see them using in the above video, and although L did rent one at yesterday's session, she didn't use it for part of the skate. It's cool to see their confidence build, and boy is it good exercise during these cooped-up winter months.
It totally brings back memories of the 7th grade and getting my skate on to PM Dawn and eating nachos from the snack bar and watching the crazy awesome moves of the bellbottoms guy and getting "asked out" by a guy from three towns away who was wearing a TON of cologne (I said no). Ah, memories. Luckily no guys with too much cologne at the homeschool skate. Yet. Hah.
The homeschool skate happens while C is at preschool so it's just me and the big girls and J. Although J begged me to put "bike shoes" on her today, she and I just mostly hang out at the bouncy house. For some reason, every single kid that goes in that bouncy house gives her head a little pat or holds her hand or helps her in and out the door. They're so gentle and it's very sweet! I'm betting that most homeschooled kids have a baby sibling running around, or else they're just really nice.
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C is back in her "ballet tumble" class after taking the fall off and she is PSYCHED. She woke up the next morning after class last week, and the first thing she asked was "When is ballet?"
I think she may be currently training the next generation of Bananaphone dancers:
Side note: we were watching some of these older videos together yesterday, and C commented "Our house was so clean!" Ouch.
--6--
As I write this I'm sipping some Sinus Soother and battling a bit of a sore throat. It's nothing major really-- I've been so thankful that nobody in our family has really been terribly sick this winter (knock on wood) and there have been a LOT of awful things going around. I'm also really thankful that my sore throat and sniffles held off on coming to full fruition until yesterday. Before that, it was a big week of singing for me-- normal Sunday stuff plus an Ash Wednesday service at the Lutheran church downtown. The introit for that service was Allegri's Miserere Mei.
A bit terrifying for the high soprano, right? Yes, that note is what's known as "high C", although I always think of this when people say that:
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So I seem to have a bit of a fetish for the British monarchy in my TV watching lately. I have been loving Victoria and since there wasn't an episode of that this week, I started The Crown instead and was instantly riveted.
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| A typical shot of an afternoon run on the treadmill... baby napping on the monitor, big girls playing Uno in the next room... |
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A sweet little shot of three girls watching Sesame Street while Mama drank her coffee one morning... perched on a box of paper towels that had just come with our Amazon Subscribe and Save delivery. (Have you tried Subscribe and Save? Not to be a commercial or anything, but you totally should. Save money, have things delivered directly to your door, and never again forget that you're out of toilet paper. Win win win.)
--3--
Our local roller skating rink (yes, we have one) has a bi-monthly homeschool skate and the girls have been going to the last few with their friends and totally loving it.
{Side note: for many years, whenever we drove by this roller rink, whichever girl was in the car at the time would point out the window to the roller rink and say, "That's where Uncle Zach works." Usually I would say, "Um, no, Uncle Zach doesn't work at the roller rink." Then whatever girl would argue and insist that he worked there. I don't know who started this myth and/or perpetuated it, but it existed until very recently when I was finally able to set the record straight. Orrrr... maybe Zach really did do a Roller Derby stint up here in Massachusetts that he never told me about.}
Here's a clip of them at the very first one we ever went to:
You can see them falling all over the place, but now at our fourth (I think?) session they are really getting quite good! N is no longer using the white PVC "trainer" you see them using in the above video, and although L did rent one at yesterday's session, she didn't use it for part of the skate. It's cool to see their confidence build, and boy is it good exercise during these cooped-up winter months.
It totally brings back memories of the 7th grade and getting my skate on to PM Dawn and eating nachos from the snack bar and watching the crazy awesome moves of the bellbottoms guy and getting "asked out" by a guy from three towns away who was wearing a TON of cologne (I said no). Ah, memories. Luckily no guys with too much cologne at the homeschool skate. Yet. Hah.
The homeschool skate happens while C is at preschool so it's just me and the big girls and J. Although J begged me to put "bike shoes" on her today, she and I just mostly hang out at the bouncy house. For some reason, every single kid that goes in that bouncy house gives her head a little pat or holds her hand or helps her in and out the door. They're so gentle and it's very sweet! I'm betting that most homeschooled kids have a baby sibling running around, or else they're just really nice.
--4--
C is back in her "ballet tumble" class after taking the fall off and she is PSYCHED. She woke up the next morning after class last week, and the first thing she asked was "When is ballet?"
The fall season this year was really really really tough with her skin (which is another LONG story that I hope to tell here someday) and that's part of the reason we took the time off. Suffice it to say, for now, that she is doing better in the skin department right now than she has... well... ever. It is beyond words for me to describe how happy this makes me, and it practically brings me to tears that she can be back at all the activities she loves with limited suffering. I think, along with C, that I look forward to this class the most out of any in our week, because her smiling face and excitement is the absolute tops, after such a long, tough road.
--5--
Remember when little L showed off her dance moves to Raffi's Bananaphone (starting at 0:32 in this video)?
I think she may be currently training the next generation of Bananaphone dancers:
Side note: we were watching some of these older videos together yesterday, and C commented "Our house was so clean!" Ouch.
--6--
As I write this I'm sipping some Sinus Soother and battling a bit of a sore throat. It's nothing major really-- I've been so thankful that nobody in our family has really been terribly sick this winter (knock on wood) and there have been a LOT of awful things going around. I'm also really thankful that my sore throat and sniffles held off on coming to full fruition until yesterday. Before that, it was a big week of singing for me-- normal Sunday stuff plus an Ash Wednesday service at the Lutheran church downtown. The introit for that service was Allegri's Miserere Mei.
A bit terrifying for the high soprano, right? Yes, that note is what's known as "high C", although I always think of this when people say that:
Anyway, I could feel the sickness coming on in the few days leading up to the service, so I was drinking gallons of water a day and not eating any dairy to minimize the mucous (sorry, gross). And saying lots of prayers, I might add! Although I felt pretty nervous leading up to it, my Hi-Cs were in place when they were needed, and I felt relatively calm and was able to just enjoy the beauty of the piece as we sang it. Win! (I know there are much harder pieces of music that could be sung, but for this Mama who is a bit out of practice it took a lot of fortitude and preparation.) The whole service was beautiful and really meaningful, but almost as soon as I sat down after the Allegri I could feel the pressure building in my head and my sore throat intensifying. Maybe it was just my body feeling the relief of having it successfully done, but I like to think it was the Lord sustaining me through that moment. I know this is definitely a #firstworldproblem and it sounds kind of diva-ish for me to look at it that way, but it certainly is nice to feel that presence, isn't it? Also nice that we didn't have much on the schedule the next day so the girls and I had kind of a lounge-around rest day and I was able to sip my tea, enjoy the company of my gals, and feel relieved that I was able to sing when I needed to. I'm looking forward to more fun singing in the weeks ahead-- excited in a somber way that befits the season of Lent, of course. :)
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Last, a couple pics of my baby in the sunshine. We have been enjoying such beautiful weather.
And there you have it, my not-at-all-quick takes! I'm never quick, am I? Always so much to say, so much to catch up on. :)
Enjoy the weekend my friends!
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