Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Let's Do Christmas

"What shall we do today, Emily?"
My 3-year-old answered back, "Let's do Christmas!"

It was nowhere near December 25. I don't know where she got the idea, but I thought it was a good one. Christmas is so special it should be celebrated at least twice a year anyway. I called my husband at work and told him to invite his boss's family over for Christmas dinner tonight; Emily and I were going to spend the day doing Christmas.

Emily and I pulled out the holiday decorations, sang along with the Little Drummer Boy's "A Rum-pa-pum-pum" and had a great time making Christmas cookies, wrapping a few presents and preparing a Christmas dinner that we all enjoyed. "God Bless us Every One!"

Monday, October 10, 2011

Learn to read using a microphone or southern accent

Everything is more fun when you use a microphone. I have a karaoke machine I've never used for karaoke. I tutor kids in the neighborhood with reading and they have so much more fun reading out loud when they can do it with echo and special effects. We also sometimes take turns reading a page using our best British or Southern accents.