Bailey Family

Rushing through this without creativity...and moving on to 2014 Seth moved up to yellow belt (picture taken with someone else's cell phone because I was late getting back to pick him up and I missed it!) :( I should have gone to get Alee up from her nap earlier, but when I did she was butt naked in the bathroom and there is no rushing a 4 year old in the bathroom. Christmas day (yeah, these aren't even in order) Christmas program (Dec 12) at school. My little violinist Lights at the zoo (Dec 16th for FHE) with Bethany's family I know Alee's head is a blur, but I liked the picture with no flash...the tree in the back looks better in this one. Child needs to learn to be still! Park on Christmas Eve Eve (Dec 23rd) - yeah, it was short sleeve weather Trying to feed the ungrateful ducks...(they weren't hungry and Will had bought us name brand bread to feed them...so most of us ate a little of the bread meant for the ducks) Eve...

For those who missed all or party of the recital - or for those who didn't know about it - or for those who thought we were so awesome they want to watch it all over.... The promised recital on YouTube. For ease in recording, uploading, and viewing, we recorded each song separately, so you can watch in pieces or all in one sitting. Enjoy! And Merry Christmas! PS, I have commentary with each video but you can skip it if your attention span won't last for the videos too. You can watch them embedded here in the blog post or you can use the links and watch them directly at YouTube. Let's begin! Natalie - Deck the Halls She impressed me as I choose a sing slightly above her level. Seth - Silent  Night Song straight from his lesson book. Carolyn - Joy to the  World She really should have practiced more, but she never been a studious piano student, but she does love learning and is a bit if a "jack of all trades, master of none". She started teach...

See last post for explanation... Baton Class, about 2 minutes Ballet/Jazz Class, about 1 minute Country Western Day, about 3 minutes Now I'm done blogging for the day/month!

Rob took Veterans Day off (since the kids had no school) and we went to the zoo. (We didn't let Seth/Alee ride in the van that way - they just think every time they do something funny or cute I should go get the camera. Since I already had it in hand, I took a picture of their sillyness.) She took quite a while getting all those little squares like a checkerboard. I was proud of her for not freaking out on the girl that came by and swooshed the whole thing to chaos 3 minutes after she finished. She just laughed and swooshed it with her. (Glad it wasn't her sister...the result may have been different!) Seth turned 11 in October, so we all went to the pack meeting this month so that he could "claim" his final awards, including the scouting Faith in God religious patch and Arrow of Light. (His Webelos leader and assistant leader are standing to his right - they were phenomenal.)  He'll work with the 11 year old scout leaders this year, but I do look ...

I say "almost recital" because I combined everyone's pieces into shorter clips in one video (a little over 2 minutes - rather than almost 8 minutes!) Also, the songs are just songs they were practicing for their normal weekly assignments.   I hope you enjoy listening to them - Please mark your calendars for December 17th (Tuesday) at 7 pm - we'll be broadcasting our Christmas Recital . Link to be shared on Facebook (or by email if you don't use facebook). I'll try to post the link here on the sidebar also (if I remember!)

I have been so busy. I like having things to do. It actually keeps me productive and unidle...however, too many and I get overwhelmed and a little crazy! So, I have to let go of some things, and sadly, the blog was unessential this past month. :( Like my sewing, I do it for fun AND for the benefit of my family...so one project at a time - and this past month was halloween costumes. So fun to sew because they don't have to be perfect and it's where I've learned a lot of my random sewing skills (this year it was sewing with knits, making tutus, and using a twin needle). I thought you'd enjoy looking at too many pictures! (Alee did have little shorts on that day and for Halloween party & trick or treating she wore leggings - Kaitlyn also wore tights under her leotard and ballet shoes, but I didn't have them put them on the day I took these pictures. I thought I'd get good pictures later...as always, I was rushed later, so most of...