Music Makers

Of course I would love my kids to grow up to be crooners. I love music, especially an exceptional a cappella voice. So naturally I was excited when Bella was old enough to participate in Music Makers. She got to sing songs, play instruments, listen to stories and march in a band.

She loved going to Music Makers and seeing her friends Abby, Cadence, Maryn, Lauren and Bella. In the beginning, she wouldn't get up for a solo performance. But by the end, she was singing her ABC's and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star like a pro.

Here is Bella singing her solo of ABC's in front of everyone, including dads.

One of the songs for the final performance was Popcorn Popping. This was the first song Bella learned in nursery. She learned the actions before the words.

She did such a great job tonight! We will miss Music Makers this summer. We'll have to keep practicing the songs in the car until fall.

What's in a name?

So the story goes...

I started getting very random visits on the blog from all over the world... literally! India, United Kingdom, Brazil, Argentina. I don't know anyone in any of these places, unfortunately. So I made the blog private hoping to get off of any searches through the internet. So in discussing my frustration with a friend, it was brought to my attention (??) that I have a very common last name that is probably searched quite often on the internet. My question is, why oh WHY did it just start happening after having the blog for 2 years?!?!??!? Can you explain that to me please Blogger?? No, of course not, because you are a program with no physical support.

Anyways, so the new blog will not have the now cursed last name. Ok, I actually like my last name, and Jeff gets a kick out of this whole situation because he has always thought his last name should make him famous or something.

I don't like having my blog private. In my haste to go private I didn't even invite my mother to see my blog. And I don't have everyone's email address, so once it was private, some got left out. And I know, you could add more people and invite more but I wasn't even updating the blog, let alone inviting more people!

So, we're going to try this one more time. No more mention of the last name. I really hope this is the issue, otherwise this computer may end up out the window, and that would be very bad for business.