Practically summer

Yesterday it was 91° here. We were roasting. J pulled out a tarp and the hose, and this is what happened:

Welcome to Summer!

Roo loves birds

He looks outside first thing in the morning, searching the sky. He looks at me, signs, looks outside again. He's searching for birds. He loves birds.

Our friend Liv recently posted a photo of a jay on her blog. Roo saw it, and for the next day kept pointing at the computer and signing bird. I told Liv this, and requested more birds on Roo's behalf. She replied with a bird photo post. Roo loved it. Here's his reaction, complete with hooting sound which he now uses for all animals:

Thanks, Liv!

Hey hey hey

A great song with a great message from one of my favorite groups - Michael Franti & Spearhead.

Mele Kalikimaka

...is Hawaii's way to say Merry Christmas to you!

Hope you have a great Christmas and a fulfilling, joyous New Year. See you next year!

Peace and Love,
MamaBee

That time of year again...

...time to bust out John Denver and the Muppets!

J bouldering

J went out bouldering with some friends on Saturday. Our friend Eric Heiden took some video footage and edited it into this video. Check it out:

PA GRIT from Eric Heiden on Vimeo.

Insect song

We went to Shaver's Creek Nature Center today for a kid's activity. Doodle learned all about insects, and was excited about learning this song.



I fear a family band is not in our future. Oh well. At least we like bugs together!

Up the slide

Yes I'm one of those parents. The ones that let their kids go up the slide. I try my hardest to emphasize the importance of only going up when there aren't other kids around, or when they're not near your particular slide. It doesn't always work, but I try.

That disclaimer is simply to reassure you that while I'm trying to raise respectful and courteous little people, I also encourage their daring behavior to some extent.

Witness my 10 month old crawling up the slide:




Apologies for the sideways video and lack of sound. My little point-and-shoot camera takes pretty crappy video but that's all I had with me.

Videos from recent performances

Here are two videos of my performances at SpringFest - my solo and my troupe.

My Springfest solo.

Saffron, my troupe, at Springfest.

I have a couple of performances (troupe and a duet) coming up this Saturday at Club Cairo, our big dinner dance event of the year. After that I'll have a little dance downtime.

Baby laughter

Little laughed for the first time yesterday, and I got video. Such a cute little chuckle.

Bouldering babe

Video of Doodle bouldering at the climbing gym. I think she's a natural.