My current “it” song. It really ministers to me.
For the lyrics click here.
And according to her website Tammy Trent (the singer) will be heading here (Singapore) end of October, this year! Scroll down at her Tour Dates for more details.
I LOVE this song I found on youtube by Eric Herman. It’s intelligently funny and cute. Pre-school kids will love this. Yah, I’m actually a 5-year old trapped in a mom’s body! Hahaha…
Intelligent but more suitable for pre-schoolers and a grown up like me loves it??! Confused? Check it out and you’ll see what I mean.
Almost a year ago I posted the super popular Momsense video clip (if you have not seen it, you HAVE to, especially if you’re a mom).
And just a few seconds ago, I discovered this (below). It was done by the same comedian, Anita Renfroe in response to Momsense. You have to watch it all the way to the end. HILARIOUS!!
This song moved me to tears.
As a mother I want my children’s world to be perfect. If not, the closer to perfection the better. I realise in part this is because unconsciously I’ve been subscribing to some degree to the notion that a “successful” life is a “fulfilled” life. Yes I’ve unknowingly believed that if my children are successful in this world they’d be fulfilled. By success here I mean doing well in school, socially, etc.
It is not something I’m proud of as a Christian mom but the truth hit me recently.
Why else would I catch myself at times so saddened by my son’s speech delay? He’s otherwise a healthy, cheerful and well rounded boy. And what if he wasn’t?
“I’m just afraid he may have a hard time adjusting to school or society…” is the usual argument I give myself.
So what? I now realise that a fulfilled life has nothing to do with a “normal life” or a “successful life”. It has to do with how we feel about ourselves. Do we feel valued? Do we know we were intrinsicly made? Our Maker didn’t go “oops, oh dear…” We were beautifully crafted (blemish and all) for a purpose. Our lives are valued and meaningful.
Psalm 139: 13, 14
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
John 10:10
(Jesus said) I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
With this wonderful renewed realisation, whatever unnecessary anxiety I had over my son has gone away. With faith he can lead a fulfilled life and that’s all that really matters.
P/S: This is the link to the song, God’s Will by Martina McBride. Click (More info) on the right hand side of the youtube page for the lyrics to the song.
Little Missy is now at a very cute age (next month she turns 2!) I’m having a lot of fun just watching her everyday (that is when she’s not challenging me).
One of her latest top 5 favourite activity is pretending to talk on the phone…
Yes, that’s our house phone not a her toy phone. She likes them both!
If you think the photos are cute, check this out.
Did you catch her saying, “Daddy. Where… you?” I’m so pleased I managed to capture this on video.
Is it just me (and I can’t help it, I’m her mommy) or do you think it’s very cute too?
Are there any “green eggs and ham” in your life you ought to try? 
Since Hubby-jr started speech therapy one of the things I’ve to do with him at home is “shadow reading”. Basically he has to repeat after me word for word and imitate the tone and rhythm as I read a storybook to him. This is to improve his articulation. According to the speech therapist he’s too nasal and speaks without really pausing between each word. His sentence could sound like one long word with many, many syllables!
Shadow reading was a tough assignment. I had to correct his pronunciation and rhythm more often than he liked. It made storytime grueling. I got quite disheartened. Thankfully I wised up and tried using his favourite nursery rhymes. It worked a lot better as they were much shorter.
Then recently I discovered a couple of wonderful short videos of storybooks on YouTube and that helped tremendously. You see Hubby-jr loves almost anything that moves on the computer! (I seriously think it’s the male genes, my daughter takes to computers too but at a much lesser degree.) And these videos were perfect because they were basically close up shots of the books (of which I had borrowed or bought), moving page by page as someone narrated the story.
After he watched the videos he was hooked. He watched it again, again and again memorizing not only the words but the tone and rhythm of the narration as well. So much so he could read the book (the real book with the computer off) to me and all I had to do was correct some of his pronunciation!
Here are the videos. The first is Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? The children’s classic by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle. He loved this one so much that he’d recite the story to himself every now and then!
(The YouTube link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdHCYgO9zh8)
The second is Digger Man by Andrea Zimmerman & David Clemesha.
(The YouTube link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OOz_dz0vf4)
I have noticed that Hubby-jr has since started speaking slower and clearer. It works!
Elijah Wood does the Numa Numa Dance? Watch and see.
Bewildered? Here’s the REAL version.
It’s from a kids’ show Yo Gabba Gabba! (Of which I just discovered from YouTube). Personally I prefer the Numa Numa version
Luke 2:8-14 (King James Version)
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were so afraid. And the angel said unto them,
Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Ten more days… and just in case I don’t get a chance to post till then… here’s wishing you a very MERRY (and Blessed) CHRISTMAS!
