Lullaby in the making

This morning the boys were playing checkers after they ate their breakfast. For some reason they were telling eachother to be quiet, which turned into some sing-song taunting, then it turned into... a lullaby.

They decided they would sing it to their babies, and Thor said he'd have to have Erik come over and sing it with him, to his baby. Soon it became a fully harmonized song "Be quieeeeet, shush uuuupppp, and go to sleep."

Very nice. I can see any baby instantly falling asleep under their hypnotic discord.

They decided they need to record it, so I'll be sure to post that later if they do.

Sure do love those goofy little bounders!

I'm taking over!

Yes, it's the end of January, and I haven't posted in forever!

When I decide I love something, I become obsessed with it. My obsessions come and go in phases. And when they come, it's full throttle. I dive into it and go crazy for however long it lasts, a week, a month, but it never lasts extremely long; which can be good and bad. I'm sure Nate would love for me to have an obsession with becoming rich, or making my business more awesome.

It's more commonly things like music, or a certain artist, singing, art/drawing, makeup artistry, making stuff out of clay, just to name a few.

My family knows that when I find a new favorite song or artist, I will listen to that song/artist non-stop for a few weeks at a time (or more, depending). Sometimes they really love me for that... (total sarcasm).

Right now there are two artists on the repeat list, Ingrid Michaelson and Basshunter. But there are a couple favorite songs of theirs that are constantly on repeat in my car, on my ipod, at home, on the computer, in my head.

So, what I've realized is: I need to figure out how to make my obsessions last longer than the short time they do (if they're worth it, that is) and put them to good use! As well as making things that I don't love become an obsession.

Party U.S.A.

I was mopping the floor today, and had moved all the chairs to one side of the kitchen. Annika decided to make this her stage and grabbed her "mic" and started singing and dancing.

The first song is an original Christmas song "When we're good, we get presents!", then a little Taylor Swift rendition, finishing off with some "Party (in the) U.S.A.". These are her favorite songs, every time they come on the radio she gets excited and starts dancing and singing.

She's constant entertainment, this one!

Blogger wouldn't let me upload the vid for some reason, so it's linked through my facebook... hopefully you can see it!

Halloween!

Nate was a midget
Nettie was Barbie
Thor was a knight (Nate made the chainmail)
Erik was a sniper
Annika was a zombie bunny

Updates

Been a while eh!
Things we've been busy with:
Swine flu (everyone got it but Nettie :P)
Doctor bills, who doesn't love those, right?!
Scouts and YW callings
Halloween!! (Pictures forthcoming)
Nate's MBA program (whew, he's been busy with that! He won't like me bragging, but too bad... He got an A- (which for this teacher is amazing) and his professor personally called Nate to tell him how impressed he was with him and that he would willingly give him an excellent referral if he ever needed!)
The business- Trying to get more customers and get some more advertising out there. If you know of anyone who needs some cleaning, send 'em our way, and you'll get some free cleaning!!

Now that it's November, we'll be busy with:
Thanksgiving, yay!
Christmas shopping and planning
Tax season is soon upon us.. well, Nate.. we'll be pining for April soon!
Snow, ugh.

The next American Idol!

Annika had pulled the piano bench out yesterday, to use as her "stage", and some nail polish as her mic, and started her performance! So I had to pull out the camera and record it.
The song is an Annika original.

Trip pictures!

Yeah, it's been a while!
I'm hoping to do a full update of our trip to Germany and Italy, but for now, here are the pictures at least!

http://picasaweb.google.com/birdette79