Music Lessons

Oh Daddy, thanks for teaching me instruments! And you've taught me from the beginning, starting me out in all the instruments I play now!

Piano

Guitar

Drums

So thanks dad for all you've taught me in music. And it paid off. If you want to see some of my music, go to my YouTube Page!

Oh and don't think he taught me with no experience, here's some of his awesome music too!
Dad, you're the best. Love Ya!

corner view "home"

At my home there's a lot of...

Creativity

Cooking

Laughs

 Water

 Love

 And Music!

For more homes, go to our host, Francesca.

corner view "on my kitchen counter"

Since I don't have a house, therefore I don't have a kitchen which means I don't have a counter, so I'll use my desk instead.

I'll tell you what I'm not used to. Going to basic clothing stores and having nothing fit me! Nothing's comfortable and nothing seems to be my style. So today, I took some clothes that were a little too big for me and hemmed them with my trusty sewing machine!

I hemmed some of my shirts and to my old jeans. I cut the jeans into shorts. And then, being kinda quirky, I took the remainders of the jeans and turned them into fingerless gloves. And then they turned out nice so I took some of my mom's old shirts she didn't want and made them into gloves too. Recycling! :) Of course I'm not very good yet. All I can do is make gloves and hem things. But I'm hoping to get better! If any of you have any tips, I'd love some feedback!

Here's an example (of the shirt gloves):  

corner view "organic form"

All of these shapes are unique. So different. But, I can see them all in my backyard, or within five minutes from my house. :)

For more organic shapes, go visit my mom, Theresa and her sidebar.

corner view "school"

First things first, I wouldn't have such a great school if it weren't for my parents and my awesome teacher, Miss Yvonne. I'm home-schooled with my sister Annabel.  This means, we can experiment with different types of learning.

Miss Yvonne is a new kind of teacher. On the first day of school, she made a list of the differences between my sister Annabel and I and our similarities too. So, she really got a feel of who we are. We go to a math website called IXL. Every time you get 100%, you get a virtual medal and the longer you practice, the more prizes you get. It's really fun! It goes up to eighth grade but high school is coming soon so for now, I'm just reviewing. So that's new, math is FUN!

We also do vocabulary. We look through some books that we're reading (it can be magazines or whatever) and find some words we don't know. We look them up and then teach them to each other. Then, every time we use the word in a sentence, we get a point. At the end of every two weeks, we have a test and get little stones and things for prizes. :) So fun!

Even though we don't have seasons where I live, I can always imagine the back-to-school thing. When I grow up, bundling my children in their scarves and hats and mittens, packing their lunches and watching them walk to school, waving goodbye to me. As they walk away, a gentle wind blows, rustling trees, forcing the little red-orange leaves to say farewell and fly off on a new adventure. (I don't know if this is really going to happen, I might home school my kids, I was just trying to be all mature and 'wisdomatic' and stuff.) :)

Picture form Getty Images

School Day and Computers

Today's our first day of school. We have a new teacher. She's really nice. She had kinda new methods so we're going to have some fun. I get to blog more, and do more music, and online math. Anyway I think it'll be fun!

On the other hand, my computer's kinda broken. I ran out of space on my hard drive. So, I ordered a new one! YAY! It should come any day. When it comes, I'll put all of the stuff I don't need on my computer on the hard drive. And when I plug it in to the computer, I'll be able to access all of it!

Sorry if this post was boring. :) I couldn't find a picture. Oh well, I'll do one that's more interesting. ;)

Teacher, Gum and a Dog.

Sometimes, when Shawn's school has random days off, my mom teaches some first grade students at our house. And it gets VERY loud. So, to focus better, Annabel and I go to my teacher's house to study. It's fun. Sometimes we get mint gum at the end because she has a stash of it in her car and last time she had a puppy there she was babysitting!  His name is Sora.

 

 

 

 Ain't he cute? :)

Howcast Video

Annabel and I got our first real job!! We're doing Howcast videos with Miss Lisa and her husband Marq! Also, I'm making a music video with Miss Lisa and Annabel's gonna be in it!

It's part of homeschooling! It rocks!!!!!!!

Here's the first one. 

How to Get Started Homeschooling