He Is Risen

He is Risen. He is risen indeed! Happy Easter Day to you and yours. We serve a Risen Saviour-Oh Happy Day!

Double Digit Danger!

Today is my son's 10th birthday! I can't believe that 10 years ago today we were in the hospital wondering what in the world we had gotten into! He was bright-eyed and ready to party at birth and he is still that way today. The boy has two speeds "on" and "off"!
Right now he is hosting 3 other 10 year boys for a birthday sleepover. Not sure how many brian cells died before we made that decision. Check with us in the morning to see if we made it through! Or rather...Dad made it through. I plan on hiding outside with the little sibling! :)

The Most Wonderful Time

Another wonderful Christmas Day has been celebrated...Happy Birthday Jesus! And...to my daughter, mother and brother-in-law! I am truly a blessed woman to have family, friends and health. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Oh, to be the Cooking Mom!

Last week I was the "Cooking Mom" for Miss Note 2's Kindergarten classroom. Each week a mom signs up to assist with center time...cooking being one activity. This is highly anticipated by each child as it is their mama who is the "celebrity guest star" for the morning.

My draw

Snap to It!

It's been awhile since I've blogged as it were. I noticed my last entry was last APRIL! Mrs. Tuneful and family have been quite busy! But....

School has begun and my Note 2 has been enjoying Kindergarten. She has been learning lots of new things as all new kinders do. Her favorite new thing is snapping her fingers! Do you remember when you learned to do that? It's quite an accomplishment for any youngster when they learn to snap their fingers loud enough to be heard!

Of course Note 2 is not just happy about being able to snap and let it go. Oh no....we snap in people's ears to prove we can snap...we snap at Mrs. Mom Tuneful when we disagree with her and so on!!! Perhaps she has learned too well the "snapping" secret.

You know the one...where you are on the phone and suddenly children appear from wherever they were to make noise or need something? You know when you start snapping and sending them out of the room with wild facial expressions???

Now that Note 2 has the snapping down I am not the only one to say "Snap to it!" Although we may have a few discussions on who does the "snapping too!"

I just hope she doesn't learn to whistle!

"You're It"-If I can figure it out!

Well...I've been tagged by my lovely sista Jillian to share Six Quirky Things about myself. The first unofficial quirk is my fear of blogging as it has taken me about 2 weeks to even answer the "tag". So if I tag someone out there in blogland no worries if you don't answer for awhile!



Okay here is the "short" list of quirks as I have many:



1. I am a split personality. No, not like "Sybil" but in temperment. You see, by the name on my blog I am a musician. But truly only half of me. The other half is a school teacher. The joke around here is that some days the "musician" wakes up and things are "free-spirited" and other days "the teacher" wakes up and takes "charge"! It truly is quirky and quite tricky for Mr. Tuneful to handle on some days. Woe to the family if the musician reigns for more than a few days!



2. When going out to eat-I generally have to have a sip of water before deciding what I want to order. I know weird!



3. I hate cleaning... but I hate things dirty. (is that a quirk?)



4. I don't mind doing laundry. Love the smell of freshly washed folded clothes



5. They never seem to get put away.





6. My final quirk of many is that I don't like bright lights and loud noise at night. So...once I'm in my jammies (which could be as early as 6:30PM :), all needs to be dim and quiet!





There you have it...my quirks. And I have no idea how to do the Mr. Linky as I accidently deleted my Sista's helpful e-mail to that effect. So00000. Sista Jillian will you please help me and tag some other lovely blogger to share?



Have a lovely Saturday...



Mrs. Tuneful

Meet Max and Sara

Have you ever been to Build-A-Bear? After avoiding this seemingless new "rite of passage" for a few years, a friend gave Note 1 and Note 2 gift cards to this institution. With a five dollar off coupon if you spent $25.00 or more, I knew we were in for not only the stuffed animal but a cute outfit to match. After being "iced in" last Friday, Mr. Tuneful and I decided a trip to the mall to use the coupons would be in order...before the Notes and I could clash anymore!
Upon entering the aforementioned store we were faced with the "decision"...which animal to stuff? So many to choose; so little time and only so much gift card! After that decision we chose outfits complete with shoes and/or slippers and then the PROCESS began...visit the stuffing machine, kiss the heart and put a little heart in the bear...then a bath (which was adorable to see the NOTES brushing out their new friends! Then came the dressing room where Mr. Tuneful got into the action by helping Note 1 dress his bear. Finally, we named the animals and printed out the birth certificates! Whew! Actually it was quite fun. I told Mr. Tuneful that I might like to get one too...he gave me a look like "you're not serious" and headed for the door! Although I may become a secret "build-a-bear" consumer and find reasons for the Notes to go "build" another! :)

Without further ado...please meet and welcome our two newest additions to the family...MAX the soccer star and SARA the pink spotted Leopard.