More Christmas Spirit

If I were to rank my favorite Christmas songs, "12 Days of Christmas" would rank dead last. It's too long, repetitive and pretty lame. I mean, if my true love gave me all those gifts, I might be a little ticked off. After all, what do you do with 12 drummers drumming? Or 8 geese a laying? It's just a big mess. HOWEVER, I was listening to Pandora today and heard this version of it. Check it out. So incredibly funny!

Got to love 5th grade!

Today we were reading a book (39 Clues: Book 1: Great Read!) and came across the names Picasso, Van Gogh, and Dali. Wanting to expand my students' art background, I quickly pulled up pictures that the artists may have been known for. Van Gogh: Starry Night. Dali: That funky time melting picture. For Picasso I pulled up this picture:



After my students' initial reaction to how odd it looked, one student blurted out, "It looks like Lady Gaga's band!" I died laughing then and there!

Christmas Spirit

One of the blessings of living in Utah during the Christmas season is that BYU-tv replays many of the Mormon Tab Christmas Concerts. I was watching the video tonight of the performance with Brian Stokes Mitchell (who's one of my favorites-GORGEOUS voice!!!) and they always have a famous person narrate part of it. This time Ed Herrman was telling the story of "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day". It was so moving, I just had to share it. What a great testimony as to what Christmas is all about.



Here is a clip of Brian Stokes Mitchell singing my favorite part of the performance. Such a lively singer! I love it!