OMG! It’s all I can say. I have been seriously thinking about getting Dance Dance Revolution for awhile now and today I finally purchased it. We have a PS2 that is not used very much, but this may change that for sure. This game is totally a workout.
Exergaming at it’s finest in our household. I wonder if I played this long enough, repeatedly enough if it would really help me get fit? If they can use it in PE classes in school, it’s bound to be good for me right?
I went to Walgreen’s the other night. Kaleya sits behind the driver’s seat and as I was getting her out, the car in the spot behind me and one spot over was about to leave. So, I had pretty much already had her out when I saw this, so I held tightly right next to me so she couldn’t move and I said, “Kaleya, stay right here next to me, don’t move.”
Then the car left and Kaleya says “Mommy, why I have to stand right next to you?”
Me: “Because there was a car there and I wanted you close to me so it doesn’t hit you”
Kaleya: “Oh, so it won’t make me dead?”
Oh, that made me laugh! Then, as I was telling the story to Kalonji later that night, Kaleya started elaborating, saying that if the car rolled over her it would make her dead.
Gotta love CNN’s collaboration with Facebook for today’s festivities. Kelli and I made our stamp – posting updates to the live Facebook feed on CNN.com live – very cool!
Well, I won’t make you, but this is what I spent my morning doing – so much fun! Actually, it is not all that bad. The class I am taking this month teaches about how scales are developed (think Myers-Briggs) and how they are assessed for reliability and validity. The interesting thing is that twice this weekend I had situations where I was able to put some of what I’ve learned to use.
In family news, we had a relaxing weekend. I did some genealogy stuff, the kids played some educational games and we even went out to eat once. Not too exciting over here. Those World Word videos are doing good though – today I asked Kaleya to spell the word “pie” and she was able to do it without really thinking! One of the episodes she has is all about pies.
And, I also added my twitter feed to the sidebar of my blog, so if you visit the site you can see what I’m up to. Until later…
This video is not the best quality since I took it with my digital camera, but here’s a short video clip of Jihad on his skateboard a couple of weeks ago. He and Kaleya were having fun going down our driveway. And yes, I know it looks like he’s going into the street but we were very careful to watch for cars!
I have over 1200 emails in my gmail inbox. So, you know what my New Year’s Resolution is this year? To keep my inbox to 100 messages or less and do a better job at archiving emails as I should. I have been successful at keeping my work email inbox down to less than 100 messages at work for the past 3 or 4 months now, so it’s time to get going on my personal email.
Hope everyone is enjoying their new year. I start classes again on Monday and will be taking a Health Behavioral Methods course. I will also be finalizing plans for my thesis work this month so it makes for a busy time for me. I’ve had a horrible headache since last night, so am trying to rest as much as I can before the weekend is over.
In child news — Kaleya opened one of the DVDs we got her for Christmas – Word World. This is a PBS series that I think is cool — they make the shapes of animals, items, etc using the words that spell the word – see example below. With this approach, Kaleya can spell the word aloud and right away know what it spells without prompting from us – a great approach to learning how to read!
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