Notes & Neurons

Posted by taneya on February 27, 2010 under Fun, Video | Be the First to Comment

I’ve been watching TED videos for the past hour and love this one from Bobby McFerrin. The video is from the World Science Festival and he’s demonstrating our mental connection w/ music. Cool stuff.

January 31: My Namesake

Posted by taneya on January 31, 2010 under Fun, Project 365 | Be the First to Comment

If you didn’t know, I was named after a cougar in an episode of the Six Million Dollar Man.  Below is said cougar, Taneha and Lee Majors.

Thanks to my mommy for sending it to me!

January 30: Snow Day

Posted by taneya on under Fun, Jihad, Kaleya, Project 365 | Be the First to Comment

today the kids got to play in the snow!

rest of the pics here.

UNC Students Go Crazy in the Library (Again)

Posted by taneya on December 15, 2009 under Fun, School, Video | Be the First to Comment

Oh, this is great! Last  year, I posted a video of f lash mob at UNC’s (my alma mater) undergraduate library.  Well, the UNC students have gone and done it again!

This year, they had a rave at the main library on campus, Davis Library.  Classic! They know how to relieve stress from finals don’t they

Christmas Party 2009

Posted by taneya on December 13, 2009 under Fun, Jihad, Kaleya, Photos | Be the First to Comment

Today,  I took the kids to our daycare provider’s Christmas party and we had a lot of fun!  Kaleya & Jihad seemed to really enjoy themselves, even though Kaleya was afraid of Santa!

Here is Kaleya w/ her bestie and you can link from here to the rest of the photos by clicking on the link at the bottom that says “December 2009″

and a video from today

Rihanna & Shy Ronnie are like Fire & Ice

Posted by taneya on December 11, 2009 under Fun, Video | Be the First to Comment

too funny!

Wu-Tang in Legos

Posted by taneya on July 24, 2009 under Fun, Video | Be the First to Comment

OMG! I love it! Wu-Tang acted out by legos!  For those that don’t know – I am HUGE Wu-Tang fan.  The very first CD I ever bought was Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). 

Wu-Tang Lego: Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ from davo on Vimeo.

July 4th Fun

Posted by taneya on July 5, 2009 under Family, Fun, Movies, Photos, Video | Be the First to Comment

Yesterday was a very exciting July 4th! I took the kids downtown to join friends outside of the football stadium.  Fireworks were scheduled to begin at 9pm.  I’d not been to this before and was very much looking forward to it. Our friends set up a a tent outside the stadium and have food, games, fun, all kinds of stuff, for several hours before the show.  The tent we were in was pretty large, here is a view of just one side of it. There was room underneath for about 15 of us.

When we arrived at about 6pm, it was raining some, so we couldn’t sit out on the grass, but it did clear up for awhile. The kids all got goodies bags with things to keep them entertained, silly string, bubbles, confetti – they really enjoyed it. Here, Jihad checks out his goody bag.

At some point in between the rain, the fireworks crew set off some – our guess was to test the equipment but it was a fun teaser. I was talking through it in order to keep Kaleya excited; I didn’t want her to get too scared and she fortunately didn’t.

Then, after it was dark, it really started to rain again, so they started the fireworks early. It was so much fun! The finale was just crazy and I managed to get a clip of that:

We are all excited about going back next year. Then, today, we went to the movies to see Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. That was entertaining, though, I don’t think it was as good as the first one.

Hope everyone also had a good weekend! The rest of our pictures are here.

My Life Tonight for 2 Hours…

Posted by taneya on June 17, 2009 under Fun | Be the First to Comment

When I came home to a house with no power because of some thunderstorms that came through town today.  My experience would be equivalent to the green section

Image from GraphJam.com

Pictures from the Swimming Pool Party

Posted by taneya on February 22, 2009 under Fun, Jihad, Kaleya, Photos | Be the First to Comment

On Friday night, I took the kids to a birthday party for my coworker’s grandson who turned 5 this week.  The great thing about this party is that it was a pool party! Kaleya & Jihad enjoyed themselves and Kaleya was particulary distraught to have to leave.  Neither of them know how to swim, but it doesn’t stop them. However, this summer, Iam going to have to get them in swimming lessons. I can’t tell you how many times I panicked if Kaleya got too close to leaving the shallow end of the pool!

From Early 2009

And, here is Kaleya w/ Jackson’s daddy. He took her around the pool so she could at least feel like she was kinda swimming

From Early 2009

More pictures here.