Kindermusik With Notable Kids

Inspiring a Lifetime of Potential... Offering the best Music & Movement classes for babies, toddlers, & preschoolers.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Wow - where has the time gone???

I've been a terrible blogger lately. Not that I've posted anything risque or offensive. I just haven't been posting. Between kids, business, computer crashes, and family medical mayhem, it just hasn't ranked high on the list of late. My apologies to anyone who actually checks in on a regular basis. (Guess you're not doing THAT anymore!)

If you're missing a good read, try Antique Mommy on for size. She's always good for a laugh. Really great writing style, and excellent commentary on raising a child and life in general.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Recycled Fun On a Rainy Day


Loopy Lava: fill 1/2 water and food coloring, and 1/2 baby oil. It produces a lava lamp effect when tilted.

Snow Globes: fill half with water and half with corn syrup. Add glitter, beads, paper clips etc. The corn syrup makes the glitter fall slowly for dazzling effects.

Delightful Discoveries (not pictured): fill with rice and small objects like dice, small toys, etc. As you roll the bottle, different objects will come to the surface to be discovered.

Once filled, simply fill the bottle caps with hot glue and turn them on. Let set until dry and you have a great addition to you sensory set! Set these bottles in a sunny window for even more dazzling effects!

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Thursday, November 08, 2007

Job Posting

POSITION:
Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma
Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa, Pop

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an, often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities!
Travel expenses not reimbursed.
Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The rest of your life.
Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs $5.
Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly.
Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf.
Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects.
Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all ages and mental outlooks.
Must be willing to be indispensable one minute, and completely embarrassed the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices.
Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.
Must assume final, complete accountability for the quality of the end product. Responsibilities also inc lude floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION:

None. Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:

None required unfortunately.
On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.


WAGES AND COMPENSATION:

Get this! You pay them!
Offering frequent raises and bonuses.
A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that college will help them become financially independent.
When you die, you give them whatever is left.
The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS:

While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are offered; this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth, unconditional love, and free hugs and kisses for life if you play yo ur cards right.

** AND A FOOTNOTE: THERE IS NO RETIREMENT -- EVER!!!

Sunday, November 04, 2007

I won't make you do this - I promise!

Our Village classes are doing the Charleston, among other dances, this session in Do-Si-Do. While we're not as flamboyant as this (yet), please consider that they are all holding babies while kickin' it up!