Having just completed an 800 mile round trip with countless hours of kid’s music being played, we have chosen a number one band in our house right now – The Imagination Movers!
We’ve been fans of the Imagination Movers for awhile but since their new show on Disney, Bella AND Andrew are loving them and we’ve been OD-ing on their music. And I’ve got to make my own confession – I like them too! The Imagination Movers show can be a bit corny (hence the genre – kid’s show) but they’ve got a great sound, kid friendly lyrics, most are fellow parents (Scott & Dave each have two kids and Rich has five) and they’ve overcome tragedy in their personal lives (when Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana they lost their studio and three of the guys lost their homes.)
So before you start your next road trip or if need an upbeat album to get you and the kids moving, give a listen to Rick, Scott, Dave & Smitty. (If you don’t have anything of theirs yet, start with Juice Box Heroes.)
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RoL’s Current Top Kid’s Artist: Imagination Movers
Baby Proofing the Hearth
Brian and I have been baby proofing our house for months, now that Andrew has mastered walking and climbing low objects. However, we were still struggling with what to do about our brick fireplace hearth.
We considered buying one of those specialty gates that go around it, but they are pricey. In the meantime, we simply blocked off the sitting area by the fireplace with our dining room chairs entwined like a puzzle. (Yeah, that was real attractive.) But our incredibly small Hercules always figured out a way to move the chairs or wiggle his way through them. Finally, I saw a perfect solution in one of those parent magazines sitting in the doctor’s office. A mom suggested using one of those connect-a-mat floor puzzles to cover the hearth. Brilliant. We tried it and I’m happy to say, it works! (At least until Andrew discovers how to disconnect it.)
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UPDATE (March 2012)
I wrote posted those pictures nearly four years ago when Andrew looked like this.
Two years later, the baby proofing was done for John-Paul.
Now it is Matthew’s turn.
We needed to replace the floor mat and I wanted to find something that looked a little less “day care center,” trying to keep at least one room in the house free of toy overload.
I found this one in wood tones, which works so much better for us. The color matches the room and they don’t have the letters that the boys can pop out. We are very pleased with the results. You can find them at Amazon.
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Mass Kit for Kids
A friend emailed this link to place where you can purchase a Miniature Mass Kits and child sized vestments .
I also noticed at Amazon that you can also purchase the Wee Believers My Mass Kit for the toddler sized altar servers and priests in training.
I remember when my little brothers used to “play” Mass. They would have loved to have this set back then!
11/11/04 – Angel in the Waters
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There’s a great new children’s book out called Angel in the Waters. It is published by Sophia Press and it’s about the experience of a baby and his guardian angel from the moment of conception until his birth. You can read the whole book online at angelinthewaters.com. It’s truly a beautiful story! (Not just for kids, it would be a great gift for a pregnant or new mom or dad too.)
7/8/04 – Anti-Catholic “American Girls” Book
Many of us remember the American Girl Dolls when we were growing up and some of us have now bought them for our own daughters. However I received an email from a friend/ home schooling mom that surprised me. You can read it for yourself.
“My daughter’s b-day is coming up and she’s wild about American Girls. She’s read just about all of the books. They have a new series for older girls called Dolls of Many Lands. One of them is an Irish doll that comes with a book called Kathleen: The Celtic Knot. I “preread” it before wrapping it and giving it to her and boy am I glad I did!
This book is positively horrible! Within just the first few pages it starts up with the old stereotypes of the mean Catholic nuns teaching school. It then goes on to develop the hero of the story – Kathleen’s 20 year old aunt “Polly” who likes to wear bright red lipstick, smoke, and hates anything to do with Christianity or the Church. The truth is that “Polly’s” real name is “Mary”, but she cannot bear the idea of that name so she demands that everyone call her “Polly” instead.
In one scene Polly lectures her brother-in-law, Kathleen’s father, on the dangers of going to mass, praying, and devotions. This book isn’t good enough for bird cage paper, as one of my dearest friends would say. I wrote American Girl and told them exactly how offended I am – as a Catholic Christian and as an Irish citizen – by their negative portrayal of the Irish of the 1930’s and of Christianity in general. Hopefully this heads up will save some of you the same experience. God Bless, K.”