Music mania

Sometimes I don't think people believe us when we tell them how wild and crazy it is in our house. I have heard rumors that some kids wake up and need snuggle time in the morning and some coaxing to get things rolling and are just plain quiet. Not here. This is an example of what we walked into one morning after they were up around 6am. Jay plugged in the keyboard and it was full out dance/jump mania as Jay and I were trying to keep our eyes open long enough to take a shower. The clock in the background is actually one hour ahead ..........

Above is a pic with the very talented Kristen Graves. Would you believe I was her babysitter way back when? She was on a tour promoting her new CD and she had a stop in Madison. We threw caution to the wind and kept out kids out WAY past bedtime so they could listen to her play the guitar and piano and sing her heart out. Henry was even doing some breakdance moves on the carpet (probably had no correlation with the kiddie cocktail Jay bought them to drink). They thought it was pretty cool to get hugs from such a star!! I can't keep this secret to myself so go check out her journal and listen to her music at http://www.kristengraves.com/ You can see for yourself why we own every CD she has made. You can read about her night at The Brink too. Bryn's most requested song is her "Back to Piano" on her latest CD.




Jumping with Sam to the music at Juniorpalooza at the Children's Museum shindig last weekend.

Africafest again this year! Even better than last. The kids made African masks and after some hula hooping and endulging in African eats we hung out in the tent and watched some unbelievable dancers. Below is Henry doing his version. Bryn was shaking it too but the video couldn't load.