Last week, I wrote about free homemade instruments you can make for your baby. But as your baby moves into childhood, you can begin introducing real instruments and making real music. When I was a small child, I was given egg shakers and a tambourine. However, by the time my youngest brother was a toddler, my family had started a…
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When you’d really like to start teaching rhythm and the idea of making music to your baby, but the budget is tight, homemade is the key. Here are some ideas for homemade instruments for your baby that won’t cost you a thing. (You’ll be using things that are probably already in your house.) Until your child is about three, he/she…
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Valentine’s Day can be a hard day for so many. Widows missing their husbands, singles wondering why they still haven’t found their other “halves,” wives receiving the casual flowers from a husband who mistreats them the rest of the year. The reasons are completely different for each person, but the theme is the same: Valentine’s Day is the day when…
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Desperate housewives. It’s a term with which most of us are familiar, even if we’ve never watched the show. For those of you who (like me) are among that group of the slightly confused, here’s Wikipedia’s summary: “Desperate Housewives follows the lives of a group of women [who] work through domestic struggles and family life, while facing the secrets, crimes, and…
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“Just make yourself at home.” How often have you heard that phrase? Sometimes you genuinely do feel “at home,” as though you can plop down on the couch, grab the nearest blanket, and sip your cup of coffee without embarrassment. Sometimes, you feel just the opposite. Moving the blanket will destroy its artistic effect. And if you spill coffee on…
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