And while we assume many Youtube videos from one’s youth would not be helpful when on the campaign trail, Future Jesse can actually claim that he’s always felt the need to get involved and make his state great. But what kinds of extra services will the state provide once Gov. Jesse raises property taxes? (Were we registered New Jersey voters, we’d vote for him based on the fact that his interest in politics seemingly comes from Gov. Schwarzenegger’s role as the Kindergarten Cop)
His parents really shouldn’t be so dismissive of his desire to run. After all, he’s not going to run in college.
Over the past couple years, you may have noticed a resurgence in ukulele popularity. It certainly hadn’t escaped Bunch’s resident nostalgia blogger Cynthia Kinnunen, nor our go-to source for what’s new and hip in music, Beth Blenz-Clucas. (Beth clued us into Heidi Swedberg’s awesome ukulele stylings, Sukey Jump Music. Swedberg is best known as George Costanza’s fianceé Susan)
So what makes the uke so popular? Its sweet tones? Its relative accessibility? Maybe the thought that you too could re-imagine classics like “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”?
So what are you waiting for? Grab yourself a uke, check out this little video and start playing some sweet tunes!
Catherine Romano blogs about crafty projects for kids and parents
We recently returned from California and I was so inspired by the lush, green grass, pretty wild flowers and bright sunny days (with a few rainy breaks) — I suppose I didn’t realize how much I missed the signs of spring.
Now, back in Toronto, I wanted my new Make It! post to include flowers so I made a trip to the dollar store, asked my son to pick out his favourite flowers and created these fun floral crowns. Take a look:
Materials:
Wire Cutters
Fabric flowers
Flexible silver wire
Floral wire to attach the flowers to the wire crown
Green tape (painters tape, masking tape, or floral tape to protect the head from any pointy, wire ends)
2. One feminist new mom, who hadn’t been feeling super attractive, is, however briefly, totally into a certain acronym she’d previously found really gross.
In September, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton will join the likes of Madonna, Bill Cosby, John Travolta, Sarah the Duchess of York and many more as a children’s book author. In regards to celebrity-penned children’s books, we mostly agree with the Guardian’s Ed Pilkington, who figured celebrity reasoning would go thusly: “I’ve been making up bedtime stories for my children and suddenly I’ve had a brainwave. These stories are good! These stories are brilliant! I would be failing in my moral duty to my adoring public if I did not put them down on paper.”
But we’re kinda thinking we’re siding with the folks who think Perez’ book could be pretty good. Gossip or not, he actually writes everyday, plus he’s snarky and fun. He’s a little bit one of them, but also a little bit one of us. And if the celeb-bedtime story needs to have a big moral, a writer could do worse than embracing one’s individuality. Read more...
Since we’re still hearing weather reports with the phrase “wind chill” in them, it might be a while before we’re puttering around in the soil for real. That’s no reason not to have fresh flowers around the house. Grab some coffee filters, see what kinds of colour combinations the kids can come up with and make these Coffee Filter Flowers from Tinker Lab.
