The Gift Of Childcare

Here's yet another "inspirational" that I thought up.  I was inspired to write this yesterday, after a fun experience. ;)

I love kids.
Okay....allow me to explain.  A lot of teenagers these days are quite self-centered.  Even I am sometimes...wanting to do what I WANT, when I WANT, and not really caring about anything else.  It's not easy to grow up in a day and age where society encourages you to sit back and have everything handed to you on a silver platter.

But that isn't what this post is about.
I like doing more than just sitting back and being lazy.  I love helping out adults/parents and I especially love taking care of kids.  Especially small ones.

For as long as I can remember, I've been a "little mommy".  When my sister was born (though I don't remember this TOO well...since I was only six...) I took care of her, I loved her, and I took care of ALLLL my baby dolls like they were my baby sister.  (nawww)
Whenever me and my cousin and sister would play dolls (which we did a LOT growing up) I was always the mom.  I always had that maternal instinct to take care of the babies/kids.

As I got older, I was able to nurture those passions and loves.  Now I work at our dance studio, teaching ballet, tap and jazz to 2-3 year olds and 4-5 year olds.  My little girls are the highlight of my week.  I love spending time with them.  To them I'm "Miss Fallon (insert real name there)", and I get to carry them, hug them, let them sit in my lap, and just get to be there with them.

I've heard some teens say that they don't like kids, or that they're not "good with kids".  Essentially what I've got from that is that they are A. have no siblings, B. don't know what to do/don't have that maternal instinct or C. they think all kids are bratty, snot-nosed, and gross.
I don't have any of the above.

Yesterday I was helping my sister's music teacher at her little kid music class.  They were learning about stringed instruments, and Miss Susan (Glory's teacher) asked if I could come in and show the kids my violin and viola.  I agreed, and brought three instruments with me (my viola, my violin and my student model violin for the kids to play with).  The first kid to get there was a little girl.
I knew this little girl because I teach her dance class.  The way her face lit up when she saw me made my heart melt.  :)
"Miss Fallon (insert real name here)!" she yelled, and ran to me to give me a huge hug.  Her mom knew me, and went to pick up her son from school, knowing her daughter was in good hands between me and the Miss Susan.  ;)  This little girl held my hand the entire class, she sat at my side or in my lap, and she was really interested in hearing the violin/viola since I was the one playing it.  ;)  I was honored.  When Miss Susan introduced me to the class as just "Fallon (insert real name here)" My little girl said "No Miss Susan, that's MISS Fallon, and she teaches me dance!"  *heart melts into puddle on the floor*
I received hugs and kisses from this little girl yesterday, and she said that she would see me at dance in two days.  :)

I also knew one of the boys in the class, since I taught his sister last year.  His sister knew me when she came to pick him up, and rushed to give me a hug as well.  So did the mom (she's also my dentist! LOL)! ;)

This got me thinking.  So many little girls look up to me.  They know me as "Miss Fallon (insert real name here)", their dance teacher.  I've seen little girls around town or at the store a few times, and the moms always recognize me and say hello, and talk with me, and the little girls always give me hugs.  I'm so happy to be in those little girl's lives.  I feel like I'm making a difference.  I love helping them, I love taking care of them and getting to be their teacher and pseudo-big sister.

Glo's other friends all look up to me, they talk to me, and play with me, and know if they ever need anything, they can go to "Fally (insert real nickname here)", Glory's older sister.  :)  It's an amazing feeling.Even at P.E., I'm a big sister to my sister's friends.  Her best friend takes dance with her, and that little (not so little, she's ten like Glo) girl loves me.  I get a billion hugs, she sits on me, and she and Glo are always playing with me, and cracking up together.  She's my second little sister.

To know that I am making an impact on the lives of these little girls (and even some little boys too) makes me feel so incredibly blessed.  It's a gift to take care of small children (and even big children).  When a little girl gets hurt in dance class, the first person she runs to is me.  She knows she can find comfort in me, and that I'll either take her to mommy or give her a bandaid and help her feel better.  One of my three year olds did that  few weeks ago in dance, she hit her head on the ballet barre and got scared.  She instantly ran to my side, crying, wanting to be held.  I picked her up and helped her feel better.  I got her to stop crying and continue dancing in less than three minutes.  Not a lot of people can do that.  I've been told that I have the magic touch.  ;)

I thank God for this gift that he's given me.  The gift of childcare.  I hope someday I can use this in more than just a volunteer setting.  I'll follow wherever He leads me with it, whether it's to have my own family, or take care of other people's children, I'm up for the challenge.

Do you have the gift of child-care?  If not, what are special gifts that you DO have, something not everyone else can do?  We're all made special and individually, with God's hand on each of us and our talents.  Tell me about yours.  ;)  Own it!  Be proud!

In Other News...

Friends!!! I am sorry for neglecting 2Thine for the past few days...I've been wanting to do a few posts, but I haven't gotten a chance to sit down and write at all recently!! :P  I suppose this will be a catch-up post, about everything with me and what I have in store for future blog posts!!!!

This blog has suddenly become quite inspirational...with all these popular posts!!  I'm glad that my writing seems to be appealing to you all!! :)


Anyway, I've just been really busy lately!!!  I have so many emails to get caught up on.....and papers to write for school and practicing to do on my viola.  It's a lot of work.  Plus writing tons of blog posts and other things!! :P  


My cousin had her confirmation over the weekend, and we had an awesome family dinner.  
I am now into My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.  It's awesome.  Seriously.  I am in love with it.  
I've been doing only a little bit of writing lately, and most of it is OC fanfiction/stories.  :D  I'm working on a new book! :)
I cleaned my room (it's a miracle) and there was more glitter on my floor than dirt/dust.  XD
I have issues.  Friend issues mostly, and others.  I'm giving up and giving it to God.  I'm tired of drama.
I love Dance Moms, I love drama that isn't my own.
Because of Dance Moms I am now giving my sister Dance Intensives.  I have learned that I make a pretty good dance teacher.  I pick it up from my job at our studio.  My sister hates me for being her tap teacher though, because Tap is what I'm most passionate about.  XD
I'm thinking of starting a business.  It's all in the works (my head), and I'd appreciate support/prayers.  I decided I want to be an entrepreneur.
My mom is such a fangirl.  Fate of the Jedi's last book (Apocalypse) comes out today, and she's waiting for it to go online at Midnight so she can buy it.  This coming from the woman who's bedtime is 8:30...this is a big deal.  We're going to read it together and fangirl and freak out over it tonight/tomorrow morning.  ;)  I'm excited.

Enough random things....here is a taste of a few posts I have in store for future weeks/days/months/whenever I get a chance to write...
Political post (OOOHHH SCARRYYY)
Art posts
Writing posts
Why i love fanfiction
Life Lessons
Character Soundtracks
My Playlist/Funny Stories about the music I post
Dancer tips and suggestions (I know a lot of you are dancers and probably just as good if not better than me, so maybe we can have fun and learn from each other).  ;)

Thanks everyone!!!  One of those will be up within the next few days (hopefully).  Until then, check out Fangirls on Felucia if you don't already follow, where I post on a regular basis.  ;)

I'm...Alive....*waves little white flag*

I'm not dead!!!!! :D  Hooray!!!  Yay for aliveness!!!

I have to apoligize....things have been crazy...I've been busy with school, Fangirls on Felucia, and more...that I have been neglecting good old To Thine Own Self Be True...;)  Even on her birthday!  :'(

So....

Happy Blogoversary to me!!!!!  It was technically on Friday....but I'm lazy.  XD

Well, onto a real post....
I have quite a few 'real posts' in the works....a bunch of movie reviews....an Avengers fangirl freak out review....and more.  But here I'll just do a little bit of all of that.

First, since I'm fresh out of ideas tonight, I'll just fill you in on my life (since it's all about me....no, I'm just kidding, it's all about Him. <3)  I just decided that I'll add pictures too.  ;) *all pictures are taken by me unless marked otherwise.*

So far....my life has consisted of school.  School is eating me alive it seems. I made a pact with mostly myself but also my parents to get my school work done, on time and to the best of my ability this week, or I suffer the consequences.  Every hour/day/etc. I don't do something is another hour/day/ect. I have without internet.  O.O
Scary, I know. So I better wise up and get my stuff done.....

After school comes Viola.  I am really honestly enjoying my viola.  I love to play, it makes me feel beautiful and confident when I can belt out a note or song really well. :) My teacher has been incredibly supportive and helpful...I learn something important and new every lesson.  It's an amazing feeling.
I've had a concert, and it went well.  I was one of 16 out of 51 people who was actually on time for the call-time.  ;)

This is my favorite picture ever. :D

School and Viola are pretty much all that I've got going for me....other than dance. ;D

I dance once a week, but when I do, I'm at the studio for 5 whole hours.  First I teach classes, and I absolutely love it.  My baby girls are absolutely adorable, and they really like me.  :)  It makes me feel needed and special. Haha!  I co-teach a class with the owner of the studio, and she pays me in free classes.  ;D  WOO!  

My one class that I take for myself is totally horrible and totally amazing for different reasons.  It's amazing because I LOVE my teacher...she's incredible.  She's the dance team teacher, and she works us HARD.  And she's the sweetest, coolest person ever!  :D  

The bad part is the other girls in the class.  Without trying to sound rude or uppity....I'm definitely the oldest one there, and along with my one friend, I'm the most mature.  :P  It's pretty bad....these are 12, 13 year olds who are having break ups, catfights, and gossiping like no tomorrow.  It's disgusting.  They wear NOTHING.  XD Literally.  I always wear pants or at least capri-work-out pants, and a t-shirt to dance, while these girls wear the tightest fitting tank tops imaginable with shorts that look more like underwear than anything.  My head is always aching by the time I leave my class....either that or my ears start to bleed from all the nonsense they speak of...and oh-so-loudly....*rolls eyes*  

I wish so desperately I was taking tap class (i'm taking jazz...the tap is way to late...) Tap is by far my favorite type of dance. ;D

This is my second favorite picture ever!!! :D

What else occupies my time besides Dance, Viola and School?  Well....the internet, of course! :D 

Twitter is a great way to reach me by the way.  :)  I'm constantly on there.  @FallonSkywalker if you need me. ;)

Fangirls on Felucia has occupied a lot of my time.  Without Savanna riding my back to get the posts finished, I probably would turn FOF into this place! *cricket, cricket*

Seriously though, Fangirls on Felucia is running AWESOME.  It's been getting a lot of traffic and feedback, and I am loving every second of it.  Savanna, if and when you read this, I love you, and I'm having a blast working with you!!!!!!  We'll go far!  ;D 

prototype of our banner, made by me xD

Also The Lakehouse Forums....my friends, I know you read this.....I stress many moons over TLF. XD Don't know why really....other than needing to prevent problems and solve problems for people....;) 

And Tumblr!  Ahhhh Tumblr. I love Tumblr actually.  My amazing Tumblr is called JediWithAPurpose and you are more than welcome to visit it.  ;)   http://jediwithapurpose.tumblr.com/ 

I suppose this ends another (slightly pitiful) post on my little blog.....I will be back very soon with more and much better things!  :D

Back Into The Swing Of Things...

Today was the first day of dance.  Oh. My. Word.  xD

It is going to be a long (and fun) year.  :P  I am helping in TWO classes this year, and taking only one.  xD
I'm helping the main teacher/owner of the studio(s).  I've known her for years, and my family is good friends with her, so I'm glad to help out, and she's super nice.  The little girls are awesome.  I know four of them already, and I can tell that we will have a lot of crazy fun this year.  XD

Moms stop me in the studio, or parking lot, or restaurant down the street and tell me what a good job I'm doing helping, or saying thank you, or if they had me last year, hugging me and asking me how my summer was.  xD

My Jazz class is really cool.  I am the oldest girl there.  *facepalm*
The teacher is really, really nice, but I can tell that she's tough, and going to push us.  I know a few girls in the class, some as friends, others acquaintances, and others just by name or their face, because they are /not as nice/.  :P

I met a nice girl in the class though, who is around a year younger (but several inches taller...), and she's been dancing as long as I have.  This is her first year back to Jazz after a while too, so we'll catch up together.  Especially if Chibi decides to not come with me.  >.>

Anyway, dance means that we're now getting back into the school year.  O.O
I am SO not ready.  xD  I've been reading science, and practicing my viola (like crazy!) but I'm kinda nervous for this year.  :P  I'm going into high school.....so it's  big deal.  And the program we're using is very involved and very big, and I have a LOT of work to do.  I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with everything (both in 'real life' and the internet.).

Pray for me.....I have an orchestra audition next week, and I'm honestly terrified.  XD  I am getting better at my song, but I still am scared.  I always clam up in front of the judges.  And cameras.  xD

Well folks, sorry for the short post, but I'm going to /try/ and get caught up on Blogger and probably Beautiful People too.  xD  I think I missed last month's.....anyway, that post will probably be up later.  I just had to post about dance, because I was excited/tired.  :D

Love you!

You all probably think I'm dead.....

Unless you're from the Lakehouse, then you know I'm completely alive.

XD
So so sorry I haven't been blogging lately!!!!!!!  I've been so busy and have had no time for my lovely blog.  :P

Anyway, I have been given reason to blog.  Wanna know what?  AWARDS.  Awards are worth posting about. Here we go, I've been awarded a Star Wars award.  :)

This award was given to my from Rebecca at Just Me.  ;)  Thanks Rebecca!!!!!!  *hugs*
Now, I have to do something special in order to officially accept this award.
QUESTION TIME!!!!!!!  ;)  *i'm going to do this as if I was my star wars persona, Fallon Sunstar*

1. Who is your Jedi Master?
Marilee Sunstar.  Star Wars Older Sister, Jedi Master.

2. What's your Jedi name?
Fallon Sunstar

3.  What is your lightsaber color?
Blue!  :D

4. What is your homeplanet?
Dantooine.  Long story, but I am from Dantooine.

5.  What is the name of your ship?
The Flaming Star  (cool huh?)

6.  Which War do you fight in?
The Clone Wars naturally.  xD

7.  Who is your worst enemy?
It's.......................MACE WINDU!!!!!!!!!!!  *passes out*

8. Will you stay loyal to the Jedi?
Duh!!!  Why wouldn't I?  The Sith are overrated.

Now, I must explain the rules of the awards.  :)  And then award mesa friends!

To win the Jedi Padawan Award, your blog has to be 3 months old.

To win the Jedi Knight Award, your blog has to be at least 8 months old.

To win the Jedi Master Award, your blog has to be at least a year old.

To win the Dark Jedi (Sith) Award, your blog has to be at least 7 months old.

Okie day, time for the awards!!!!  :D

I award the Jedi Knight Award to Ley Firewalker!!!!!!!

I award the Jedi Master Award to Amaranthine!!!!!!!

I award the Jedi Padawan Award to three people.  DuchessSatineKenobi, JediKnightGrl and Rachel QueenKarina!!!!!!!!  :D

I award the Dark Jedi Award to Qui and Endor.  ;)  Hehe....congrats, you are Sith.  But your blogs rock.

Congrats girls!!!!!!!  *hugs*  Thanks so much!  :D
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Now, on to an actual post.  *gasp*  Yes, it's true.  I, Jedi~Chick, shall do an actual real live post.  X)

You see, I've been gone lately because of Summer.  You'd think I'd be home more because of summer, but no.  I had my dance recital!!!!!  It seriously was a great experience!!!  I now know that I actually love the stage.  Literally and figuratively.  XD
You want pictures?  OKAY!
First though, I'll give you a run-down of everything that happened on both the rehearsal and the recital.  IT WAS SOOO BUSY!!!!!!!  I didn't sit for the entire four hour show.  xDD

First, we did a 'daddy daughter dance' where my dad (and a TON of other dads) danced to the song 'Ice, Ice, Baby' and the girls came out in the end of the song to dance with our daddies.  :)
My sister and I played on the stage for like, ten minutes before they closed the curtain (which they had closed for about twenty minutes to a half an hour before the show actually started).  XD
Here are some pictures I took while playing on-stage.

As you can see, the theater doesn't have anyone in it yet, which is why the dance teachers let the girls play around on stage.  That second picture is of my sister.  ;)

Before hand, I did my hair and makeup, my sister's hair and makeup, and my cousin's too.
Here's what Nutmeg's hair looked like when I was done.  I'm pretty proud of it.  XD

That child has SUPER long hair.  All her friends tell her she has 'Rapunzel hair' because it's so stinkin' long!!!! I managed to get it into a very pretty bun though.  ;)  And her face was really pretty too, except my mom won't let me post her face.  XD

There's me, my sister and friend onstage playing around before the show.  ;)  It was fun!  And that's our tap costume.  It's not as short as it looks, because it's got built in shorts underneath.  It's actually really cute!  LOL!

Well, FINALLY they closed the curtain and announced backstage to get ready for the show.  I got to take care of a little three year old, because her mom wanted to watch the show, and her step-dad was in the dancing dads (but in a different wing) so I took care of her.  I didn't know her, or her family, but she took to me so quickly, and I held her for about twenty minutes, and then lifted her up to see the curtains open.  I danced with her (backstage) and let her play with the sequins on my costume.  ;)  Then I watched another little girl (this one was five) and played with my sister and my dad's work friend's' daughter too.  I was the oldest dancing dad girl.  XDD  So naturally I took care of all the little girls.  ;)

Directly after dancing dads, I had to stay backstage to help with my little girls class.  Their jazz dance was to Billy Ray Cyrus's Achy Breaky Heart.  It was ADORABLE and they did AMAZING!!!!!!!  I was so proud of them!!!!!  :D  There were five different classes combined into one big dance number.  XP  It was nuts backstage.  XDDD

After that, I was free for the rest of the first act.  I waited in our dressing rooms with my cousin, friends and just about all the other intermediate/advanced girls.  XD  I was in 'Locker Room One' as it is called.  Here is a few pictures I took in utter boredom while waiting in our dressing room.  :P

All my lovely stuff.  My Star Wars bag, my camera case, my makeup bag....

A closeup of my tap costume that I took on my friend.  ;)  We really like this costume all things considering.  ;)

Again, another shot of all our stuff.  My bags up top, my dance bag below and my friend's back pack underneath too.  

As Threepio would say, "Oh the horror!!!"  It's my Lyrical costume!!!!!!!!  XD

Well, all that boredom lasted about ten minutes because I am apparently a very helpful and responsible teenager, and was asked by many of my friends and fellow dancers to help them either get changed, do their hair, fix their makeup or find their missing items.  :P  So I didn't sit for a long time.  Soon enough, it was intermission.

My tap number was the second dance of the second act.  So we lined up at intermission and then quickly went onstage with my tap teacher to practice our tap slides.  ;)  BUT.....*creepy music here*  CRISIS STRUCK!  In our class of nine.  XD

One girl lost her shoes.  I went with her to find someone to loan her a pair.
Another girl (a good friend of mine) pinched a nerve or something in her neck and went into panic mode.  :(  I helped her with deep breathing and found a teacher to help her stretch and calm down.  She was crying.  ;(  I also 'preached' to her and told her to just calm down and that everything would be fine, and that I was praying for her.

BUT THE SHOW GOES ON!!!!!!!  We did our tap number beautifully, and nailed the slides.  Ms. Diane was very proud.  ;)

After tap, I rushed backstage, threw on my lyrical costume, quickly touched up my makeup (and by quickly I mean wipe off the smudged lipstick and re-apply it) and then ran back into the hallway to help my little girls with their ballet number.  :D

OH MY WORD they are the most adorable children on the face of the earth.  I love them to death.  :D
These little girls all came to me for hugs right after my tap (before I was even changed) and said, "Miss (insert real name here I will use Fallon) Miss Fallon!  Miss Fallon!!!  We saw you dancing!  you did so good!  Your dress is so sparkly!!!"  I got hugs from eleven 3-5 year olds and kisses too.  ;)  Then one of the backstage moms came to me and said, "Those little girls sat in front of the TV (there's a TV downstairs in the kiddie room where the little ones can watch the show as it happens) and they watched your entire dance, so excited that their 'Miss Fallon' was dancing on stage."  I was so touched.  It's amazing how much I impact these little girls' lives.  The moms all love me.  XD  They requested that I come back next year to help in their daughters' class.

Soon it was time for the little ones to dance.  I carried/walked them backstage (across/behind the stage to get to stage left) and stood to dance with them in the wings.  They did the ballet PERFECT.  I still am so incredibly proud of them!!!!  Even the twins did FABULOUS!  :D  (the twins are both autistic.  their mom is super sweet.  ;))

After that I rushed back to my dressing room to grab my lyrical shoes and then rejoin my class in the hallway to do our lyrical.  I helped two of my friends with their headbands for that, and then we had to go to stage left (behind the stage again!) for my lyrical.  I had to help across my friend, who has Cerebral Palsy, get across too.  Then we did our lyrical, which went off without a hitch!  I was very pleased with it.  And 'Hey There Delilah' is a hard song to dance to.  xD

After lyrical, we literally ran to the front lobby for the Finale, where we waited for another twenty minutes, until we could get inside and run down the aisles for the finale song.  ;)
But, the usher ladies were MEAN.  They yelled at us to get back and that we weren't allowed to sit on the steps to wait.  She was MEAN!!!!!  :P

Anyway, finale went very well and I was CENTER STAGE!!!!!!!  Ahh!!!!!!  :DDD  LOL!  xDD  I loved it honestly.

SO!  That's our show!  It was really fun and I had a great time!  :D  I'm pretty much finished with this post now.  I really hope to get back into posting almost every day.  I'll be on vacation soon, so just to let you know I may or may not be able to post.  Visiting family and all that.  ;)

Love you all!!!!  I've got 46 followers now!!!!!!!  YEAH!!!!!!  *hugs all 46*  Thanks so much everyone!!!!!!!!!  :D  I'm so excited!
Love,

P.S. CLICK HERE PLEASE!!!!!!!

Meme Days 3, 4, and 5

I'm going to do Saturday's and Sunday's Meme's because I'm going to be CRAZY BUSY this weekend.  Tomorrow I've got a viola lesson, and Sunday is the dance dress rehearsal.

Day 3:  Favorite TV Show
Easy.  Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Second Favorites, Liberty's Kids, Wild Kratts, Phineas and Ferb, Shake It Up, etc.

Day 4: Favorite Book
Ahaha, like I could EVER answer that.
Right now, my favorite book is Kingdom Keepers 4.  But I also love Johnny Tremain, The other Kingdom Keepers books, a bunch of Star Wars books, IronHeart and IronSpear, The Septimus Heap books, the Mysterious Benedict Society and MANY MANY MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!  :P

Day 5: Favorite Quote
Seriously?  I can't answer this either!!!!  I have too many favorite quotes.  XD  Right now though, my favorite of the day is: "Heaven is going to be one loud place when the Lakehousers meet." Quote from Amaranthine.  Gotta love Amaranthine.  ;)  LOL!

Alright, Dance Dress Rehearsal.  That's on Sunday and will be roughly 4 hours long.  I'm in only two classes officially, but I have to remember 9 dances.  My lyrical and tap, and then the daddy-daughter dance.  Then I have to remember the two little girl dances that I help in, and four dances for the Finale.  ;)
So it'll be a lot of work.  My cousin Chibi will be in the dressing rooms the whole time, probably on her ipod or DS because she has nothing until Act Two.  I however will be in and out a LOT.  I've got Dancing Dads, then Achy Brakey Heart, (little girls jazz, which has five classes combined and I help all five get in the right rows), then I have a while to rest, and then it's Tap, and I have three dances before I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, (little girl ballet, which I dance on the side of the stage for), before the little girls ballet, I have to quick-change into my Lyrical costume so I can run and help them.  Then I've got to run back around the stage to get in line for my lyrical and pray I remember it.  XDDDD  A lot of running around huh?  Prayers would be appreciated.  I need help remembering everything.  :P

Anyways, I'll be gone for a while, so if I'm M.I.A. on Blogger for the next two days, you'll know why.  ;)

Tons of Love,

P.S. I'd personally like to thank Taylor Lynn for being such an AWESOME Blogger friend.  ;)  She comments on every post I do, even if it's about stuff she doesn't like/know much about.  Like Star Wars.  So thanks SO much Taylor Lynn!!!  *hugs*  You rock!  :D  

All my other Blogger friends, especially my Lakehouse girls, Love you!!!!!!  Thanks for everything too!!!!  ;)  

  

February Challenge: Day 17

Ummmm, let me think......an Art Piece.....uhhhhhh.........OH!  I've got a few good ones......

 Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase.....I love this picture!!!!  :D

AHHHHH!!!!!!!  *jumps up and squeals in circles* I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!!!!  It's my computer background AND my iPod's lock screen cover.  *sigh* It's so pretty!!!!  :D  Luke/Mara........so sweet.  ;D

Another great one.......This one is such a pretty pic!!  It has insipired many a fanfic from me!!!  :)

So that was my pieces of art for today........now for some updates....just for fun.  ;)

Today was much better than yesterday.  ;)  I did end up going to P.E., but I was really tired and my neck/shoulder hurt and still hurts from sleeping in the recliner last night, and carrying my sister around yesterday.  My sister is doing better!!!  Her foot still hurts, but she is doing much better today.  She got to visit her friends at P.E., even though we had to wheel her up to the shelter at the park.  She got to spend time with her best friend, who had fun pushing my sister's rental wheelchair around the walking path in the park we were at. 

My friend Maryanna and I had fun naming all the kickballs in the teamball sport at P.E.  We named them all Star Wars names.  I had Han Solo for most of the game......but sometimes I had Leia.  ;)  LOL!  We had fun. 

Then I had dance, which was *long!* and fun!!!  ;)  Hehe.  I helped at the class, and we had a new little girl who was AMAZING!  She was only 4, but she danced SO good!  And it was only her first day!!!  She was so sweet.  ;) 

My class was good too.  *sigh* my legs are still on fire from doing a billion wings at tap.  Our recital dance is really coming along!!!  I feel like sharing my recital songs, so here ya go.  ;)

My Tap Song!!  I have to work on being...funky.  ;)

My Lyrical song!!  Isn't it nice?!?  I know all the words, so I sing it in class.  ;)  Tee Hee!


CLICK HERE for the dance I teach the little kids.  Imagine it: about twenty 4-6 year olds, in frilly pink tutus with sparkly tiaras.  That's this dance.  ;)  They are really adorable too.  ;)

Okie Dokie.  That's it for today!!!  I'll probably get suddenly inspired and find a need to post more later....but for now that's all!!!  xD

Love,
Jedi~Chick <3

P.S. I was looking through files on my computer today, and I found something I wrote months ago that was 35 pages and over 15,000 words!!!  I don't know how I forgot about it!!!!!!!  LOL!  ;D

It is cold!!!!

WOW, It is FREEZING outside!!!  Well, freezing for me.  It's about 40 degrees, which is like summer for some of you.  :P  I'm in the south (far south) and I'm NOT used to the cold.  I'm going to P.E. this morning with 150 other Homeschooled kids.  I'm excited!  I'm going to see my best friends and run around and play sports.  I'm excited to see my friends, I don't do sports.  I participate, but the only sport I am good at is dance.  ;)

Later today is Dance class!!  First I help with the little kids for a while, and then I have my tap class tonight.  I've been practicing being funky!!!  :D  LOL!

I'm SO excited for tomorrow!!!!  It's TCW night, which, as my dad said in the comments somewhere, means we will be needing earplugs.  Or, THEY will be needing earplugs because I am always SCREAMING MY HEAD OFF.  Especially when Anakin is on screen, which, in these episodes, is like, THE WHOLE SHOW!  :D  Also, my cousin is sleeping over, which is going to be fun!!!  Unfortunately, she HATES Star Wars, but I made her promise to tune us out while we watch TCW.  She said she actually likes the Nightsisters, but she hates all other aspects of Star Wars.  I showed her a picture of Karis, from the Nightsister episode and she loved it!!!

See, Karis.  She said, "I love her!!!  I love her weapon, her planet, her outfit, EVERYTHING about her, oh, except that she's in Star Wars"   That last part made me roll my eyes. :)

I'm only doing a /shortish/ post today, because I'm so busy this afternoon.  I probably won't get back on until tomorrow or tonight.  :D

God Bless and May the Force  be with You,
Jedi~Chick <3

I am Bouncing off the Walls/Dance Class

I AM INCREDIBLY HYPER AT THE MOMENT!!!!!!!!!!!

My mom went to the bookstore and picked up the newest copy of the SW Insider.  I just read the ENTIRE magazine and OH MY GOODNESS I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!  I can't  talk at the moment because my voice hurts from screaming so loud!!!!!!

Matt Lanter, who voices Anakin did a great interview with AWESOME and incredibly HOT Anakin pictures and super exciting insights to the newest Mortis episodes.
Ashley Eckstien also did an interview and I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!  These are big Ahsoka episodes as well!!!!!  The main character of the Mortis episodes is Anakin though, they both made that clear.  This is Ani's time to shine!!!!  :D

All I can say is that these episodes are going to ROCK!!!!!!!!!  ANAKIN looks SOOOOO hot!!!!!  I screamed so much reading this magazine I was literally bouncing off the walls!!!!!   (I also happened to be stretched out from dance class, so I was flexible enough to leap off of walls!!)  :D

So on to the rest of my post.....

Dance.  I love to dance.  I have taken dance for......12 years.  Most of my life actually.  I think I started when I was two......you can do the math!!!  ;)
This year I am taking Lyrical and Tap classes, but in the past I've done Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Pointe.  I stopped Pointe because there were no class times that worked with our schedule and I outgrew my shoes!

Tonight was Lyrical, and I had a good time.  My teacher is really fun and the other girls in the class are fun too.  We have a small class, I think four girls total.  Our recital song is going to be Hey There Delilah by Plain White Tee's.  I LOVE that song!!!  Tonight my teacher didn't have all the choreography from the other teacher yet (we are joining classes) so we worked on technique the whole time.  I am SO sore!!!!  We did a ton of stretching and then we did leaps, turns and more stretching!!  I'm pretty proud of myself, I got my split about an inch from the ground on both legs.  I got my kicks very high, and my leaps high as well.  I'm very excited!  I am also in a lot of pain!  LOL!  ;D

I love to tap.  I've been tapping since I started dancing 12 years ago.  My cousin and I tap together, and we are /pretty/ good.  Our recital song for that class is Play that Funky Music [White Boy] and it's going to be so fun!!!  There are a bunch of "little" girls in our class, who are at our level, just short.  The "bigger" girls are going to start, and then the little peanuts as my teacher calls them, are going to steal our spotlight.  Then we will join in together.  It's going to be so cute!!  My teacher says that my feet are great, but my face is blah.  That means I need some acting advice.  We are supposed to be big, overdone, disco, and funky.  Endor, Savannah, I know you two act, and any advice for being...."Funky" would be much appreciated!!!  ;D

I am also a dance teacher!!!  Well, a helper actually, but I still really enjoy it.  I help in a class of about 11 little pre-school age girls.  They are really sweet.  I enjoy helping, I feel like I'm really able to practice my own dance and then teach it to the little kids.  I also tie shoes.  :D  It's really fun, and I get to help on the side of the stage and everything!!!  It's awesome!

So that is all I have on dance.  I know there are some other dancers out there...Amaranthine and Savannah are the only two I know of for sure...but I thought I would put my dance stories out there, because I had class tonight!!  :D

Jedi~Chick <3