Inspired by GT

I read my Bible and I hear songs playing through my head.  Really.

Growing up in the 80's and 90's we had several children's tapes of Bible verses set to music.  The tapes belonged to a series called GT and the Halo Express.  To this day, I could probably sing some of the verses better than I could say them.  Seriously.
So when I decided I wanted to teach my kids Bible verses, I started putting them to music.  And, lo and behold, the same thing happened!  And then I ran into a problem.  We were memorizing verses for which I didn't know any songs.  So I started making up my own songs.  Or God started making them up for me.  Whatever the case may be, I sit down at the beginning of each new month, look at the verse, and most times a song pops into my head without too much effort.  And the fun thing is, I'm learning the verses too, with my kids! 
I'm kinda disappointed this year because I don't get to teach Bible class to my kids.  I don't have enough hours in my day (literally).  However, the teacher who does teach them has been enthusiastic about singing the Bible verse songs with them.  The other morning, during Bible class, as they were working on coloring a worksheet, they just started singing Luke 10:27 and didn't stop!  It was too good an opportunity to pass it up, so I ran to the office and grabbed the school camera.  When I came back, Miss Martha, the Bible teacher, had encouraged them to sing all 4 of the verses we've learned this year!  So I stood in the doorway and got them on video.  Perfect?  Nope!  But it was special to me.  Enjoy!

Click here to hear my kids singing. :)

Of Fleas and Flies

We were in English class, working on some vocabulary words.  I was concentrated on what we were doing and looked up just in time to see Andreas hit Joshua over the head with his pencil case.  Of course, being the teacher and looking out for the well-being of my students, I was like "Andreas, WHAT are you DOING?"  Innocent as can be, he looks at me and says "There was a fly on his head!"  At which point I completely cracked up laughing.  And you know that when the teacher cracks up, that means the ENTIRE CLASS follows suit!  And you can probably imagine how hard it is to try to get some seriousness back into your class when 21 kids are looking at you giggling. :)  Oh my...

And then, just as I was getting ready to head home, I was handing back some math books to Miss Rocio's class, homeworks that were not done or incomplete that need to be completed.  I was explaining to Yanpier what he needed to do in his book and noticed he had an odd expression on his face.  As I finished explaining to him, he looked at me (again completely innocently) and said, "I just swallowed a flea!".  At which point I cracked up again.  I think he thought I didn't believe him because I was laughing at him and he kept saying "No, I really did!  I'm not making it up!" (which made me laugh even harder)!  I finally had to explain to him that I did believe him, but it was just funny to me what he had said.