Sunday, September 25, 2011

Meeting somebody new and a song stuck in my head...

I have discovered a brand new song that Bianca absolutely loves!  And I must say I also find it really cool to listen to - so much so that I now have it stuck in my head and find myself singing parts of it :-).  Listen to this song (click here).  It was written by Paul Forster (Bianca's teacher) - isn't it beautiful? And you can also see him perform some of the songs he wrote.  Now you might think that all teachers have been teachers all their life -  but Paul actually has quite an interesting story of where he started off in his career.

Speaking of Bianca's teacher, in about 2 weeks Bianca, Paul and I will set off to Wellington hospital where we will visit some of the children and hand out a few activity packs.  If you have some ideas for some cool activities for kids stuck in bed, please let me know!  Paul will be bringing along his guitar and entertain some of the kids.  Any bets on how many Justin Bieber / Myley Cyrus requests he might get? ;-)  And some lucky children will be getting a copy of Paul's book "You're not eating me" which is one of Bianca's favourite things.  It is actually quite a fascinating story how this book happened. 

We met Sarah yesterday.  Sarah found us through my blog and we've been in email contact, but today we finally got to meet, which was really nice.  The kids loved meeting her and insisted that she plays a bunch of games with them so it was loads of fun!  I am keen to find out some of the cool ideas Sarah has for our end of the year Christmas project.

5 comments:

Paul said...

It's great that you've made contact. Looking forward to making contacts at the hospital. Need to brush up on my Justin Bieber!

Sarah said...

:) I had a lovely day Lea, you made me feel very welcome and I was more than happy to play games. Have already sorted a few for next time :) We're big on games too. Have you played Cranium? Bianca said she's played Twister,at camp, but that you don't have it..so I can bring that too if you like.

It'll be good to meet you Paul :) Can I perhaps put in a request for some Bob Dylan or Crowded House covers ?!

Hayley said...

Nothing like meeting up with blog friends....

LatteJunkie said...

Waterbeads - http://waterbeads.net/

They're not for use with kids who still put things in their mouths :P

Craft ideas... Will have a think of things for kids in beds...

:D

cat said...

NOthing like meeting blog friends. And good luck with the project!