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December 21, 2004
Top 5
In honor of Christmas, i have decided to compile...
Amber's Top 5 List of greatest Christmas movies of all time!
Coming in at number 5) All claymation Christmas specialsThis includes Rudolph (Cornilus and Herby the elf, how could you go wrong?), Frosty, Santa Clause is coming to town (the ridiculously scary abominable snowman), and all other claymation Christmas specials aired on CBS. These were mostly enjoyed as a kid, but can still bring a smile to your face
4)How the Grinch stole Christmas (cartoon version, not that stupid real life one) Again, enjoyed more as a young child, but still an all time Christmas favorite
3)National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation talk about laugh your butt off. "Jelly of the month club?"
2) A Charlie Brown Christmas Man, who could beat Snoopy? You still have to watch this one every Christmas! In fact, Angie my roommate and i even watched it in November. My favorite are the dancing kids in the Christmas play.
And the number one Christmas movie of all time (Drum Roll please)
1) A Christmas Story you'll shoot your eye out! Need i say more?
Honorable mentions include~ Home alone, It's a Wonderful life, White Christmas, the Garfield Christmas special, Miracle on 34th street, and The Polar Express (hey, i thought it was good!)
There you have it! Now go out there and watch some great Christmas movies! Merry Christmas!
Posted by Amber Ruppert at 10:12 PM | Comments (4)
December 19, 2004
The most Wonderful time of the year
Hello again everyone! Sorry for such a pause in the blog writing, it's that time of year again when things just get plain crazy! Which makes me think, you know that song... It's the most wonderful time of the year... well, i've decided that whoever had the bright idea to write that song was not a) a college student, b) a retail worker, or c) a parent of children hyped up on holiday spirit.
In honor of crazy lives, my next story took place last week, in the middle of all of my finals craziness. Alright, so last Sunday night i went to yet another children's Christmas program, but this time at my church. Let me make a side note here, i LOVE children's Christmas programs, so cute, so funny, good times. Anyway, i drove my car there and when i came back decided to park outside my dorm building (during the weekend you can park here, but during the week it becomes staff parking, big $ if you park there when you are not suppose to). So, I go to sleep that night totally forgetting where my car was parked. Then along comes Monday night, i am suppose to go nanny, so i go out to Lot 60 (where my car usually gets parked)with a big laundry basket full of clothes. I go to the lot, and oh my goodness, i can't find my car! Did it get towed, i wasn't parked illegally!! How can a loose o CAR! I start freaking out, Autumn (my roommate) is with me and spots someone in a campus police car parked in the back of the lot, she goes back there, starts asking about cars that had been towed, find out my car wasn't so it has to be somewhere. Finally, in desperation, i am like, let's just go check outside the dorm building, that was the last time i remember having it. The campus police guy drives us over there, and sure enough, we find it. There was only one ticket on it thankfully, seeing that they usually ticket many times a day, but just the humiliation of loosing my car was enough to make me feel pretty stupid... at least for awhile.
Before i go, i also just wanted to say how much Christmas time just makes me feel like a kid again. Last week the second grade class i help out with all made me Christmas cards, excuse me, holiday cards, it's a public school. It made me feel so sweet! It inspired me so much that later that day we all sat down and i colored a big Christmas card for them! Ahhh coloring... only the best past time in the world
Color some yourslef... :)
Posted by Amber Ruppert at 03:54 PM | Comments (1)
December 07, 2004
This one's a bit mushy...
First, sorry about the stupid spam comments, they have been crazy lately!
So sitting down to ponder things tonight, i ask myself why i like kids so much. Is it because they are so funny and i can write about them on my blog? Is it because they have really cute clothes? Or maybe because they can pass gas in public and think nothing of it... oh wait i still do that. Ya know then i came to a conclusion, and i think it's like the title says, i am just one big kid. Man, i hate when life gets complicated, and when it does, being a big kid just makes you feel better (especially when i dropped my tray at dinner tonight). Laughing at simple things, singing at the top of your lungs without a care (and dancing too), not having a care in the world, it's the only way to go. I think that this guy La Bruyere said it best when he said, "Children have neither past nor future, they rejoice in the present."
So one of the reasons i was thinking about that is because yesterday while i was nannying one the kids fell right asleep in my arms. I just don't know, but there is just something that gives you warm fuzzies and makes you feel special when a child feels comfortable enough to fall asleep in your lap. A child's love is so simple, yet so sincere...God created kids with a pretty special kind of love.
Sorry, it's getting a bit mushy, so time for something a little more light hearted. So the sixth graders came to talk about a school wide service project to the kindergarteners today, making gift baskets for senior citizens. Seeing that the kindergarteners had no idea what a senior citizen was, they kindly asked, "Are those people that sing a lot?" Not really knowing how to answer very well the sixth graders told them that a senior citizen was an old person without a house (aka lived in a nursing home), oh man, i tried not to laugh.
Posted by Amber Ruppert at 10:18 PM | Comments (1)
December 01, 2004
Kicking some major butt
So much to write about! Tonight I had the honor of attending the United Community Schools Christmas program co directed by the lovely Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Heerema (and the other lady too, but she didn’t matter as much). Now, this Christmas program reminded me just how much I love watching little kids on stage, wave to their mom and dads when their not suppose to, and shout (not sing) as loud as they can. I was a little confused when the kindergarteners started singing the farmer in the dell, as it was a Christmas show, but no worry, the kid who did very dramatic movements when they sang “the cheese stands alone” made my night :). Made me think back to when I was one of those kids up there, making the biggest hand gestures I could to get the most attention I could, can you believe that?
Next funny story of the day. I was with the Kindergarten class I tutor today and they were asked to write a sentence saying “look at my…”. At the end of their sentence they were suppose to put something simple we had talked about like “look at my hands, look at my eyes”. Well, one of the boys turns to me and says, “I am going to draw the whole digestive system.” Woah!
Last but not least, yesterday was an exciting day in Tae Kwon do. More sweaty hugs you ask? No, even better! I got to break three different boards with my foot! Hi ya! Take that! I know what my Dad would say to that… Everybody was kung foo fighting, da da da da da da da da da.
Posted by Amber Ruppert at 12:00 AM | Comments (4)