Farm Friday: Farmer Foggy - Fantastic Farm Machines

Hello Friday!

We keep changing our Friday themes, don't we?  I love working in my garden so much that I wanted to share a video about farms with you.  Have you ever been to a farm? 

Claraboo

Super Hero Friday: We R Super Heroes by Robbert Bobbert and The Bubble Machine

It's Friday!!!

I don't know about you, but this week's been pretty long.  Sometimes it's pretty easy to feel down or to feel like you don't have much to give.   
That's why I'm sharing this video today, even though the word "superheroes" doesn't start with an "F" for Friday:

Be a superhero today.  

Be one for yourself or for someone who needs one.  

It's one of the most important things you can do.

Love,

Claraboo

Friendly Friday: "Fine Friends are Here" by Dan Zanes

HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU ALL!!

I'm sharing a video by the awesomely talented and extremely friendly Dan Zanes to welcome you into your weekend...I hope the sun shines, the flowers bloom, the wind gently blows, and your garden flourishes.  Let's make this the best weekend we've all had yet!

Claraboo

French Friday: Little Pim Springtime!

Bonjour friends!

Today seems like a perfect day to give you a little bit of a French lesson.  :)  Why?  Because it's a beautiful language AND because today is my one month anniversary on this blog!  I'm going to celebrate by teaching you a little bit of the French language.  Yay!

As I've said before on this blog, I grew up in Quebec (in America, most people pronounce it as "Kwah-beck", but it can also be pronounced "Kay-beck").  My family speaks both English and French.  How about your family?  Do you speak two languages at home too?

Here's a short video to teach you some simple French words for food you eat.  Practice using these words today at home or at school/work!

Okay, and PLEASE tell me someone else giggled a little bit when you read "French Friday" and immediately thought of greasy, salty french fries.  I know you did.  Just reading it again made me a little hungry.

Happy day to all of you, Kangaroonies!

Claraboo

It's Friday! And Claraboo's moving!

Hello Kangaroonies!

You'll notice it's a bit late for a post...well, I forgot to mention yesterday that I'm moving into a bigger place this weekend. I'm oh-so-very excited! I'll still be living at Kangaroo Acres, so I'll still be able to share stories from here and keep you up to date on the Captain.

If you could live anywhere in the entire world, where would you live?  If I could live anywhere, I would still choose to live here at the Acres, but I would want to visit this gentleman as often as possible:

Okay, I need to get back to work...I've moved my kitchen and bathroom things over already, but I still have a lot more to do.  Whew!  

I just wanted to check in, say hello, and let you know where I'm at.  The Captain's taking over the blog for the weekend and I'll be back either Monday or Tuesday.

Farewell!

Clarabooooooooo

Fairytale (less) Friday: Instead, beautiful lights and colors from Belgium!

Ahem.


You may have noticed it's now early evening (at least where I am - Kangaroo Acres).


There is no video.


*hangs head*


Today was a really busy day and I wasn't able to find a good fairytale to share with you.


However!  The Captain shared these photos on his Facebook page and I really want to make sure everyone sees them because they're BEAUTIFUL.  

All photos below from: 

Those Crazy Artists

Make sure to click on the link above the photos for more information.  I love the colors so much...I wish I could visit this!

I'll be back tomorrow with a video, I promise.  :)  Have a beautiful day, everyone!

Claraboo

Fairytale Friday: Rise of the Guardians App

Good morning, Kangaroonies!

Remember last November when the Captain told you about an app called The Numberlys?  What about The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore? If not, go ahead and watch those now before we continue.  Pourquoi? Because it's very, very worth it.

All of us here at the Kangaroo Acres love Moonbot Studios (they're the people who make these great books, apps and movies!) and now there is something new!

The folks at Moonbot are working with DreamWorks Animation on a film adaption of their Guardians of Childhood books called Rise of the Guardians. The film won't be out until Thanksgiving 2012 but the app is out now and our friends at Cartoon Brew described it like this...

DreamWorks Animation brings fantasy to life with its Rise of the Guardians app that incorporates incredibly stunning visuals for an epic adventure with the movie’s heroes, the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Sandman…
The new universal iPad and iPhone application unveils a visually stunning world for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming November 21 movie release of Rise of the Guardians. The app, built from the ground up, targets the new iPad’s retina display. The mix of stunning artwork, the world’s most advanced tablet display, and the latest technology around the in-built gyroscope, results in a truly novel way of revealing each of the Guardian’s spectacular worlds.
You can download it here: http://itunes.apple.com/app/rise-of-the-guardians/id517250596

Have an oh-so amazingly beautiful weekend!

I'll be visiting family in Québec, so I'm leaving the Captain's blog in the capable hands of...well, the Captain  : ) 

Love,

Claraboo

Fairytale Friday: THE LITTLE GIRL GIANT

Oh, hello and a very happy Friday to you!

It's Claraboo again...I'm really having a lot of fun writing on the Captain's blog. Maybe we should rename it "Claraboo the Caribou's Blogaboo". :) The Captain's being oh-so-very generous with his blog and I'm excited he invited me here.

So today is Friday and you know what that means...FAIRYTALE FRIDAY! A good fairytale needs to have a giant in it (or at least the ones I like the best do!), but the giant always seems to be the bad guy. Well, not in the fairytale I'm about to share with you!

This fairytale is about The Little Girl Giant, a time-traveling girl who lived in the dreams of a Sultan. The Sultan believed she was real and became obsessed with finding her in the land of dreams. As he traveled far and wide on his Time Traveling Elephant, he followed the clues she left behind: she loved to sew, so she would sometimes sew cars onto the road, boats onto their docks and trains onto their tracks.

This video shows The Little Girl Giant as she wakes up one morning, takes a shower, and wanders the city. She makes friends with little children who visit her and even eats some candy before taking a nap at the end of her day.



If you were a giant, what would you sew?