Your Backyard Friends

Zachariah loves to watch TV. So much so that I have to limit it to an hour a day. I feel sure that he would watch it 24/7 if I allowed it. Some of his favorite TV shows consist of Elmo's World, Blues Clues, Go Diego Go, The Wonder Pets and The Backyardigans. He will often have a favorite show for the week that he favors, but this phase has lasted for a while now. For the past three weeks Zachariah has been utterly and completely obsessed with The Backyardigans.



I'm not kidding either. He wakes up every single morning talking about this show. While in his crib he will reenact a scene from one of his favorite episodes. He will sing the songs, try to dance like them, quote lines from different episodes and talk to me about the different characters by name. He does this all day and it is the funniest and cutest thing ever.

One of my favorite things is when he "introduces" himself as all of the characters. At the beginning of the show, the different characters introduce themselves. They say "Hi! I'm Pablo. "And I'm Tasha." "Hi! I'm Austin." and so on and so forth. Zachariah will walk around the house and say, "Hi! I pago", "Hi! I tasha", "Hi! I ausin" until he gets through the whole cast. And he says it in a high pitched voice. It is so funny.

All that to say, Zachariah is obsessed with The Backyardigans. And I am actually glad he is. Personally, I love the show. It is cute, clever and has really catchy songs. Seriously. I sing them all day. Its a little sad actually.

This is probably Zachariah's first "real" obsession with something and I think it is so cute. I don't know if I should think its cute. I should probably be trying to ween him off of it or something. But I really love how excited he gets when he talks about The Backyardigans. :)

ah mazing

I would like to thank Jeremy for sharing this fabulous video with my hubby, so that he could share it with me. And now, because I am a nice person, I will share it with you.
Enjoy.

This is as political as I get

I support McCain/Palin. That being said...I think its fair to say that no matter who you support, these Saturday Night Live sketches are pretty darn funny.

Last One

I really don’t feel like writing another post for this show, but I feel this is the closure that all five of my blog readers need. So here goes.

America’s Got Talent had their final show Wednesday night. The results are in, and apparently America Voted on who they thought deserved to win the competition. But first things first… Here is the number that the Top 10 finalist preformed together. I thought the song selection could have been a bit better. But oh well. That blasted song has been stuck in my head all day though. Darn you Kelly Clarkson.

From the very beginning of the show, Daniel and I thought that Nuttin But Stringz should win. And I think the judges did too. But leave it up to America to ruin things. Good grief.

Ends up Nuttin But Stringz came in third place, Eli Mattson came in second place, and Neil E. Boyd won the thing. He is talented… don’t get me wrong. But really? An opera singer beat out two amazing violin players who wrote and preformed all of their own music each and every time they played?? I think we could use more raw talent like those guys. I could deal without another opera singer, no matter how good he might be.

The show left me feeling very frustrated. So to make myself feel better, I will leave you with a link to all of the performances by Nuttin But Strinz. I could watch them over and over and over again and never get tired of them.

First Audition
Top 40
Top 20
Top 10
Top 5

Charice Pempengco

I caught the tail end of Oprah the other day and saw this. If you haven't heard this 16 year old sing, I strongly recommend watching the video. It left me sitting here with my jaw dropped to the floor. She has one heck of a voice.

And again...

Here are my two favorites from last night on America's Got Talent...

Nuttin But Stringz did a fantastic job, per their usual. The way they own the stage just amazes me.


And Eli Mattson makes me swoon. His voice is just so relaxing. I guess I was making it well known how much I liked him, because I have recently been informed by hubby that this guy would make a bad boyfriend. So you know, now my hopes of tracking him down and asking him out on a date are a bit diminished. Ah well. Maybe next time.
(To watch his first performance, click here. It gives me chills every time. I LOVE it!)

On a little different note, Kaitlyn Maher melts my heart. She is the most adorable little 4 year old! To watch her performance from last night here. She preformed Beauty and The Beast... and did a pretty good job!

America's Got Talent- Top 20

I know some of you are tired of these updates, but I am running low on blogging topics. So these are my space fillers. And considering it is coming on again tonight, expect another one soon. :)

Extreme Dance FX has got to be my favorite "dancing group" they have on this show. They are some kick butt cloggers! I would definitely pay to see them do an hour long show in Vegas.
(click here to see their performance from last week... which was freaking amazing)


I don't know what is going on with the sound in this video, but here is Jessica Price. I don't think she will win, but I think she has a great voice and she is just so darn adorable!!


Last video for the day is going to be the Wright Kids. I think they sound pretty darn good for little munchkins. And the smallest boy is so cute. Especially with his instrument being bigger than he is. It cracks me up watching him carry if off stage.


One thing that has pissed me off from the beginning is that Daniel Jens has made it this far. He is a horrible singer. He has not had one performance that has sounded good, and yet he has made it on to the top 20. Why you ask? Because he just got done serving his country in Iraq. So that means that no matter how badly he sucks he moves on through to the next round. Don't get me wrong, I think it is great that he was serving his country. But I also believe that reason is the ONLY reason he has made it through. And that makes me a bit hostile. Hopefully he will get voted off this time.

Ok folks. If you actually read and watched all these videos then you have way to much time on your hands. :)
Tune in tomorrow for more!

Two of My Favorites

The semi-finals of AGT have been going on for the past couple weeks. My all time favorite would probably have to be Nuttin But Stringz. I absolutely love watching them play. So for your enjoyment, here is their performance from last night. (To skip the intro, go to the 1 min. mark)


A group that just made it onto my list of favorites is The Taubl Family. I don't know what it is, but I find them quite entertaining to watch. Here is their performance from Tuesday night. Luckily they were voted into the finals, so I will have at least one more video to post in a week or so. (To watch the Taubl Family's first performance, click here.)

What a Moron

David Hasselhoff makes me want to pull my hair out. I honestly dont have enough words to express everything about him that makes me wish I were poking my eyeballs with a fork instead of listening to him. So, we were watching the live brodcast America's Got Talent last night and The James Gang just got done preforming. The judges are giving their cretiques/compliments and it gets to good ol David's turn. Daniel and I were completely speachless when he says this to the group...

"You are as American as the Olympics"

WHAT??????

I am about done with this show. Sheesh. I cant handle much more of this stupidity.

A bit late...

I am a little late with this weeks update on Americas Got Talent. So I apologize. But somehow I think that everyone made it just fine. :) Anyway, this week there were two acts that I thought were pretty good. The first is an Ozzy impersonator... which I usually find annoying. But Sharon was actually pretty impressed. So if you can be good enough to impress the guys wife, I think you deserve to move on. The second group is called The Cadence. And I LOVED them. Not just because their group has a freaking awesome name... but because they are so cool. (go to the 50 second mark to skip the intro)





There were two singers that made it through... this woman who had a touching story (and I thought she could sing pretty good), and then a soldier who had been in Iraq. But I honestly didnt think either one of them was anything special. Oh well. Next week is a 2 hour show where all the contestants compete, then they narrow it down to 40 contestants. Then the real fun starts.

Weekly dose of AGT

Each week seems like its getting worse... so I am definitely looking forward to next week when we can actually get on with the competition and stop the silly auditions (I understand it is necessary, but still annoying). So here are my two favorites. They are both singers, and I think they are both fabulous. You decide which one you like better.

The first one is a guy named X.L., and I think he has such a beautiful voice, and not to mention an uber cute kid. (go to 1.15 to skip the intro stuff)


This 40 year old woman is freaking amazing. When I was watching the video on you tube, Zachariah was sitting in his high chair doing a little dance. :) I cannot wait to see more of her. (to skip the intro, go to 1.25 of the video)


The honorable mention go to this cute kid, Skakes, who is a pretty good break dancer for a 10 year old! (and I cant find a video for him... so I apologize for that) And then Ronny B gets the award most horrid act preformed. But yet, somehow managed to make it through. (it actually is pretty funny though) sheesh. What is this world coming to?

Week Five

I don't have very long to blog today... so I will give you a few highlights from AGT. But before I do that, let me just tell you that my hatred for David Hasselhoff is growing each and every week. I would love it if he did not show up next year. But that's another post in and of itself. Now onto the highlights!

This is an act by the Zooperstars. I don't think they are going to make it through another round, but they sure enough got the crowd going. They were a bit odd, but funny.

This act was pretty awesome. I cant wait to see more of his stuff.

And last but not least, the honorable mentions: I give this guy kudos for laying on a bed of nails. And I feel so incredibly sorry for this lady who honestly had no clue that she couldn't sing. I also love the Dallas Desperado Dancers because I so desperately wish that I could dance. And they are smokey. So there.

Thats all for today... I gotta go back home and put Zachariah down for his nap. I will be back later for an update on my little monkey! :)

Its that time again

Despite my lack of computer, I am still going to keep the people of blogger land up to date on America's Got Talent. (But if my neighbor asks... I was at my house all afternoon. I was NOT, under any circumstances breaking into their house to use their computer.)

Last night there were two acts that I thought deserved a spot on my post. The first of which is called The James Gang. They are pretty original, and I thought they were uber cool.


Then there was this amazingly touching story of Kyle.


I have to include the honorable mentions. Victoria, the 11 year old contortionist was just plain amazing. And Alexandra did a pretty cool martial arts thing with her dad. I didn't think she was going to make it through... but somehow she convinced the judges, and off she went!

Then there were the hilariously awful ones. The acts that fall into the gosh awful category are the pitiful polka dancers and Billy... the guy that sings like a girl. Though I did think Billy's singing was pretty entertaining. But its not called "America's got entertainment skills", so he obviously didn't make it though.

This concludes this weeks review of America's Got Talent. Stay tuned next week for more entertaining videos!

The Search Continues

Per our regular Tuesday night routine, we watched America's Got Talent last night. This week there were several contestants that were good... but I only found one that I LOVED. Daniel and I liked this guy from the get-go, so I wanted to share with you the video. It really is quite spactacular, and he is quite frankly the most adorable 71 year old ever.



Then there was this group of cloggers. And much to my surprise, they were really good! If you don't want to watch the intro to them, just skip to the 30 second mark on the video. Thats when their act begins. :)



Now I wont post this video, but I will provide a link to Busty Heart (and boy howdy, the name says it all). So if you wish to watch Busty, then have at it. But for those of you who find it a bit repulsive to watch a woman crush objects with her XXXXXXXL breasts (I am still trying to figure out if that is a talent), then you can just ignore this little paragraph.

There are a few other good acts, but I dont want to overload you with videos, so if you want to watch more then go here.

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America's Still Got Talent

We watched America's Got Talent again last night, and I was a bit disappointed. It wasn't as good as last weeks episode, but I guess that is to be expected. There were quite a few acts that made it to the next level that I didn't think should have even come close to making it. The boy band wanna be, colorful cowboys and Grinder Girl for example. But they didn't ask me to be one of the judges, so I guess it doesn't too much matter what I think.

There was this one act that was absolutely amazing though. It is the Russian Bar Trio, and I find myself gaping at the screen every time I watch it.





And this one is for my dad... :)


Tune in next week for another review of America's Got Talent!!!
(said in my best game show host voice)

New Favorite TV Show

I am totally hooked on America's Got Talent. It comes on NBC on Tuesday nights at 9:00, and I will be watching it each and every Tuesday. Last night was the first episode, and they had some pretty crappy people on there. But the few good ones were absolutely phenomenal.

This one has a intro that is a bit long, but totally worth it. These brothers are so incredibly talented.




This is a 4 year old little girl named Kaitlyn and she is by far the most precious girl I have ever seen. I almost cried my eyes out when I was watching last night. (this video is much shorter than the last)



If you have some time to kill, I would recommend going to the website and watching the recaps. They will probably do a good job of entertaining you.