Lions for Lambs

We actually went to the movies last night!  Josh vetoed Beowulf so we saw Lions for Lambs instead.  I can't believe all the negative reviews this thing has gotten, we liked it.  Yes, it was full of dialog, so not good for action junkies.  It is Robert Redford's movie so it follows his political agenda, which also happens to be ours so it worked for us in that respect too.  It actually really spoke to people like us, ready to complain constantly about this administration's policy, and the media hype,  but not really stepping forward to do anything about it.  Some guilt following the viewing of this movie, but still great!  Really tough for me to go watch Tom Cruise right now but he nailed this part, a sincerely insincere young GOP senator.  And I really like just about anything that  Michael Pena does too.  All in all, probably an 8.5/10.

Happy Turkey Day Everyone!

This is me this morning, sans a little monkey that kept climbing my back to smear nose gunk on my shirt. He got his lip split after the other tooth/lip trauma last weekend.  Poor Kid!

Getting ready for a big dinner at Aunt Mel's, yummy!

Yesterday was pretty foggy when we were headed to daycare and Boone said "Mom, it's fog outside.  It's fog 'n cold out."  Cracked me up!

Hope you have many blessings to count today!

Do You Know What This Is?

Nope, my children didn't turn in to conjoined twins.  It is a picture from Photo Booth and you Mac users know what that means.  Its official, I've gone Mac.  You know what they say, once you've gone Mac...  And this Mac is a 20" Dual Core blah blah blah iMac.  So very, very sexy...so sexy that Josh had to take the hutch off of my desk so that it would fit.  Some major rearranging going on around here.

Some major talking too!   Boone had all the sudden become an adult, very grown up conversations and Brody... well, he finally has some words.  Up, help, bro-bro (which means both Brody and Brother)  He is really coming along.  

Looking forward to some major girl time with by best girlfriends in Portland this weekend for Jess's baby shower!  Yeah!

Poor Brody

The only cuddly stuffed thing that my baby has ever shown an affinity, nay, obsession for has been recalled for more freaking LEAD.  We've been pretty lucky so far but seriously!  The one thing that he wants to go to bed with besides the binky, the one thing he loves to carry around has now been confiscated in order to send it back to the lead police.  So very, very sad!  Goodbye sweet George, goodbye...

Finished another one!

Yay me! I am actually reading again. Just finished "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield. I think it is her first book and it was great. Hints of a Victorian Era Novel, not really hints I guess, but lots of references to them and it is a great mystery. I picked it up at Costco and it was a readers pick there. I borrowed "The Memory Keepers Daughter" from a coworker to read next. I love having another book waiting as soon as one is finished. Makes it not quite as sad to be done.
There are really cool new blog buttons from Good Reads that I added that actually show rotating book covers from my lists. Fun! Guess I need to change the banner again too huh! I need some cozy fall pictures to get me kn the mood.
Oh, just found out that I managed to get Seahawks tickets for Monday night for my sweet hubby. I might actually get to go with him this time. Yeah!
Have a great week!

Halloween Pics...

Here is my Knight in Shining Armour.  He was so proud of his costume.  Gram made it as she usually does.  She and Boone plan these things together nowadays. 

 

And just what kind of parents would we be if we didn't force our toddler into the most adorable costume ever even though he screamed the whole time?  I guess we'd be Brody's parents.  He had his roar down pat for weeks but I guess he just wasn't  feelin' the love from this Old Navy getup.  This is only  pic I have of him where he is not writhing on the floor and crying.  So...we tried out Boone's old Spider costume which was apparently a little more palatable.  But there would be NO spider hood until he got cold outside.  

You'll notice that we still have yet to break the binky habit.  It is more for our own sanity than the fact that we really like constantly picking them off the floor or fumbling for them in the car or under the crib in the middle of the night.  We have even given up on washing them constantly since he just likes to open his mouth and let them fall where they may if he senses an opportunity for food to replace them.  Just run them through the dishwasher occasionally and call it good.  

Hope you all had a Happy Halloween and I can't wait to see some of your pictures!