• 28 Jun

    I’m Getting That Feeling Again. Makes Me Itchy.

    Author: Elizabeth

    Friends, it’s happening again. I’m getting that feeling. That feeling that attaches itself and won’t let go.  You know the one I mean. The one that says something just isn’t quite right. Something needs to be fixed, or changed, or added, or taken away.  It’s going to bug me and bug me until I figure out what “it” is.

    One thing I’m not going to do is change my blog theme, I can promise you that. Adam at IZEA worked way too hard on it. I just feel like I need to do something different with this blog. Make it…better, somehow, or something.

    Like I said, it’s a very itchy kind of feeling. Like the kind that starts right between your shoulder blades and you can’t quite reach it. Except in my head.

    Weird, I know.

    I used to have this awesome “100 Things About Me” page, my long-time readers might remember. I had to take it off during a redesign and I thought I saved it to My Documents, but now I can’t find it.  So now I have to write a new one only I don’t know what to say in it! Anything in particular you want to know?

    I’m also thinking very seriously about shutting down my food blog MomCooks and posting recipes here instead. I mean, it makes sense, this is a blog about parenting, and cooking is part of being a parent, right?  I’ve been going back and forth about it so nothing’s for sure yet, just something I’m contemplating.

    Another itch in my head, you might say.

    So yeah, that’s what’s going on with me.  I just want this blog to be the best it can be! 

    These two yahoos love me no matter what my blog looks like :)

    Ryan and Kaitlyn

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  • 27 Jun

    The things you find at the Mall. SHEESH.

    Author: Elizabeth

    I was glad I had my camera in my purse on our recent trip to the Mall.

    First up, in the Children’s section at Schuler Books, we found these two books on a display shelf right along with the Newberry and Caldecott winners:

    Bookstore Fail

    Way to give kids nightmares, Schuler Books! Look at that illustration on the book on the left- holy crap!

    Then we came across this row of hybrid shopping cart/ride in thingamabobbers, they cost five bucks to rent and although rather unwieldy, are probably a life saver for parents who have kids that won’t just walk quietly by their side. Fun, right?

    Boobaloo 1

    Wait, what? Did you catch what the brand name is?

    Boobaloo 2

    Heh heh heh they said boob.

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  • 24 Jun

    Wordless Wednesday-My little Princess

    Author: Elizabeth

    Dresses by MyCuteDressups.com. Doll is Zoe by Karito Kids.

    Kaitlyn and Zoe

    Kaitlyn dressed up

    Kaitlyn hugging Zoe

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  • 18 Jun

    Revolutionary Road on DVD and Blu-Ray

    Author: Elizabeth

    Revolutionary RoadHave you seen Revolutionary Road? It stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as a 1950’s married couple trying to find happiness in their suburban lives despite a deep longing for something more adventurous.  He works a soul-sucking job in sales for a business machines company, while she does typical housewife things and raises their two children.

    It was terrific to see DiCaprio and Winslet together again, they haven’t lost any of their “Titanic” chemistry. But what makes this movie so hard to watch is how painfully realistic their fighting is.  Within the first few minutes of the movie they are arguing, and I was sitting there with my mouth open thinking “holy cow, Chris and I have had fights that sound just like that”.  They love each other so much, and yet they fight so much, at times in the film you are sure they won’t stay married.

    And yet, when they unite over a common goal, the tension drains away, you start to see them come together as a couple, and then BAM. The end of the movie is so completey unexpected and shocking, and yet done in this devastatingly quiet way that you almost don’t even see coming.  I got to the end of the movie and couldn’t believe how it had ended after I had gone on this emotional journey with these two characters.

    Bonus Features: All bonus features are in high definition

    •    Film Commentary by director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Justin Haythe
    •    Lives of Quite Desperation: The Making of Revolutionary Road – Gives some good background on the film, its development, casting and production with interviews with the cast and crew.
    •    Deleted Scenes with optional commentary by director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Justin Haythe
    •    Richard Yates: The Wages of Truth – An introspective on the life of the novelist, told by people that knew him, including family members and friends. This featurette helps in understanding the Yates’ troubled life.

    Did I Like It? Yes, I definitely did. The costumes and set design are gorgeous, the supporting cast of Kathy Bates, Dylan Baker, Michael Shannon and Kathryn Hahn are outstanding, and you get this incredible convergence of social and marital commentary, self-absorption, delusion, and yet, overlying it all, tenderness.  I recommend it for fans of DiCaprio and/or Winslet especially.

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  • 17 Jun

    Photo Post- Kaitlyn’s Special Bedtime Moments

    Author: Elizabeth

    This was going to be for Wordless Wednesday, but I felt like I needed to explain what’s going on in the photos.  Since I’m thinking a lot about what parents do to make bedtime special this week, I snapped some photos as Kaitlyn was headed to bed the other night. This is her basic bedtime routine:

    Step 1. Sit in the La-Z Boy rocker with Daddy, looking at books,  while he brushes her hair-

    brushing-hair

    Step 2.  Give Daddy a bedtime smooch-

    kiss-for-daddy

    Step 3. Give her brothers their bedtime smooch, first Ryan-

    smooch-for-ryan

    Then a smooch for Nathan-

    smooch-for-nathan

    Step 4.  Get tucked into bed by Mommy, making sure to have all four special blankies, a book, and at least one stuffed toy. Give Mommy a smooch, say goodnight!

    tucked-into-bed

    Feel free to leave a link to your Wordless Wednesday post (or any other post you’d like me to read!) in a comment. And please enter my GoodNites Special Bedtime Moments giveaway if you want a chance to also win a $2500 Bedroom Makeover! It takes just a minute to enter at the GoodNites site and you’ll be getting a chance to also score a totebag stuffed with goodies worth $250.00 from me!

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