The Invention of Hugo Cabret

16. Read 50 books (31/50)


I just finished reading The Invention of Hugo Cabret. I had seen the movie after the Academy Awards. The movie was captivating, and several of my friends mentioned reading the book. I borrowed it from the library and was not sure what to expect! The book is over 500 pages, a graphic novel and from the children's section. Hmmm. I finished it in a little over an hour and was left with a MEH feeling. I felt the novel was rushed, and didn't include a lot of details. The graphics inside are beautiful and extremely detailed, but they didn't capture me as strongly as words. Perhaps watching the movie first ruined it for me. The movie was amazing, lots of detail, again just captivating. 


I guess my final piece of advice is, see the movie. :D 

Two Year Update

It's been two years since I started this blog.

Here is the link to my 1 year update. 


And here's what I've accomplished so far! 

• 42 goals are completed
• 9 goals are in progress
• 50 goals are untouched
• I have until January 2013 to complete my list.

A lot of things on my list should be easy to do, I just have to take the time to DO IT! Less than a year to go, I want to complete a bunch more! My brain is already bouncing around ideas for 101 goals, take two! :D 

Dino Toes!

83. Do 20 art projects with Caleb. (16/20) 


One rainy day last month, Caleb & I made dinosaur toes. I used this blog for our inspiration. This project was a big fat flop. We used paint instead of tissue paper. The paint barely covered the tissue boxes, then chipped off in big chunks all over the floor when it dried. Needless to say, they landed in the trash can when Caleb wasn't paying attention. But, we had fun making them and it's all about the process, not the product :)

Blueberry Belches

61. Have ten date nights (10/10) COMPLETE!

My parents surprised us on Friday by taking Caleb for the night. He got to swim at their hotel, go to the zoo and have a fun trip with Grandma.

Glen & I took advantage of our kid free evening to go see The Hunger Games! Woot! We both really enjoyed the novels, and the movie didn't disappoint. After the movie, we walked over to the Lynnwood Grill for their "Garbage Pizza" and a few beers. The beer special was Sweetwater Blue which is a light beer with a hint of blueberry. It was SO good. Glen didn't even mind when I belched in his face - it smelled like blueberries! BWAHAHA!

We finished the evening with a stroll through Target and snagged some clearance. Clothes shopping without a todder = priceless.

61. Have ten date nights (9/10)

Glen & I got out a few weeks ago for a movie date. After an awful experience at Raleighwood (don't go there!), we headed over to the $2 Carmike Theater. "Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows" was playing. We had an hour to kill before it started, so we ate a pint of Ben N Jerry's in the car:) We both enjoyed the movie, and our inexpensive date night. 


Caleb spent the night with his grandmother & saw "The Rescuers" for the first time! 

Craft Crazy Caleb!

83. Do 20 art projects with Caleb. (15/20) 

Caleb & I had a busy morning crafting today. It made our rainy Monday a little more fun!

I had been wanting to make some pine cone bird feeders for our bushes outside. We have a lovely pair of Cardinals living there. Caleb & I see them regularly. He loves looking for the red bird when we're outside, and was super excited to learn that Mr. Bird had a wife! Using Crisco and bird seed, we whipped up two feeders and hung them outside. I was totally surprised to see Mr Cardinal outside within 5 minutes chowing down....yay!

Our second task was painting! We started off with a plate full of paint. Caleb started off finger painting, then used his brushes and finished off by driving cars through the wet paint! I had seen the car idea on one of my favorite blogs and was itching to try it with Caleb.

Caleb was done with this painting, but wanted to paint more so I put down a fresh piece of paper for him. We used his hand prints to make flowers in different colors. (Something I had seen on Pinterest!!) We thought the stems looked like cacti:) I may cut these out and glue them on to a different paper to make something worth hanging.

At this point, I was done but Caleb was not! He said I want to do a craft! I grabbed my phone, and looked through my Kids Craft board on Pinterest to find an idea. We cut out a rain drop from aluminum foil, used a glue stick to put it on construction paper and then blue/white dot paint on top! I really like how it came out.

And OMG Blogger is ANNOYING with their new setup! I was trying to put pictures in an orderly manner & have given up! What is the issue? AGHHH! Maybe I get why so many people have switched to WordPress. 

Caleb's First Valentine

Caleb cut out his own heart, which I think is adorable. He thinks it looks like a circle! I had out the googly eyes for another project, and he wanted to glue them on his heart.

This is art project 11 out of 20!

I'm also publishing my first post from my smart phone:)