Santa Train

Guess who used her mad refreshing and internet purchasing skillz to score tickets on the VRE's Annual Operation Lifesaver Santa Train this year?

That's right, I did.  I know a 5 year old boy who is going to be super excited come December 13!

For more information about the trains and the program, go to http://www.vrespecialevents.org/Seasonal_Santa_Trains/santa-trains.html.

You're free Genie

Not sure why the passing of Robin Williams is hitting me quite like it is - It's not like I've been obsessed, seeing all his movies over the years, going out of my way to make sure I catch all his movies.  In fact there's quite a few that I haven't seen and will now make a point to watch.

I never saw Good Morning Vietnam, Hook or even remember him in Fern Gully.  I wasn't a big fan of Happy Feet either.  But I remember Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire, Nine Months, The Birdcage, Patch Adams, Jack (what a heart breaker that movie was!), Good Will Hunting, Night at the Museum and the sequel.

A few of my favorites were Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Birdcage and Patch Adams.  I remember watching Aladdin and Mrs. Doubtfire over and over again as a kid.  When I got older, Birdcage was a go-to for when I needed a comedy.  He was awesome in that, I don't think there's any role he couldn't have played - and played well.  Patch Adams was another that I could watch on a loop, even though it made me cry (shh, keep that to yourself).

Last night I fell asleep watching Aladdin, and restarting it each time I woke up through the night and again this morning.  It's something that I plan on forcing Boog to watch while he's playing, so he gets interested in it.  That's the only way to get him into something new lol.  When he's a little older, Night at the Museum will be introduced and hopefully become a favorite of his too.

Fun at the Fair

This is the male lion that was part of the big cat show at the fair

The white tiger

This shows the white tiger on the left, liger in the middle and the lion on the right

Fun on the merry go round

Fair food!  Corn dog and fries for lunch

Look at that grin!

He got a Transformer name plaque - even the letters have Transformers in them

He tried super hard to stay awake - but we'd been up since 5:30 that morning

Casual Breakfast

Things Boog gets excited about #23:

"Is nobody here?"

It's just us buddy. 

"Can I eat breakfast in jammie pants?"

You can eat in your underwear if you want.

"Thank you! Thank you mommy!"

The rest of the family is at a softball tournament this weekend, so it;s just me and the Boog at home - and the dogs.  Like most little kids, Boog doesn't like to wear clothes and any occasion to go naked or semi naked is a reason for excitement

Caused a scene

Boog has a boo boo on his belly that I've been feeling a little worried about it being infected, so I made him a doctor's appointment for this morning.  His boo boo hurts wicked bad and he doesn't want anyone to even think about touching it.

So I let Boog wear his new cape and mask to his appointment so he wouldn't be scared. And the cutest thing happened. 

We step out of the elevator and there's like three kids waiting to get in. This little boy (3 or 4) FREAKS OUT. "Superman!! Mom look its Superman! Hi Superman!"

I told him we need to think of a superhero name for him now.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  This year I did things a little different.  There was no basket full of chocolate and candy to be had in our house...And instead of an egg hunt, there was a treasure hunt!

Boog had his Easter basket and with it was three envelopes, each with a picture clue for his treasures.  I saved the last one for the toy I knew he really wanted.

The envelopes were numbered and he had to open them in the right order as well as tell me what letter each picture started with.

His basket had one hollow chocolate bunny, some regular goldfish cracker snack packs, some graham cracker goldfish snack packs and some packs of fruit snacks.  His treasures were a Transformers RescueBots Memory game, a Heat Wave expansion for his Beam Box game system and last but not least:

Transformers RescueBots Blades transforming figure.  This is the toy he's been asking me for for over a month.  So he was super excited when he found it and kept jumping up and down.  He said they're going to snuggle together at bedtime tonight lol.

April 17, 2012