Why did I watch this?

Too scary!!! And no real plot!!!! I am not a fan of scary movies, but my sister totally made me watch this with her! I wanted to go see the zoo movie (we bought a zoo, or something like that?) But noooo, so I spent the whole movie like this!


(note this is not actually me, in case you were worried!)

Harry Potter this movie is not! :(

Why I hate Valentine's Day on Facebook

Does anyone else feel like Valentine's Day is kind of obnoxious on Facebook? It almost seems like a contest to see who got the best gift, who LUVS their husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend the most, and who has the best husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend in the WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD! Don't get me wrong: I'm a romantic and love Valentine's Day as much as the next gal, but Facebook takes PDA to a whole new, overly cheesy, drippy, annoying level!



Yes, we should tell our loved ones that we love them on Valentine's Day. But I feel secure enough in my relationship that I don't need to prove it to the hundreds of "friends" that I have on Facebook, many of whom have never even met my husband! Sorry to be a downer, I'm just kind of annoyed with reading the same post over and over again: Seriously, all of you CAN'T have the best husband in the world: besides, he already lives at my house! :)

See: Case in point! How annoying was that!!

Random media goodness (and badness) this week!

I just found out that my favorite media website, www.commonsensemedia.org, reviews some books as well! I typed in "Tweak" (the book I talked about in class) and the review was fairly on key, though they recommended age 15, whereas I would put it higher. Seriously, this website is CRUCIAL for navigating the media world and every parent should know about it! Now that it reviews books, I love it even more!!!




In other news, my husband Paul was in Vegas this weekend, watching the Rugby Sevens tournament with his friends. So, I watched a couple of movies while he was gone (courtesy of Netflix)! First I watched "You again".



I was intrigued with the description as it is about a "mean girl" in high school who gets her comeuppance in the end. I liked Sigourney Weaver and Jamie Lee Curtis, but besides that it was pretty mindless. Lots of relational aggression too!!! Hmmm, maybe I could use some of the scenes for one of my studies.....

I also watched "I am number four" which I was excited about cause I thought one of my sisters said it was good (I later found it she was talking about a different movie!)



This movie had potential, but there is this huge alien fight scene that turned me off (I got really bored and started surfing facebook on my phone!) and there is one alien character that REALLY objectifies women: she is in a skintight black leather outfit most of the movie, has looong blonde hair, rides a motorcycle, shoots a big gun, etc. When I described this to my husband he said, "you know a guy wrote and directed this movie!!" Boooo!

For Valentine's Day, I think me and Paul are going to dinner and a movie (Yes, I know....but we actually NEVER go to dinner and movie! Add babysitter on that, and it usually costs way too much!) I think I want to go see that new Tom Hanks movie (Incredibly loud and extremely close). Anyone heard good things about this? After these two films, I could use a good one!!

My new life

This is such an inspiring story, and definitely worth watching!



I watched this with my kids and we talked about the things that really matter the most in our lives. What an amazing family!

Tangled time

Tonight Paul and Nate were out, so it was just me and little ones this evening. While I was making dinner Hannah put on her Disney CD, changed into a dance outfit and just went to town! She put on the song, "I see the light" from Tangled and really danced her little heart out. I danced all throughout my childhood and adolescence, and it makes my heart so happy to see my little girl twirl!

Hannah dancing!


After I put Aidan down for his sleep, Hannah decided that she wanted to watch Tangled (can you tell we are a bit Disney obsessed? Those of you on my Disney Princess project will so understand this!)First, in honor of all the hair in the movie, I gave Hannah a little haircut. She still wanted it long like Rapunzel so I only took a bit off.

After the haircut...it's more even than it looks!


Then, we made smoothies, cuddled on the couch, and then put the show on. I seriously love Tangled!



Okay, I'm not thrilled that we have yet another blonde, thin, princesses, but Rapunzel has so many great qualities; she is loyal, brave, self sacrificing, kind, persevering, and she's just so darn cute! I love the music and the entire movie is visually breath-taking! Hannah ended up falling asleep cuddled up next to me, and I was thankful for Disney for helping us have a wonderful night in!

Cigarette packaging in the USA

I heard this on the radio yesterday!

Apparently the US Court of Appeals is going to hear a case proposing putting graphic images on cigarette packaging in the United States, exactly what we talked about in class earlier this week! The images definitely don't seem as graphic as some I've seen. Here is one example:




From what I've heard, the case probably won't be approved because of First Ammendment Rights, but we'll see....

So interesting that we were JUST talking about this, and then I hear it in the news that same week!