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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
because Trevoer queried on his blog...
...I will now do the same.
What are your Top 5 most favorite movies? Movies that you cannot imagine your life without? Movies that you could watch 500 times and still enjoy as much as the first time? Here are my Top 5.
1. The Goonies - I will laugh EVERY SINGLE TIME I see Chunk do the Truffle Shuffle.
2. The Breakfast Club - what's life without a little of John Hughes' film brilliance?
3. Grease - Music, dancing, idealistic high school life, awesome costumes...what more can I say?
4. Clue - I love the game, I love the movie.
5. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - I love Matthew Broderick.
I guess I'm stuck in the 80's. There are current movies that I really like, but they haven't been around long enough to breach the top 5....only the top 10.
What are your Top 5 most favorite movies? Movies that you cannot imagine your life without? Movies that you could watch 500 times and still enjoy as much as the first time? Here are my Top 5.
1. The Goonies - I will laugh EVERY SINGLE TIME I see Chunk do the Truffle Shuffle.
2. The Breakfast Club - what's life without a little of John Hughes' film brilliance?
3. Grease - Music, dancing, idealistic high school life, awesome costumes...what more can I say?
4. Clue - I love the game, I love the movie.
5. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - I love Matthew Broderick.
I guess I'm stuck in the 80's. There are current movies that I really like, but they haven't been around long enough to breach the top 5....only the top 10.
Career Options for Addison
Lately, Addison has been experimenting with career options. Her teachers taught a unit on "community helpers" and Addison has wanted to be everything from a police officer to a fire fighter to a doctor. The last two nights, though, she's leaned toward something new: hairstylist.
For your viewing pleasure, here are some samples of her work (with a little help from Daddy):
I'm pretty sure Robert should discontinue his work as an engineer (the environment can wait!) and he should immediately begin studying to become a stylist. Clearly, based on the beautiful work he did on my hair.
I wanted in the worst way to return the favor to Robert by giving him a stunning hairdo, but his short hair made it difficult. This is the best Addison and I could muster. There are two little clips on the left side of his head, and one big clip in the front.
The most exciting part for me about all this hair-play is that Addison now LOVES to wear bows and will even voluntarily brush her hair! My days of fighting over making her hair look presentable are over! Let's hope it's for the long term! Wish me luck!
And now for your further entertainment is a video of Addison reading some words. Enjoy!
For your viewing pleasure, here are some samples of her work (with a little help from Daddy):
I'm pretty sure Robert should discontinue his work as an engineer (the environment can wait!) and he should immediately begin studying to become a stylist. Clearly, based on the beautiful work he did on my hair.
I wanted in the worst way to return the favor to Robert by giving him a stunning hairdo, but his short hair made it difficult. This is the best Addison and I could muster. There are two little clips on the left side of his head, and one big clip in the front.The most exciting part for me about all this hair-play is that Addison now LOVES to wear bows and will even voluntarily brush her hair! My days of fighting over making her hair look presentable are over! Let's hope it's for the long term! Wish me luck!
And now for your further entertainment is a video of Addison reading some words. Enjoy!
Monday, November 2, 2009
photo recap of the last few weeks
Addison's first haircut! Really, just a small trim. We had to maintain the "Princess Aurora" qualities of her hair. Robert held her like the for about 20 minutes. Addison pretty much has the most rockin' daddy ever. In the end, Addison and Miss Natalie made friends. CHEESE!
We made Halloween cookies with Nonnie, Doodah, Uncle Andrew and Aunt Evelyn. They were delicious, as usual.
We made a voyage to Disney World and met Marie the kitty - TWICE! Addison cried both times!
On our way home, we drove over to St. Augustine to visit Stacia, Steve, and Cat. Addison LOVED their cat, Cat.Then we returned home and found our own Halloween kitties...
And Addison attended at Chuck-E-Cheese birthday party. Here she is with her best buddy, Kelley.
Monday, October 19, 2009
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Friday, October 9, 2009
busy, busy
Betty & Phill finally closed on their new house on Wednesday! We went over for family dinner. It's been a loooooooooong time coming - almost 3 years since they started looking for a house! We can't wait to get them all moved in to their new place. It will probably take a month, so wish us luck!
Tomorrow is a really big day for us: Addison's first haircut! Miss Natalie at Athena Salon & Spa gets to do the honors. Robert & I love Natalie and we think Addison will too. Adds came to watch me get my hair cut a few weeks back and seems excited about the idea now. She's been bribed with getting TWO lollipops after her haircut is done. She'll also get another, super-secret prize if she's cooperative. (We'll take her back to the pumpkin patch for another pony ride!). Hopefully she'll comply & end up with nicely-trimmed hair.
In other news, Addison is doing great with "Your Baby Can Read". She is consistently reading all but three of the words in the starter DVD and we are very pleased with her progress. She loves watching the DVD and reading the book and playing with the flash cards. Her favorite part is quizzing Robert or me. "OK Mommy, this is a tricky one! It's ELEPHANT!". I love it!
I will end with a funny story. Addison and I got Halloween costumes for Andrew & Evelyn's Halloween Party. Addison was concerened because Robert did not purchase one. Since we returned from the store, Addison has decided that Robert MUST have a costume....and the costume she's chosen for him is a giant banana. I think it's hilarious and adorable at the same time. Robert is not biting, though, and is hoping that ignoring her requests will make it go away...we'll see on Halloween which one of them wins this argument!
Tomorrow is a really big day for us: Addison's first haircut! Miss Natalie at Athena Salon & Spa gets to do the honors. Robert & I love Natalie and we think Addison will too. Adds came to watch me get my hair cut a few weeks back and seems excited about the idea now. She's been bribed with getting TWO lollipops after her haircut is done. She'll also get another, super-secret prize if she's cooperative. (We'll take her back to the pumpkin patch for another pony ride!). Hopefully she'll comply & end up with nicely-trimmed hair.
In other news, Addison is doing great with "Your Baby Can Read". She is consistently reading all but three of the words in the starter DVD and we are very pleased with her progress. She loves watching the DVD and reading the book and playing with the flash cards. Her favorite part is quizzing Robert or me. "OK Mommy, this is a tricky one! It's ELEPHANT!". I love it!
I will end with a funny story. Addison and I got Halloween costumes for Andrew & Evelyn's Halloween Party. Addison was concerened because Robert did not purchase one. Since we returned from the store, Addison has decided that Robert MUST have a costume....and the costume she's chosen for him is a giant banana. I think it's hilarious and adorable at the same time. Robert is not biting, though, and is hoping that ignoring her requests will make it go away...we'll see on Halloween which one of them wins this argument!
Monday, October 5, 2009
no more sickness here!
We are all finally healthy. Robert had a moment yesterday when he thought he might be coming down with something, but thankfully it was nothing serious. I spent the weekend enduring a raging sinus infection, but now feel 100% better. Addison is A-OK now, thank goodness!
Addison returned to school this morning with a cheerful grin and a bit of a skip in her step. She agreed to walk to class with Miss Stacey, which gave Robert & me great relief and comfort...oh how we dread the return to school after a break! She even turned and blew a quick kiss to us before disappearing into the classroom! Hallelujah for this morning's drop. We can only hope that the rest of the week goes as smoothly as today did!
We visited with baby Stokes again. Addison got to hold him this time, which tickled her to no end. She held him for about 2.5 seconds and then said, "Ok, Daddy. Now you take Stokes." She
held him just long enough to snap a quick photo, which pleased me! She was very gentle and (mostly) calm while we were there. Her excess engery was diverted to Trevor & Jen's dog, Yoshi. Poor Yoshi. By the time we left, he was hiding under their coffee table...Addison can be a little too gregarious sometimes. But the way I see it is that Addison was just given Yoshi a taste of what life will be like as baby Stokes grows older!
We also went to the pumpkin patch, but I'll have to write about that another time....
Addison returned to school this morning with a cheerful grin and a bit of a skip in her step. She agreed to walk to class with Miss Stacey, which gave Robert & me great relief and comfort...oh how we dread the return to school after a break! She even turned and blew a quick kiss to us before disappearing into the classroom! Hallelujah for this morning's drop. We can only hope that the rest of the week goes as smoothly as today did!
We visited with baby Stokes again. Addison got to hold him this time, which tickled her to no end. She held him for about 2.5 seconds and then said, "Ok, Daddy. Now you take Stokes." She
held him just long enough to snap a quick photo, which pleased me! She was very gentle and (mostly) calm while we were there. Her excess engery was diverted to Trevor & Jen's dog, Yoshi. Poor Yoshi. By the time we left, he was hiding under their coffee table...Addison can be a little too gregarious sometimes. But the way I see it is that Addison was just given Yoshi a taste of what life will be like as baby Stokes grows older!We also went to the pumpkin patch, but I'll have to write about that another time....
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