Bad Mom

We had a few free hours one weekend and I was catching up on my dvr'd tv shows (since the kids think the own the television "I WANT DORA!" "PHINEAS & FERB!")

Nick was busy playing a game and Peri was napping, so I thought it would be safe to watch Grimm. (Grimm is the one where Nick and I watched the first episode together, thinking it'd be fun fairy tales. Until a wolf jumped across the screen, attacking a runner in a red hoodie and making us both gasp.) And this one seemed pretty tame - La Llorona - a lady who steals kids and drowns them. Ok - it doesn't sound tame when I type it out that way, but there wasn't anything scary jumping on the screen on this one.

Until Peri woke up from her nap and Nick turned around just in time to see the "lady of the water" turn into this

Peri wimpered. Nick turned around and firmly said "Mom, it's time to turn this off!"

I shouldn't question why they've both been in bed with us since this incident.

Cake and eat it too

Nick decided he wanted ring pops instead of a birthday cake for his birthday.

Happy Birthday Nick!

Look who turned 8! Rock on little man - we are so proud of you!!!!

Tired

3pm on the Day after the "best sleepover ever"

Clowns

I know you've seen the Halloween costume already. What you didn't see was a photo from her school parade. What could the little monkey be so afraid of? One of the mom's had the clever idea to dress up like a clown. Because most pre-schoolers LOVE clowns. Luckily Peri is always attached to her favorite teacher, who was there to comfort her.

Matisse

Little P is quite the artist. She comes at night and heads straight for her art table. We were working in the basement one weekend and she came down to show us she'd painted her nose red. We made the mistake of laughing. We later came up to find she'd painted herself. She was so proud.

(I will stop long enough one of these days to figure out my picture positioning issue...)

Rise of the Guardians

So you know we'll go see any kid movie that comes out. No matter how lame (Wreck It Ralph). The kids and I hit "Rise of the Guardians" last week and LOVED it. We're at the age where some kids are starting to question Santa. Nick came out of the movie amazed. "Wow, I knew Santa, Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy were real. But I didn't know about Sandman and Jack Frost!" It's cool to be a kid.

Anyone else think Nick looks a little like Jack Frost?