Midnight Twilight

So I myself may not have signed up to go to the midnight showing of Twilight, but there were some ladies at book club who were super stoked about it so I decided to go along. I was really excited when I initially found out they were making the movie, but as trailers and pictures started popping up I wasn't very impressed. Edward looked like he was just wearing a lot of makeup and the previews focused too much on the last fight scene, which is important, but a small part of the first book. So a bunch of us went to Chedder's to grab some food first. On a side not I had only been to Chedder's once in Michigan and I thought it was alright, but this time I got the monster cookie skillet dessert and it was frickin to die for and actually pretty cheap, so I am now a fan. Anyway, we got to the theater at about 10 and there were a decent amount of people in line, but nothing crazy. The best part was that as we looked around we were the only women there without any teenage daughters. Yeah we're that cool. Also one lady's husband was brave enough to come and in the end the theater was like 95% female. He felt extra cool. I won't go much into the movie, but I will say that by going in with seriously low expectations I was pleasantly surprised. I ended being won over by Edward after all and the fight scene wasn't the focus of the movie. If you liked the books I think you will like the movie. If you were obsessed with the books you will probably be disappointed because the movie kind of blew through chapters of important information with a sentence here and there, much like Harry Potter 5 in my opinion. If you haven't read the books you might think the movie is kind of weird and choppy. I will have to say that some of the scenes were kind of cheesy even for a chick flick, but being in a theater backed full of 14 year old girls made it hilarious as they giggled and squealed. My only real regret about going is that by the time I got home and in bed it was around 3am and even though John was sweet and went into work a little late, I still had to be up by 8:30 and I was not liking it. Anyway, if you see it let me know what you think.

I've Been a Bad Mom

So I've been kind of lazy when it comes to EZ and crayons. I haven't wanted to pick up tons of crayons and risk having him draw all over the house, so basically he has had at most like 6 crayons at a time and they are usually from restaurants, so that means he pretty much gets red, blue, green and yellow. Well, he has been really good about only coloring at his coloring table and I have been feeling a little bad about his pathetic crayons, so I caved and bought him a big box of 48 crayons. I busted them all out this morning and he has been going crazy. He keeps running over to me with one at a time to tell me what color they are. He is especially excited about the white crayon, one he has never scene in this house before. He has been coloring for about an hour and half so far and shows no signs of stopping. He hasn't even asked to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, which is usually the first thing out of his mouth in the morning. So I guess this is my public apology to EZ that he can read someday and know that I am sorry I was such a lazy mom and I promise to be better in the future.

Netta Wins Again

Netta had her 6 month check up this week and is officially even shorter and fatter than EZ when compared to their 4 months stats. She weighs in at 20 pounds and is 26 1/2 inches tall/long. That is over a pound heavier and 1 1/2 inches shorter than EZ was. Her weight gain actually has slowed down though. She was 95% this time compared to off the charts last time. So I guess that's good. I posted some pics of her and EZ at 6 months for comparison and yes her's is a repeat pic from the last post. I was feeling lazy and just wanted this done. Anyway, looking through the old pictures of EZ made me realize how different they look, but John said it made him realize how alike they look. Any thoughts?

The Week In Review

On Monday we went with playgroup to a Dinosaur exhibit in the Botanical Garden at Zilker Park. EZ could not get over seeing "real" dinosaurs. He just kept yelling "Dinosaur!!" and seemed to be genuinely excited every time he saw another one.

Netta had a good time as well and I was able to get this great shot of her sticking out her tongue at me.

Later in the week John sat down with EZ and Netta for some reading time. I couldn't get over how cute it was. I love my family!

Finally, Netta has been working hard on learning to sit up by herself and as of today she can sit up for a couple of minutes. This newly acquired skill makes taking care of her a lot easier since she is content to sit in my lap and watch EZ run like a mad man allover the house.

Potty Training? Not So Much

We decided to give potty training a go and after only one successful pee in the potty and 6 unsuccessful peeings allover the floor and toys we decided to postpone potty training for a little bit longer. That doesn't mean we didn't get to enjoy the plastic training pants we bought. EZ quickly realized they were a perfect fit on his head and Netta's too.

Heck Yeah

I just drove by the gas station it was only $1.99!!!!! I was so excited I wanted to take a picture. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera handy, but then I just had to come home and post a blog about it. I can't even remember that last time I paid $1.99. Sometime during my undergrad maybe? If so that was like 5 years ago. Do you remember the last time you saw gas that cheap?

Halloween Day

Well Halloween Day was great for us, but not so great for our pumpkin. In fact he had to be thrown out that morning. Having grown up in the north, used to cold weather and layering under halloween costumes, I carved our pumpkin a bit premature. After I set him out I noticed that no one else in the neighborhood had set our carved pumpkins. Oops my bad. Now I know not to carve a pumpkin till the day before Halloween because they do not like 85 degree weather!

Despite the rotted pumpkin, we had a great Halloween day. It started out with a Halloween Festival that was jam packed with kids. They held it as this park 15 minutes from my house and it took 15 minutes to get there and then another 15 minutes to find a parking spot. It was insanely crowded and pretty hot out so we didn't last as long as we had thought. Now we know to get there the minute it starts next year.

Claire and EZ had a good time despite the heat. EZ's favorite part was miniture golf. I literally had to drag him away kicking and screaming.

Netta was a good sport. Here she is wearing one of EZ's Halloween onesies. Notice that I bought this one in Michigan and it is short sleeved and then when I went to be Netta one this year in Texas they only came with long sleeves. What is up with that? Someone is very confused about the weather.

That night we opted not to take EZ trick or treating since he is so shy and since I usually end up eating most of the candy and I still have some baby weight to lose. So instead EZ helped my friend Kim and I hand out candy. He actually did a great job. I kept waiting for him to try run away to get candy himself, but he was more than happy just handing it out.

Yeah, that's right I am sitting outside at night handing out candy in short sleeves and capris. I love Texas!

Ward Halloween Party

This year Halloween started off a week early with our ward's halloween party on the 25th. There were games for the kid's followed by a trunk or treat. EZ didn't really understand the whole trick or treat thing. He definitely liked getting candy, but he wasn't too excited about having to go near people to ask for it. Most of the time he would stand way far away and I would get the candy and hand it to him. Some people tried to get him to come closer, but waving the candy for him to see and I have to admit I started to get weirded out a little thinking about people trying to lure EZ towards them with candy. After that I wasn't annoyed that EZ wouldn't say trick or treat, since there is definitely some benefit to him to being leary of strangers.

Buzz Lightyear

To Infinity and Beyond!

Our princess Netta

In January, John found this Buzz Lightyear costume at the Disney store in Vegas for $5. Of course he couldn't pass up a deal that good, but the funny thing is we don't own toy story and for the longest time EZ had no idea about Buzz. Finally, about a month ago, EZ watched toy story at someone's house and we realized we have a book with Buzz in it so we have been trying to drill that into his head. It worked and he was really excited to wear his costume. We did our best to put together Woody and Jessie costumes at the last minute. I think we did a pretty good job.

On a none halloween note, EZ and Briton recently got in trouble in nursery for kissing in the corner. I couldn't stop laughing when I found out. Earlier this week I told one of the nursery workers how much EZ loved Briton and she seemed surprised. Apparently she hadn't seen anything in nursery to make her think they liked each other, but I bet she believes me now!