i'm a few months late in this, but i want to start this tradition. i asked emma a few questions and hope to remember to do this every year.
Emma, age 4
favorite color: pink, purple, green
favorite food: fruits, jelly & honey sandwich (which she's never had together!)
what she wants to be: a princess fairy
best friends: ava, addie, avery
favorite cartoon: duck tales, special agent oso
favorite candy: cotton candy
favorite movie: aladin
favorite song: cinderella song
favorite toy: rapunzel doll
favorite activity: dress up
Monday, June 11, 2012
madagascar 3 crowdtap party
i was selected to host a madagascar 3 circus party through crowdtap.com. they sent a digital pdf kit to use for decorations and games. i printed out some of the masks and the coloring sheets an made little gift packets for the kids we had over.
we had 10 girls under the age of 5 in the house! it was CRAZY! we had the girls take some pictures wearing their masks. i had some finger food munchies set out for them and some punch for the moms.
we went outside to play in the backyard for a bit, given the weather was PERFECTION. after some playing, we went back inside for some more snacks and then i cut the "zebra" cake. the stripes didn't turn out quite as well, but it tasted delicious. and that's what counts, in my opinion. :)
the girls took home their coloring sheets and masks and took off home for the day. it was a blast!
i have some pictures to post later once i upload them. :)
we had 10 girls under the age of 5 in the house! it was CRAZY! we had the girls take some pictures wearing their masks. i had some finger food munchies set out for them and some punch for the moms.
we went outside to play in the backyard for a bit, given the weather was PERFECTION. after some playing, we went back inside for some more snacks and then i cut the "zebra" cake. the stripes didn't turn out quite as well, but it tasted delicious. and that's what counts, in my opinion. :)
the girls took home their coloring sheets and masks and took off home for the day. it was a blast!
i have some pictures to post later once i upload them. :)
waking strange...
so very strange....i must have slept fantastic last night, because i was completely disoriented this morning! i woke up suddenly at 6:00 am, with the low lighting coming in the window. i saw that it was 6:00 and thought it was PM and that i must have taken a nap and just woken up. i tried to remember what i was doing before my "nap" and couldn't remember anything! i could not, for the life of me, figure out how i got into my bed for a nap. my youngest was sleeping next to me and i figured she must have woken from her nap and come in to go back to sleep with me. i wondered if emma was still sleeping, or if she had gotten up and was playing somewhere. i looked at what i was wearing and tried to put it all together. i could not remember getting in bed for a nap! but it was 6:00!! was steve home from work yet? what would he think if he got home and found me in bed at 6pm! still completely disoriented and a bit worried that i couldn't remember laying down for a nap, i decided to look at my phone's clock. it said 6:00AM! *whew*! it was just morning and i must have simply slept LIKE THE DEAD for me to wake up so out of it! such a very strange sensation! at least i know i got a good night's sleep!
Monday, June 4, 2012
Crazy Dangerous book review
Crazy Dangerous
by Andrew Klavan
Sam Hopkins is the "preacher's kid" in town. He's the good boy who no one acts normal around, and one day decides to hang with the wrong crowd. While at first Sam experiences the thrill of hanging with the school thugs, he knows that in short time, things will go too far.
Jennifer is a little strange. Eccentric. She hears voices telling her of the evil they plan. She has hallucinations of demons bringing about death. When one day Sam witnesses his thug "friends" harassing Jennifer, Sam stands up to them to save her; and while he loses one set of friends, he gains a very strange new one in Jennifer.
When Sam discovers that Jennifer's hallucinations might just be more than they seem, Sam has to decide if he has the courage to dig deeper and confront these "demons" that Jennifer believes are about to commit terrible deeds.
I found this book very juvenile and lackluster. Before learning more about Jennifer's "condition", the writing felt very....annoying and silly with the repetitive phrases and silly made-up words Jennifer used. Even after coming to understand the mental issues behind the verbiage used, I still found it a little annoying.
I did not care for any of the characters and found Sam's actions to be wholly unbelievable when it came to actions he took on Jennifer's behalf. While likely a very quick read, due to it's simple nature, I found it took me quite a while to get through because it simply did not capture my interest.
I can completely see this book being appealing to a much younger audience, but for me (age 32), I thought it didn't have enough redeeming qualities to keep my attention. And, sadly, I am not sure that I will try any other of Klavan's works (even though he has been highly lauded as an author), because of this first impression.
This book was provided to me for free by Thomas Nelson Publishing through BookSneeze in exchange for my honest review. Thank you Thomas Nelson Publishing.
by Andrew Klavan
Sam Hopkins is the "preacher's kid" in town. He's the good boy who no one acts normal around, and one day decides to hang with the wrong crowd. While at first Sam experiences the thrill of hanging with the school thugs, he knows that in short time, things will go too far.
Jennifer is a little strange. Eccentric. She hears voices telling her of the evil they plan. She has hallucinations of demons bringing about death. When one day Sam witnesses his thug "friends" harassing Jennifer, Sam stands up to them to save her; and while he loses one set of friends, he gains a very strange new one in Jennifer.
When Sam discovers that Jennifer's hallucinations might just be more than they seem, Sam has to decide if he has the courage to dig deeper and confront these "demons" that Jennifer believes are about to commit terrible deeds.
I found this book very juvenile and lackluster. Before learning more about Jennifer's "condition", the writing felt very....annoying and silly with the repetitive phrases and silly made-up words Jennifer used. Even after coming to understand the mental issues behind the verbiage used, I still found it a little annoying.
I did not care for any of the characters and found Sam's actions to be wholly unbelievable when it came to actions he took on Jennifer's behalf. While likely a very quick read, due to it's simple nature, I found it took me quite a while to get through because it simply did not capture my interest.
I can completely see this book being appealing to a much younger audience, but for me (age 32), I thought it didn't have enough redeeming qualities to keep my attention. And, sadly, I am not sure that I will try any other of Klavan's works (even though he has been highly lauded as an author), because of this first impression.
This book was provided to me for free by Thomas Nelson Publishing through BookSneeze in exchange for my honest review. Thank you Thomas Nelson Publishing.
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