Friday, January 15, 2010

3-in-1 Foosball Table

my family is having fun w/ this new baby. another costco find.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

movie night

normally we don't go out to see movies. w/ kids, it's tough to find one that's good for the whole family. it's also so expensive~ we'd rather wait for the dvd.

but my honey's coworkers were having a movie outing to see avatar, and spouses were invited. so i managed to find a babysitter and i tagged along. oh, just a disclaimer that the movie itself is not "one of my favorite things." but going out with him and enjoying the time w/out needy kids was. it was my very first time going out together since our almost-5-month-old baby came along. and definitely one of the very few times i hired babysitters during our 10 years of marriage just so that we can go out alone!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

russell & olivia

russell is, by far, my new favorite disney character.
actually, i never had a favorite character before.

it was not like this from the beginning. when i saw the movie for the first time last summer, i didn't think anything of the boy, except that he cracked me up a lot throughout the movie, just like any other character in a disney movie. but recently, ever since we got the dvd and started watching it, i noticed he resembles my baby~ their chubbiness & small eyes.

and b/c he reminded me so much of my baby, i started thinking he was cute. and he just grew on me.

and this is my favorite scene from the movie, when he begs mr. fredericksen, "please let me in."


and after the storm when he says, in relief, "whooooo! i thought you were DEAD," i just think the way he says it is so funny & adorable.

he's such a good kid w/ a big heart. i wish olivia would grow up and become like him. but i know she's not gonna look like this when she grows older. i will miss this look very much.

Friday, January 8, 2010

"do all the good you can..."

"do all the good you can, in all the ways you can,
to all the souls you can, in every place you can,
at all the times you can, with all the zeal you can,
as long as ever you can."
-john wesley

i read this quote the other day.
but, for the life of me, i couldn't remember where!
i went through all the books, magazines, websites, devotionals, and letters i read this week. still coudn't figure out. i hate that feeling. but i'm glad i remembered most of it, so i could look it up and find it online.

Friday, January 1, 2010

recipe card holder & UP

for new year's presents, robyn & hubby got me very special presents.

robyn got me a mini rolling pin style recipe card holder.





























as always, she insisted that she buy me something nice. but anything that's considered "nice" is always so expensive, esp. from le creuset. so it worked out really nicely when she found this for $3! it was affordable for her, and she was so excited to give me something so cute and useful. i agree.

and i got this blue-ray disc and DVD from my husband, too.
i love this movie. so sad, funny, and adorable!