Snow Much Fun!

According to Dallas Morning News, we are in the midst of some record breaking weather.  It was a regular school day for all of the mil10s, not that it was easy.  Snow was already falling before we left the house in the morning. 

mrs. mil10 spent a significant amount of time outside with a coworker.  They even threw snowballs at fellow teachers as they arrived at school!  At the end of the school day, EK spent plenty of time outside at Modie's, visiting cousin Mackenzie, back at Modie's, and then back at home.

See how much snow is on the bushes now?  It snowed ALL day!

Baby Mac's first time in the snow.  Justin and Shannon were hoping to take her out once it stopped snowing, but that never happened.

Back at Modie's for a family meal.  EK tried sliding down the hill on cardboard and in a plastic tub.  Neither method really worked, but he still had fun.  It is getting darker now.

Back at our house the guys built a snowman after dark.  Who does that?  Our neighbors do--they were in their front yard building a snowman at the same time.

Our snowman didn't last long.  We tried putting him back together.  Let's see how long that lasts!

After all of the playtime in the snow, it was time for snow ice cream!  mr. mil10's family made it a few times (we don't get that much snow!) when he was a child.  If we were going to do it for EK, this was the time.  EK helped oversee the mixing of the ingredients.

Not my best handwriting!

Snow ice cream in progress.

EK sneaks some snow.

Ready to enjoy!  Yum!

The snow ice cream was delicious!  A first time experience for EK and mrs. mil10, but they must have liked it.  We have our bowl out to catch some more snow for tomorrow's sweet treat.  It was about this time that EK learned that there would be no school tomorrow!  The night was full of excitement.  Yeah!  We had to finish the evening with a breathing treatment.  While being read to, EK finally caved and gave into his exaustion.  It is a rare occasion that EK falls asleep early, much less while someone is reading to him.  It's ok.  I think it was because he had snow much fun today!

Not-So-Super Bowl Brownies

We made a few snacks as we prepared for the big night.  Nothing fancy or elaborate.  Just some munchies that we will enjoy along with some guests as we watch the big game. 

EK and mrs. mil10 thought he brownies were a little plain.  EK thought they needed to be decorated to resemble a football.  It is definately not my best work, but here it is anyway.  Maybe the next creation will be better?

Go Saints!

And the Nominees Are...

The list of Oscar nominees was released this week. It is always interesting to see the movies that make it onto this elite list. After all, these are the movies that are supposed to be the ‘best’ of the best. I thought it would be interesting to see how many of these films have been seen by the mil10s this year. First look at all of the movies that received any kind of nomination (best picture, music, performance, feature animated). I did not include short films or documentaries.

"A Serious Man"

"A Single Man"

"An Education"

"Avatar"

"Bright Star"

"Coco before Chanel"

"Coraline"

"Crazy Heart"

"District 9"

"Fantastic Mr. Fox"

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"

"Il Divo"

"In the Loop"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Invictus"

"Julie & Julia"

"Nine"

"Paris 36"

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

"Sherlock Holmes"

"Star Trek"

"The Blind Side"

"The Hurt Locker"

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"

"The Last Station"

"The Lovely Bones"

"The Messenger"

"The Princess and the Frog"

"The Secret of Kells"

"The White Ribbon"
"The Young Victoria"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
"Up in the Air"
"Up"

Of the thirty-four movies on the list, how many did the mil10s see? Ten. Only ten. Perhaps we aren’t Hollywood’s target audience. Maybe we have different ideas of what constitutes a good movie. Maybe we have seen more ‘fun’ movies than ‘artistic’ movies. Whatever the reason, you may be curious which movies made our list. Here they are: 

"Avatar"
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
"Invictus"
"Julie & Julia"
"Sherlock Holmes"
"Star Trek"
"The Blind Side"
"The Lovely Bones"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"Up"

Come March 7 we will see which movies on the list move from nominees to winners!  It might be a movie on the mil10's list, our very short list.  See you at the movies!

Fun with Friends, Foam, and Food

  

  

  

Saturday was a day with friends. 

We spent the afternoon with EK's basketball team at a local gymnastic center.  All of the equipment was open for use by the children.  Of course a few of the adults had to test their gymnastic abilities as well.  By far the most fun was had in the foam pit.  With great determination, mrs. mil10 finally made it out of the pit.  Don't let yourself think this is necessarily an easy task!  mr. mil10's time in the pit resulted in a wet sock.  Gross!  There are some places that you just hope don't cause your socks to get wet.  Public restrooms, dressing rooms, Chuck E. Cheese ball pits, and now a foam pit.  I don't know what was at the bottom of the pit, but I am not going to find out.  The wet sock soon found itself at the bottom of a trash can.

After leaving the basketball party we headed out for game night with friends.  The menu for food was "build your own sandwiches."  The menu for fun was Wii, including New Super Mario Bros. and MarioKart. A great time was had by the adults and the children!

A Whole Lot of Nothing

Blogging lately just has not been happening.  I have been reading everyone's interesting posts about what is going on in their homes, deep thoughts, or new discoveries in far away lands.  I like to check blogs and the links on other friends' blogs to see who has updated and what they have to share.  Despite it all, I have not found (or made) time to sit down at the computer and type myself.

Is it Facebook?  I haven't gone a whole day without it since I jumped on board in the fall.  Is it my 2010 resolutions getting in the way?  I have to squeeze in time to exercise and drink all that water somehow.  I am not really sure.  Maybe it doesn't matter.  Quality over quantity, right?

I have been really interested in reading how Denyse has committed to a post a day during the month of January.  In addition to blogging everyday, she has tied all of her posts to one month long theme!  Wow!  I decided to see what NaBloPoMo has for its next theme, but could not find it.  Well have to see if it is a topic that this mil10 can relate to.

Sigh. Tomorrow is a new day.  Let's see what happens.  Maybe it will be something that inspires me to share here.  You never know!