The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar

I don't know if I have professed my love for 'This American Life' on NPR before, but let me do it now. I absolutely love it! I download the podcasts and listen to them at work or on my ipod in the car. The past episode was so fascinating. It is called 'The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar'. It is about a missing boy (well two actually) and the one that is found is taken in by a well-to-do family who says he is their son, but he is also claimed by a poor 'domestic'. Neither one of the mothers initially recognizes the boy, although, they both end up claiming he is theirs. I HIGHLY recommend listening to this. It is a true story and not to be confused with the Angelina Jolie movie that is soon out on dvd called 'Changeling', but both stories are equally compelling. Here is a link to the Bobby Dunbar story featured on NPR's This American Life. Please listen to it and let me know what you think. Sometimes life is stranger than fiction.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=352

Noah's FIFTH Birthday!

This is a little belated posting, but when you have no computer of your own whadda gonna do? Noah had a really fun birthday. I took the day off work so we could do all the fun birthday things he wanted. I brought mini-cupcakes to his preschool class for snack-time. I thought mini-cupcakes would be a great idea because they would be just the right size, but it turned out that I should have just got REGULAR cupcakes because all the kids wanted at least two. Later that day we had Noah's official birthday party at his daycare. It was so great to have it there because they are already set up for kids and messes. Lori, who runs the daycare, is really great and I really appreciate her letting us have it there. We had a pinata (danger! danger!) and cake. Then Noah got his present from me, which was a brand spanking new bike! I had hid the bike at my friends house for over a week and then hid it in the shed at the daycare and brought it out to give to him. He was very excited, hopped on it, and fell over in the mud. WOOHOOO!! Then, when given the choice of where ever he wanted to go for dinner, what did the boy choose? Was it McDonalds? NO. Was it Pizza? NO. The kid chose SUBWAY! He just loves to 'eat fresh'.

Uncle Jay Explains 2008

Now, I know this has been making the email rounds, but I just found it VERY funny and informative.

Shovelin' Snow

We got quite a bit of snow the other day and Noah absolutely insisted that he needed to shovel it. Me, being the wonderful mother that I am, decided it would be a character building experience to let him do so. He shoveled and shoveled and shoveled and wanted to go around the block and shovel everyone else's walks!

Noah and Santa

Merry Christmas!

Magical Elves

For those of you who read the Rasmussen blog, this slide show is a repeat. I wanted to post it here because it is so darn cute!

Ugly Face Contest - Thanksgiving Edition

For your consideration, I present, the much anticipated and highly feared, UGLY FACE CONTEST - THANKSGIVING EDITION!!!!!

I would like to encourage you all to work on your ugly faces for the next family get togethers. I expect more from you.

And now,

without further ado,

UGLY FACE CONTEST!!!!!!!