Friday Movie Review: WarGames

A classic. A super silly wonderful 80s social commentary. Aidan really enjoyed this movie. He kept saying he wanted to play the game too. :)

This movie is about a teenage hacker in the early 1980s. Matthew Broderick plays the hacker and the ultimate hack is when he hacks into a super secret military database. This database has a long list of "games" to play. He harmlessly begins playing "global thermonuclear war" against a computer. Problem is the computer is programmed to win. As the computer begins to play the game, the government control room begins to see all the game moves as aggressive moves by enemy countries. Basically the humans in the control room don't realize it is a game and they decide to go after there enemies. Can Matthew Broderick convince the computer to end the game before it is over? Can humans ignore their gut instinct in the time of war? Is nuclear war a winnable war?

Classic movie with classic memories attached. Good movie.

Thursdays Nostaligia

Today I have been thinking a lot about the day Aidan was born. What a delightful day! We waited for this day for what seemed like an eternity, okay, maybe 9 months. But it was such a treat, such a wonderful moment. He was so tiny and loved cuddling up to me. Only recently has my big boy wanted to cuddle with me. Happy Birthday sweet Aidan! You will always be my number one!

Wednesdays blessings

A renewal of life. We have a spot in our backyard that has been struggling all year. Well I resolved to focus a lot of attention on this spot and water it constantly. No skipping days or minutes. Every night it gets 90-120 minutes of water...it was bad. It hasn't all come back in but I can see that it is no longer struggling. I love being able to see the transformation. I also love to see the vibrant green and not the neglected yellow.

A full queen size bed. My bed sleeps well with two people in it. It even does alright with a squirt in there. But it doesn't do very well with just one person in it. I can't believe the difference in sleep that I get when I sleep solo in the bed versus sleeping together with Brian. You might think that sleeping solo would be ideal; the whole bed, no sharing covers, tossing and turning as you would like. NO! I love cuddling with Brian. I don't get to do it often, but what a treat when we get to sleep together.

Cell Phones. Seriously what would we ever do without them. They didn't become popular until I got home from my mission so I know I survived with out them, but how, I know not. What a wonderful technological tool, when used properly.

Fabric remnants. I got bored yesterday and decided to make Aidan a snake. He loves it. I love being able to create and see the fruits of my labors.

A child's prayer. Aidan and I pray every night. He usually doesn't want to participate with me but we do it anyway. I usually kneel and say the prayer and Aidan usually ends up on his bed. He tries to keep his eyes closed but still struggles. He won't repeat the words after me, so I just say a little prayer as if it came from Aidan. He is good about saying Amen. Last night as I was saying the prayer, Aidan kept saying Woody Buzz. Finally I asked him in a whisper what he was saying. He said in a whisper back Woody Buzz sleep good too Mommy. So we added that to the prayer. After the Amen, he gave me the biggest hug and said thank you mommy for the prayer. Progress? Absolutely.

A motivate husband. Brian was really tired last night so he slept for like 15 hours. I hate when he does that but I let him because he obviously really needed it. Grave yard shift...blah! So this morning I woke up to the sound of a lawn mower. I went to the window to see from where it came and Brian had woke up and mowed the lawn. FANTASTIC! When he finished he told me everything he had managed to do whilst I was sleeping. What a treat! Drain cleared-check, lawn mowed- check, lawn weeded- almost check. It makes my day so much more pleasant when he is on board. Thanks honey!

A wise two year old. We watch cartoons On Demand. I love it! While Aidan watches the little kid friendly version of Spiderman they have interruptions by toy companies. One add literally says "you know you want the Battle Force 5. Go. Tell your parents you have to have it. Now." What? After a couple of times of seeing this Aidan came up to me and said "Mom I need. Now. Toy. Now." I looked at him and asked "Are you sure you need THAT. Now?" He thought a moment and said "No. I play with bubbles." I just hope peer pressure stays away longer than the not so subliminal messages.

Molly Monday: crafts

More crafts... or should I say quilts. The first one I call "Spectrum" and the second is called "Two way street." Is it sad that I have begun to look at making these blankets like an artist would. I try and find inspiration and patterns everywhere.

Aidan-isms

Aidan woke up this morning, early. Freaking out about "needing to watch television." I tried for a little while to figure out what he wanted to watch. Aidan wasn't much help. Finally he said "super hero Christmas guy." I said what? Then he cried for about ten minutes about needing to see his "super hero Christmas guy." I think I know who he is talking about, but I didn't turn on the movie, I talked him into going back to sleep.

He is all about Christmas movies this month. Christmas in July, really. This doesn't help my stress level whilst preparing for Christmas already. Don't laugh. But I can't bring myself to be that person who goes on a spending spree in December and doesn't get it paid off until May. If we are aware now we slowly buy gifts and then in December we are relaxed and not stressed out, helps with remember the reason for Christmas.

I digress, sorry.

A couple of days ago he kept calling Santa Claus a super hero. Because he is a hero who brings presents. The mind of a two year old. So I am pretty sure he wanted to watch Merry Madagascar and see the cool super hero Christmas guy.

P.S. This still frame was taken from Google images and is one of Aidan's favorite scenes in the movie.

Friday Movie Review: Tale of Desperaux

Last week we went as a family to the Summer Movie at the theater. These movie are super cheap and targeted for little kids that are out of school for the summer. We had been meaning to see this movie and just hadn't rented it yet. So when we realized we see it for $3 (for the family) we said YES!

This movie is fun and cute. Aidan enjoyed it immensely.

The movie is about a little mouse that is not scared of traditional things a mouse should be scared of. One day he sneaks into the castle and reads a book on being a gentleman and a hero. Then he finds he quest, the quest to make him a gentleman and a hero. He will restore happiness and soup to the kingdom. Why was it gone you ask...one must watch the movie. :]

Thursdays Nostaligia

Aidan wanted to look through old pictures. I came to this one and he said "cute baby." I couldn't agree more. This picture was taken on Monday...Monday February 11,2008. I remember this date because Aidan was days old, like three days old. This was his "due" date. I was induced three days early so that my parents could be in town for the delivery. Sometimes a girl just needs her mommy and daddy, ya dig? :)

I digress. Look at how tiny my baby was? When he was born he was 21 inches and 7 pounds 12 ounces. Now he is about 39 inches tall (and going thru another growth spurt) and about 37 pounds. In 30 months he has grown by 30 pounds and 18 inches. Crazy! I love you Aidan. And yes, I agree, you were an adorable baby...and still are.