Happy Birthday to Peter!!!!

 

Our oldest child and only son, Peter turns 12 today. Although he was born a month early ( see our miracle story HERE ), he is just a smidge shorter than I am.

We took him and 6 of his buddies ( and his tag-along sister ) out for a bowling and pizza party.  They all had a great time.

 I will try to post a picture of my ” baby” later today.

Taking a blogging break…

Won’t be too long but while I am gone I have an assignment for you! Browse the recipes I have posted ( there are plenty) and make sure you comment on those you like so I can feel the love when I return!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Halloween….

Today was our homeschool Hallelujah Dress Up Party. We took the kids to a pick-your-own farm. The kids picked apples, took a hay ride and played with their friends. Dress up was optional but the kids did want to this year, so here are pictures:

Tonight we took the kids to carnival sponsored by several neighborhood churches. Free games and refreshments as an outreach to the neighborhood. We skipped the ” Haunted House” as we heard it was based on real life horrors ( abortion etc. ) and took the kids out for dinner.

OK, I realize the pictures are uneven and mismatched in size, but I am too tired to figure it out!

Happy Anniversary!!!!

Today, Norman and I have been married 18 years! Amazing!

Though neither of us come from traditional intact families we promised each other that we would set the example and break those generational shortcomings.

Little did he know what he was getting into, and he has been everything I could hope for. He has been so much more patient and understanding than I. He has made a wonderful husband to me and father to our kids even though he never had those modeled in his own life.

Happy Anniversary Honey! I love you!

MJ

Naomi’s New Room & Her Latch Hook Project

Here are a couple of pictures of Naomi’s new room …. Norm did a wonderful job on it …..

And this is Naomi’s 8 month Latch Hook project… finally completed!

Need decorating help…..

Here is the bedroom set we bought for Naomi ( dd 8 ).

Do we paint the walls pink and the window frames trim in cream cottage finish to match the furniture?

Guests at my bird feeder

These ducks live the high life, they have been frequenting my front yard and picking up the bird seed that has been scattered by the birds and squirrels. They have also been known to visit the neighbor’s goldfish pond for a dip. Too cute!

Spamalot – Tonight

Norm and I are giving the kids a night off ( sleepover with friends ) and we are going out!

Arthurian jests will make you laughalot
By Toby Zinman
For The Inquirer

Goofy and witty and lavish and garish, Spamalot at the Academy of Music is a laugh-out-loud good time. Based on the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, complete with the Knights Who Say “Ni,” various dismemberments and killer bunnies, this musical parodies everything imaginable – from Camelot to West Side Story to The Producers to The Phantom of the Opera to Wicked – there’s even an Angels in America moment (a wizard flies in, hangs above the stage and intones, “Greetings”). Mostly it parodies itself: the Big Broadway Show.

A great parody needs a great cast; no problem here. Michael Siberry brings much style to his droopy, exasperated King Arthur. Followed by his faithful servant (Jeff Dumas), he rides through medieval Britain gathering up knights.

Well, not exactly “rides” – it’s more that he lopes along while H.F.S. claps coconut shells together for the sound effect of horse’s hooves. Having rounded up the round-table gang, the Lady of the Lake (the spectacular Pia Glenn) sends them off, cheered on by the Laker Girls, complete with pompoms.

God’s gigantic feet, presumably attached to the rest of him, appear, and the quest for the Holy Grail begins (“What? The All-Knowing has misplaced a cup?”).

There are ultra-splashy production numbers (Camelot turns out to be a Vegas casino, complete with floor show: “What happens in Camelot, stays in Camelot”), and the scene at the French castle that starts with a rant winds up with a big cancan-as-battle number.

Act 2 starts in “a very expensive forest” and then moves to “another part of the very expensive forest.” The smartest/silliest songs are “The Diva’s Lament,” which begins with the immortal lyric “What happened to my part?” and the reprise of the astonishing faux love ballad “The Song That Goes Like This,” which every Broadway musical has to have. And has to reprise.

The dancing is lively, the costumes are hilarious, the jokes are piled on thick and the company is wildly good-natured and wildly accomplished. In short there’s simply not / A more amusing spot / Than here in Spamalot.

Monty Python’s Spamalot

Written by Eric Idle and John Du Prez. Directed by Mike Nichols.
Cast: Michael Siberry (King Arthur), Pia Glenn (Lady of the Lake), Jeff Dumas, Christopher Gurr, Patrick Heusinger, Robert Petkoff, Christopher Sutton, Kevin Crewell.
Playing at: Academy of Music, Broad & Locust Sts. Through April 8. Tickets $28 to $87.50

Information: 215-731-3333 or www.kimmelcenter.org/broadway.

Things here will be quiet for a few days ….

Now is the time to leave a comment and tell me how much you love this blog and how much you miss me! That way when I return, I will have plenty to read!

I think I have created a monster ……….

Peter, my 11 year-old son, asked me if we were going to Wal-Mart today. Why, I asked? I need a new bookcase came the reply! Too much like me.