Alice...

I am feeling a little nervous as I received a call for "Alice" again today (see previous blog post). However this call was during the middle of the day and the woman was very polite when I told her there was no Alice. Let's just hope this Alice thing isn't too widespread ;)

Seth

I know these things can get a little boring but this blog is also for grandma's for whom things like this never get boring ;)
Seth: I a baby.
Mom: No, you aren't a baby.
Seth: I a baby!!
Mom: Did you know that babies can't talk?
Seth: Baby no talk. I a baby, I don't talk!
Mom: What are you doing right now?
Seth: Talking.

Synergy in life

Melissa is happy...


John is happy...

Holy Blizzard Batman...

So last night the official total at 10:00pm was over 16 inches in Boulder but we got another 1-2 inches through the night. These picture were taken in the afternoon so imagine another 4 inches on top of that! We have had too much fun! Math and Seth couldn't even walk through the snow because it was too deep. Josh had to make trails for them. Isn't snow amazing!!

Goodreads....

So we let Hy and Josh start lists on goodreads. I had a hunch that it might inspire more reading and it has worked very well. They really like adding books to their list. It is a little harder for Hy but I told him he has to read them all himself before we add them but his list is growing slowly. Goodreads has this new thing were you can add your favorite authors. Of course, JK and Austen and Tolkien have a lot of fans but I was surprised that I am one of 3 Michael Shaara fans (it's not like he hasn't won a Pulitzer) and one of 2 JD Fitzgerald fans. Henry James doesn't even have 20 fans...of course, he is a hard read ;) It is amusing to see how many or how few fans your favorite author has.

Seth: This orange.
Math: No Seth, that spoon is yellow, not orange.
Seth: No! It orange.
Math: Seth, Yellow and Orange are almost the same so I know that you could think the spoon is orange but it is really yellow.
Seth: No, it orange.
Math: Look Seth, see this spoon...it is all yellowy so that makes it yellow. Orange is very orangey so that makes it orange but it is not yellow. Do you see Seth?
Seth: It yellow.
Math: Good boy Seth.

Movie Quiz Answers....

Here are the answers for the ones that didn't get answered...

John #4 - Fearless, #12 - Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
Melissa #12 - Hoosiers, #15 - Star Trek First Contact

Sigh...

We were thinking of taking a vacation for Spring Break...found an excellent deal on hotels. After some consultation though, we realized that the van probably won't make it. We are pretty sure we will have to go to Utah this summer and then the van will have to make it back to Utah one more time when we move. It would not be good time to have to get a different car. We will try and save the van for one more year...so no vacation...on the plus side, I get to order pizza for my "vacation." A special treat considering since we moved to Boulder we have only bought dinner 4 times. I feel a lot of spring break swimming coming ;)

15 movie quotes quiz

RULES

1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie (one-liners).
3. Post them on your blog for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO cheating. If you don't know any of them, that's just too bad.
6. You DON'T have to be tagged in the note to play.

1. I tell you to go out and shovel the walks and you come back in, two hours later, talking about willows! CIPHER IN THE SNOW - ELDON
   
2. He chose poorly. INDIANA JONES - ELDON
   
3. I was wonderin' if, uh, you wouldn't mind marryin' me very much. ROCKY - TONIA
   
4. I only understand wushu. I practiced for many years to understand what Wushu is, what is wushu's real purpose. The competition must continue. One cannot choose how one's life begins. It takes courage to finish the final step.
5. This entire year's been a waste! I've just blown another year of eligibility! RUDY - JET
   
6. Dinner means death. Death means carnage! Christmas means carnage!! BABE - JENNY
   
7. How is it you can keep so serene...and stay so utterly insensible...with a storm of shells and bullets raining about your head? Captain Smith...my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death, I do not concern myself with that...but to be always ready, whenever it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live. Then all men would be equally brave. GODS AND GENERALS - ELDON
   
8. Oh, him? He's harmless. Part of the free speech movement at Berkeley in the sixties. I think he did a little too much LDS. STAR TREK IV - JET
   
9. Po-tay-toes LOTR (TWO TOWERS) - JET
   
10. You have the worst reflexes of all time. NAPOLEON DYNAMITE - JET
    
11. I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it. QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER - BEN ;)
12. Hey, what do you say we both be independent together, huh?
13. Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. STAR WARS (A NEW HOPE) - JET
    
14. Piracy is our only option. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY - TONIA
    
15. Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share / That's why it's so important. It separates us from them. BATMAN BEGINS - BRANT
    

Movie Quotes Quiz

RULES

1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie (one-liners).
3. Post them on your blog for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO cheating. If you don't know any of them, that's just too bad.
6. You DON'T have to be tagged in the note to play.

I had so much fun doing this on my friends blogs. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out where I had heard their quotes!! I knew I had seen some of them but could not think of the movie. I was very entertained ;) I tried not to make them too hard and didn't get in every movie but it was still so much fun. John is tempted to do his own list and you should too so I can be even more entertained!!

1. "Never tell me the odds." STAR WARS - EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - JENNY (RYAN)
2. "You are nine hours behind the toughest target you have ever tracked." BOURNE (ULTIMATUM) - JET
3. "I don't believe in giving animals ridiculous names. I call him Cosmic Creepers, because that's the name he came with. " BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS - JENNY
4. " Howd'ya sleep, Jack? On me back, Mush." NEWSIES - JILL
5. "I wish to check the position of the Nile. My sister tells me it is in South America." SENSE AND SENSIBILITY - JENNY
6. "I like to see a man of advancing years throwing caution to the wind. It's inspiring in a way. My years are not advancing as fast as you might think." GROUNDHOG'S DAY - JENNY
7. "Your bodyguard?"....His gardener. " LOTR - TONIA
8. " But not handsome enough to tempt me." PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - JENNY
9. "I see salt and pepper... is there a salt substitute?"/"Is this corn hand shucked?" WHAT ABOUT BOB - JENNY
10. "But if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't. Give me SOME credit." ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - MARISA
11. "That's a piecrust promise. Easily made, easily broken. " MARY POPPINS - JENNY
12. "My practices aren't designed for your enjoyment. "
13. "the lyrics are real heavy lyrics... you’re mighty young to write such heavy lyrics."(Yes, this is the only movie I have seen over 300 times) RATTLE AND HUM - TIFFANY (of course, because she was with me the 300 times I watched it ;)
14. "If you're ever under a falling building and someone offers to pick you up and carry you to safety, don't think, don't pause, don't hesitate for a moment, just spit in his eye." WHITE CHRISTMAS - MARISA
15. "The line must be drawn here! This far, no farther!" (This represents a great love of whole series)

Barefoot in the Park

Spring is here. We still expect a few more random snow storms but the flowers are budding and the world is about to awake....






Hyrum and baby Hank...Hank and I are super friends, see how he is reaching out to me. We are happy together. I am going to name our next boy Hank!




Math had his training wheels come off and he is going good.