Mommathon

I've been tagged, so I thought I would share...

Five Things You Will Always Find in My Refrigerator:
1. Yogurt
2. Vanilla Soy Milk
3. Cranberry Juice
4. Applesauce
5. Cottage Cheese

Five Things You Will Always Find in My Freezer:
1. Vegan Chicken Nuggets
2. Fish Sticks
3. Frozen Yogurt
4. Waffles
5. Breaded Shrimp

Five Things You Will Find in My Pantry:
1. Macaroni and Cheese
2. Cereal Bars
3. Kashi
4. Raisins
5. Peanut Butter

We're in trouble! Colm has figured out doorknobs. On a side note, he also went on the potty for the first time today.

This was a good book, but it reminded me a little bit of Lovely Bones, if you have read that book. It was good in that I thought I had the problem in the story solved a couple of times, but as I kept reading I realized that I was wrong so I needed to keep reading to solve the mystery. I hate it when books are so predicatble that it is almost a waste of time reading it. I found out about this book because it is on Target's book club list.

We weren't planning on being cowboys for Halloween, but the boys found a bunch of props and costumes I used for a play my class did about seven years ago when I was still teaching. They found boots, vests, sheriff badges and all the cowboy essentials. I am not sure if they really want to be cowboys for Halloween or not, but they sure did look cute.

I highly recommend this book. It is the kind of book that made me smile when I read the last line. It is the story of a woman who has polio and gives birth in an iron lung. Her husband promptly leaves her and offers to have the baby adopted out. She will have none of it and manages to raise her daughter even though she is paralyzed from the neck down and needs a respirator to breathe. This book chronicles the ups and downs of their lives as they try to make the best of their situation.

Fishing with Papa


Colm helping Papa steer the boat

We went and had dinner at my in-laws this evening and they live on a lake. The boys love to "fish" (there aren't any hooks on their poles) and to help Papa steer the remote control boat around the lake.

This morning while Liam was eating his breakfast he said, "Mom, I can feel myself growing, but the gravity keeps pulling me down."