Happy Happy Birthday Baby!

Today he is 2!!

Tomorrow We Fly!

last minute packing...

2 books each, check

coats and scarves, check

enormous flashlight, no emmett

all the cars and plastic animals? no silas

mabel, nope 

nana? no silas...(big frown)

hat collection? not this time emmett

music and lyrics, check

num-chucks? are you kidding?

pedometer, swim trunks and jog watch, if you must matt ;}

homework? yeah, sorry Mac

various weaponry, NO to both of yous guys

allergy meds, yes please!

fancy schmancy outfits for wedding, check (ugh)

nutritious hydrating plane snacks, check

chocolate bars and rice crispy treats, maybe

happy faces??? NO (says Silas, the birthday boy with a smile:)

just a few more books mama? ok mac

...we're on our way.

 

when I feel sad I just watch this...

...everyone now must realize Fox News is a big fat hoax, right? Even the stupidest people must see through this, yes??

Check this out...from Lauren's blog, I just had to have it on mine!!

Cami and Nana...if you didn't see this yet...you MUST

Tina Fey does it again...perfect!

Silas's Impromptu Birthday Party

We will be in the air flying to NY on his actual birthday, Oct. 9th, so we decided to take advantage of an evening with everyone home. What a sweet and funny boy.
Nana and I also took him for a quick hour or so at the zoo and the carousel
today and I'll never forget it.
I will also never forget the day he was born!! Seems like forever ago and yesterday!!

predictions (with typos) ...what we talked about Lauren...

1)the mc cain camp will resurrect jeremiah wright and say obama is friends with terrorists and then they'll talk about how 'two feet on the spending accelerator with a democrat congress and democrat president will bankrupt us'...crazy considering its the republicans who dress up  their gambling addictions in their sunday best, spending like crazy and without even a well-functioning program to show for it...just an awful war and a bailout...

2)as states borrow money from the federal government and the government goes bankrupt guess what? we'll just have to privatize social security and healthcare and why not schools while were at it...aka Friedman and the Shock Doctrine because its worked so well for Chile and South Africa...

3)the rich will feel the financial loss only a little even if they lose a lot because...well, you can only be in one mansion at a time anyway... the rest of us will really struggle...

4)the republicans will tell eachother over and over that they had nothing to do with the financial crisis focusing only on the part that Fannie and Freddie played in it all (and of course their financial contributions to democrats...)until their talking points mutate into glorifying the very same economic philosophies that brought us all down in the first place, until they have convinced themselves we just need to privatize everything to see their glorious vision really shine in its purest form (up until now they say it has never had the chance to really succeed even in the countries where they made their guinea pigs...again, Chile etc)

show me one place in the world anywhere where this kind of Freidman economy works??

..bit of a disorganized rant...but I just don't think this will unfold well unless...unless... Obama is elected...then I feel really sorry for the mess he will barely be able to contain!