Halloweenish

So this year like every year we have multiple Halloween events which gives us all the opportunity wear our costumes until we are sick of them...even Silas who has been Buzz everyday since his birthday decided to be Flash to trick-or-treat. Mac who is always at least two things over the course of the Halloween festivities was a bee and a mime.

Sooooo, here we are... before the preschool party, at the SDCCS halloween carnival and trick-or-treating with the gang.(In no particular order;)

I just had to post some of the shots of the costumes from school. Once again, the teachers give it their all!
I can't tell what I love more...the "care bear" or the "gorilla" or "Pigs in A Blanket" or "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" or the "sweetest little owlet" or "Andy Warhol" or "the humongous winged girl ". But Mac's mime is ridiculously good and Emmett's dead crazy rocker dude is truly creepy (and rockin') and Buzz/Flash, well, just look at him!

Who knew ?

Well, I suppose a lot of people knew...but it's
NEW to me and hurray its de-lish!!
Go out right now and buy Quorn Roast (Fake) Turkey.
Bake it the way they say, in an oven bag with
olive oil and herbs brushed over it. Then eat it.
Too crazy delicious. I can't believe it really.
(Meg, this must be the brand they have at Sips...)

doing the natural candy thing this year for halloween

I suppose it's about time!
found this great website that has some good options for packages of free-trade, no sweatshop, vegan chocolate, natural lollypops and glee gum (love that stuff!)
Check it out. The Natural Candy Store. I ordered regular mail today and hopefully it will be here on time...probably shoulda done the 3 day option....

two things to make you smile

The public option option!

(thank you for growing a set Harry Reid)

AND Matt at the pre-school Halloween party.
And in the car his "Operation" belly was so big he couldn't wear a seat belt!

This just kills me.

Review of WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE by Emmett, Age 8

I (Emmett) have a child's eye view of where the wild things are. This movie is certainly not aimed for kids laughter and pleasure. It's about a kids feelings. The wild things are the main character and max and his family. Carol the main wild thing who welcomes max into the land of the wild things, he represents max and how he just wants everyone to just be together. This movie will win the academy awards for best kids film. Well I say that is so wrong. This is not a kids film it is an adult movie about kids problems that kids will sometimes enjoy. From a child perspective (A child that likes stupid potty humor) will be bored throughout the movie and give it a 3 out of ten; a child that enjoys sharp and witty jokes and understands the depth in a movie will give it a 7 and 1/2 like myself. I don't seriously have a favorite scene i just like the process of max's brain. It is an adults movie for kids.

peace

out

and

oh whatever

...emmett

So Many Things to Love about "Where the Wild Things Are".

1. The screenplay is by the guy who wrote "Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius", Dave Eggers (I highly recommend that book!)
2. The sculptures made by the wild thing, Carol, look like they are inspired by Andy Goldsworthy! And what's not to love about that.
3. There is a scene where everyone jumps together in a big heap and wrestles around and falls asleep, the essence of snuggly-family-safe-love.
4.The soundtrack is part of this movie, not just behind it.
5.On the way home Emmett says, "so Max's feelings are the wild things" (whoa, E can be heavy!) and I said, "yes, every character was Max and all the people in his life I think" and then we decided that Max ran away from home for a time and "met" his emotions and observed them interact with one another and he befriended them even when they scared him...and then he went home to where he was safe.

What a great book AND movie. I cried my face off, of course, and Emmett patted my hand throughout.

I think that I will never read this book in the same way as before seeing the movie and that is a little sad. I had always thought of it as the tantrum journey of a younger child...fiercer and faster and with less to analyze. The movie did not tell the complete story or the only truth of what the book could be with it's mere 10 sentences. If anything it showed us way more since it's intended audience seems to be adults....But, I also think it told a truth...and that's about as good as a movie based on a book can be.

It was so fun taking Emmett to this movie, just us. I think this may be a first. Mac was at Magic Mountain with friends and Silas was sleeping with Papa after a morning with Nana at the zoo.
Our plan was to go to lunch and a movie and pretend we were restaurant/movie critics/appreciaters (looking for the good in both). I had heard so many critical things about the movie I really had no idea if E would like it.
I also wanted Emmett to experience Jhoti Bihanga, the restaurant that serves the world most delicous "neatloaf" and mash potatoes with mushroom gravy and carrot cake...but it was closed... so we ate at a japanese place by the movie theatre while playing hangman (winning word, "spry"). Nothing was as we expected but completely delicious in everyway!


I give the whole date 4 stars and two thumbs up.
(Emmett's review to follow!)

Chess.

Thanks to Dmitry and Merrill, (the worlds best 3rd grade teachers),
Chess has made a comeback in our house. We dabbled in it for a while when
Mac was in Allison Bell's 2nd grade class. Mac and Emmett played a lot for 6 months or so
but now it's getting serious!

Well, tonight while speeding from one room to the next I just happened to snap this
picture...and it turned out to be the very very first time Emmett beat Matt.
For real, no taking it easy.
Great moment for him. (He beat me long, long ago!)
He wonders now if he will EVER beat Dmitry???