Skip to main content

Read and Watched

Read

I just recently finished a great book called that was absolutely amazing. 

No spoiler alerts here, but it's about a former Olympic runner who was captured by the Japanese in WWII and became a POW.  While it is terribly difficult to read at some parts, the theme of unwavering hope and courage is prevalent throughout the novel.  He truly never gave up. 

This book isn't a #1 best seller for nothing!  It is definitely worth the read.  I flew through its nearly 500 pages in a week...and I don't have a lot of time to read!! 

Watched

Caleb earned a movie night by earning all of his magnets for three days on his daily chart, so we finally rented Mr. Popper's Penguins.  

 He had read the book with Matt (one of Matt's favorites as a kid) and had really been looking forward to the movie version.  Warning:  it is nothing like the book!!!

That's not a bad thing, but something you should know up front.  The similarities end with the names of the dad and the kids...and the fact that there are penguins.  It is a really cute movie with really nothing questionable, although it is rated PG.  We felt very comfortable with Caleb watching it and never gave each other the uh-oh-maybe-this-was-a-bad-idea glances over his head!  Caleb loved it and had quite a few laught-out-loud moments!  It's a great family movie.

Comments

Karen said…
I LOVED Unbroken. One of my all time favorite books. Also loved "Same Kind of Different as Me".

Popular posts from this blog

Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome

If you happen to pick up the latest Reader's Digest, there is an article in there about Piper Breinholt , a four year old with CCMS.  If you've been around here a while, you'll remember wayyyyyy back when we first received Abby's diagnosis that I was able to speak to Piper's mom, Reagan.  The article is more about their story and not as much about the ins and outs of CCMS, but I think it's probably enough to get some people googling it and I'm hoping a few will end up here. Every once in a while, I give a blog post the title of Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome so that it would show up in Google.  My ever-present hope is that people will stumble across my blog and 1) be encouraged by the hope we have in Christ, 2) feel a connection with someone in a similar situation as them, or 3) get excited over the miracles that have been performed in Abby's life!!  (a combination of all 3 is great too!)  :)   Notice that it's not to get famous and it never wi

The Potty Man

Caleb LOVES to go potty! I have never heard a potty training story like this one....Caleb tells us when he needs to go, we take his diaper off, and he goes! Now, is it perfect? No, not at all! We aren't trying to potty train at at all, but we figure every time he goes is one less diaper we have to change! The only time we consistantly put him on the potty is when we give him a bath (he always pees in the tub, so we know he needs to go!) He almost always goes on the potty now instead of the tub though. When he's not "really" going potty, he's pretending to go potty! He's such a funny kid!

Lego Party: Favors

I'm a little slow in posting the Lego Party pictures, but I think I have a few excuses I could use.  At any rate, I wanted to share what I did for the party!  It will take a few posts, so stay with me.  I'll start with how I did the favors. These are the goody bags I made.  I just bought solid colored gift bags and matched scrapbook paper to each bag.  Then I punched circles and attached them with the 3D foam tape so that the circles were raised. I used the keychain (explained below) as a name tag on the outside. These are Duplo blocks.  I put a round magnet on the back and...voila!  A magnet!  (note:  hot glue doesn't work so well...I ended up reglueing them with my apoxy because the magnets fell off.) I made crayons using Lego man crayons.  Yes, I know this guy has lost half of his leg.  The others were already packaged and I didn't want to open one up just to get a picture.  I used a Lego mold  to make the crayons.  Caleb put small pieces of crayon in each m