Grayson turns three!

Yesterday was Grayson's birthday, so since we were in San Francisco, we took him to Ghirardelli square and let him loose on a big, fat, hot fudge sundae.

Today, my baby had his 3 yr old birthday party. What do you do for a birthday party of three year olds? I figured they'd get a little lost in the bounce house, so we decided to have it at home. They ended up playing all on their own without any parent involvement, so I'm glad I didn't stress over organized activity.

Since his birthday is so close to Christmas, I knew that none of the kids needed more candy in their goodie bags, so since the the theme was the Paul Frank monkey (Grayson's fave), I put a banana, tangerine, and bag of fruit snacks in their bags with a small puzzle. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

Movie Review: Sherlock Holmes

GO SEE IT. It's fabulous. The acting is perfect, as is the direction. I was soooo surprised with Watson's character. Not that I remotely remember the old Sherlock Holmes movies, but I do know that my stepdad loved them, I thought they were boring, and Watson was a doofus of a sidekick. In this movie, Watson is actually interesting and valuable. Holmes is a fantastic badass, good at just about everything from boxing to science.

No, I haven't read the series, so I don't know much about the history of the characters. I'm sure some geeks out there will find flaws and inconsistencies with the original story line, but as some kid off the street coming in to see a good movie, my socks were definitely knocked off and I can't wait for the next one.

San Francisco

All Gray wanted to do was ride the cable cars... so that's what we did.

Christmas!

My latest obsession

Since we're trying really hard to go all veg, I was looking for a better way to pack the boys' lunches. Gray and Wy only take lunch once a week, but for Jake, it's every day. That makes it hard to be creative. I stumbled onto the Vegan Lunchbox book at the library and just fell in love with the bento boxes from the cover! They're at laptoplunches.com and come in all sorts of different colors. This will make packing lunches MUCH more fun!!! I even ordered one for Jason (although I'm a little worried about the size).

HP-HBP

We bought the new Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince on blu ray and Grayson was playing in the play room while the other boys and I watched part of it.

Gray looked at the screen and goes, "LOOK!!! Lava girl!" Wyatt said, "No Grayson, that's Dumbledore." And Gray says, "Does Professor Steak kill Bumbledork in this movie?"

You have to admit, those are some tough names for a 2 yr. old.

Battleships

Jason took the tiger cubs to Oakland to see the USS Hornet and they LOVED it. He got some great pictures of the crew!

Christmas Lists

I just asked the boys what they'd like to ask Santa for for Christmas and here are their responses.

Jake: I don't care. If I can't have the Lego Death Star, just tell Santa to find something cool.

Wyatt: The magic set from Costco and an EZ-Bake Oven Cupcake Maker.

Grayson: A tiger. A real live one. That's purple.