Double Rainbow

There have been a whole lot of rainbows outside my office window lately. You walk from one side of the office to the other and you can see the start to finish. Now where is that pot of gold?

Happy Birthday, Kam!

Is there anything better than pretending to be a kid again? A chance to forget about work deadlines or household chores, and just play and eat pizza. That's exactly what we did for Kam's birthday this weekend. We all brought out our inner 10-year-old and played game after game after game. (Shoot, I'd consider this for my 30th birthday.) After we played all we could at Gameworks, we headed to our house for pizza and the Game of Life. All in all, a quality birthday party. Happy Birthday, Kam! I love you.

Mom and Richelle...

... took on the undefeated Kam and Erika :)

Kam adores Joe. In fact, apparently when Richelle asked if he wanted to bring a friend, he said, "No, it's ok, I'll just play with Joe and Grandpa." 

This boy is amazing at basketball. 

The whole crew for a beer/rootbeer break.

 A snippet of a conversation while playing Life at home:

Mom: "Geez, this game is confusing."

Kam: "That's because life is confusing, Grandma."

So wise at such a young age.

P.S. I still have about a centimeter on him. I wouldn't be surprised if the next time, he's finally taller.

Turning Ten

I can't believe my little nephew is turning 10 years old this weekend! To celebrate, we're hitting up Gameworks and then picking up some pizza to take to our house so we can just chill as a family. He's at the age when gaming sort of rules, so I'm sure there will be some Kinect challenges at night. A little virtual tennis game or maybe some Dance Central? I'm game. Bring it, Kam :)

P.S. Picture from Great Wolf Lodge three years ago. Like Autumn's students, I think that place is AMAZING. 

Quick and Easy Sugar Fix

Remember the diet coke brownies? Well, courtesy of my mother, I learned about another quick and easy, two ingredient baked good: The Angel Fruitcake. A box of angel food cake, a can of pie filling of your choice (you can also choose less sugar, if you so desire) - mixed together and baked according to the box and you've got yourself angel fruitcake. I was quite impressed with the outcome - I'm not gonna lie, Joe and I both got seconds. Next time, I think I might give apple filling a try. 

What do you think - would you give this a try? If so, what flavor?

Obama and Kiddos

If you want your heart to melt, you must check out Barack Obama being adorable with adorable children. Whether you're voting for him or not, you can't deny he's adorable with children. 

P.S. I get zero points for originality for this post because Mads already posted about it, but after she sent it to me yesterday, I can't stop thinking about how cute our President is!

The Full Extent of Crazy

I tried to explain this phenomenon before, but didn't think you could fully comprehend the crazy without seeing it for yourself. This is what you'd find if you looked through the photos on my phone. I was looking for a particular photo and kept finding photo after photo of the kitties. Who have I become? It takes a lot of self-restraint to not just turn this blog into "kitty pic of the day." But I'll resist for your sake. But don't worry, I'll still give periodic Goose and Fifi updates. You know you love them too.

Speaking of crazy animal people, look at my Mom's amazing Halloween costume. They have a Halloween Parade through downtown Edison where people on the streets throw candy at the kids! Brings back fond memories of my childhood. My mom went as the ultimate crazy dog lady, Cruella Deville. Pretty good, huh?

Go Ceilings!

C-E-I-L-I-N-G-S! Gooooooooo Ceilings!

This was my Halloween costume at work. Get it??

Yes, I'm a ceiling fan. I cheer for the ceilings. Go team!

It's amazing what a little painter's tape and a high school dance team pom can do for you. Easiest way to win a Starbucks giftcard at our work Halloween party for Most Creative Costume.

While we're on the subject of Halloween, OH MY GOODNESS, I love trick-or-treaters. While it wasn't a factor in our house searching process, I would urge everyone to pinpoint neighborhoods that have a lot of trick-or-treaters. It's so much fun! (I may have had more fun than the kids themselves.) We flew through our first 3 bags of candy, so Joe ran to the store for back-ups, which got us through the night. Lesson learned for next year: buy tons of candy.

Hope you all had a cozy, fun and spooky Halloween!

P.S. Thanks to Autumn for the costume idea - you're brilliant!