Pajama Hymn of the Republic

There is a fun little tower defense game out called Mushroom Revolution. One of the song tracks it plays is Battle Hymn of the Republic. Which made me think of the goofy song my grandpa taught me to that tune:

I wear my pink pajamas in the summer when it's hot,
I wear my flannel nightie in the winter when it's not.
And sometimes in the springtime, and sometimes in the fall,
I hop into my bed with nothing on at all!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, what's it to ya!
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
With nothing on at all!

I always thought, though, that summer would be the most likely time to hop in bed with nothing on at all.

Button, button

I've been reading the book Coraline by Neil Gaiman with Aaron. Come to find out there is a movie of it coming out this weekend.

In the book Coraline enters an other world where people have button eyes. So here you see Other Lily, and Other me.

I was driving over the point of the mountain this morning and it suddenly got foggy on both sides of the freeway. All I could see was the road in front of me. It kinda freaked me out.

Macro--coffee beans

I edited a bit to make the beans the only color in the photo. I thought it looked cooler that way.

Icebreaker is a fun physics-based game where you have to save frozen vikings. :)

Sorry I haven't posted any photos lately. Winter always seems to slow me down because I prefer to take pictures outdoors.

Aparently I have another child who doesn't want to play if she can't win. She resorted to cheating so she wouldn't lose Candyland.

Yesterday in some freak of nature, (because aparently much of SL county didn't get any snow) we ended up getting 6+ inches of snow. Mike helped Lily make a snowman, buttons and carrot nose included.

Aaron went to the neighbors to attempt some sledding on their sloped back yard.

And of course the snow plow decided that the best place to put the snow was right in front of our mail box. I had to climb on top of it in order to reach to check the mail.

Yeah, he's nine, and Aaron FINALLY lost one of his top front teeth. It's only the 5th tooth he's lost, and 3 of those he's had to have pulled. Someday soon, he may catch up to all those 6 year olds who have already lost both front teeth and had the others grow in.

We were at a family christmas dinner when it came out. Luckily it didn't bleed to badly and he was able to eat just fine.

We got a fun strategy game from the family gift exchange called Hey! That's My Fish! Dumb name, but pretty fun game. It's good to have games that we like to play that Aaron can also play.

Sunday night we had an absolutely fabulous dinner at Chez Morgan. Good food, good company, no kids--a perfect combination for a relaxed evening. We got some fun games there as well--Acquire and Race for the Galaxy. Hope everyone is ready to play games with us all Christmas Break!

I believe I have all of the holiday shopping done and am planning to avoid the mall/departments stores til the new year if possible.

I really hate it that whenever there is a political scandal of any kind, newscasters feel like they have to make up a name for it that includes -gate on the end.

Thanksgiving in Disneyland

It was great! We had so much fun. We were prepared for super long lines and I brought lots of stuff for the kids in case they got bored while waiting. The longest we waited Thursday was maybe 25 minutes on the new Toy Story shooting gallery ride in California Adventure, which is way fun, btw. Ryan and Mary Kay joined us Friday, and we did wait an hour for California Screamer, only because we already had fast passes for Tower of Terror and couldn't get more. Saturday Ryan was with us and the lines seemed shorter than Friday, but not as short as Thursday.

We had a GREAT Thanksgiving Dinner at Mimi's. YUM and a great price, and no cleanup!

I was worried about Lily, because she freaked out at Lagoon back in June. I wasn't sure if she would ride anything at all. We took her on the Finding Nemo submarine first. She climbed right in with no hesitation and loved every minute of it.

Kiersten and I got in a little trouble the first day. After Nemo, we were assigned to run over and get fast passes for Space Mountain and then meet up in Fantasy Land. Turns out there was only a 5 minute wait to go on the ride right then! How could we refuse?! We grabbed the passes, then ran into line. Dad called to tell us they were in the Peter Pan ride line. I told him we'd try to find them, but if not, we'd just wait for them at the exit (hint hint).

The hint didn't take, and after an AWESOME ride on the space rollercoaster, and a run over to Fantasy Land (where I STILL made it in line to ride Peter Pan), we eventually had to spill the beans (and face the wrath).

Lily went on the carosel next, then Kiersten took the kids on the teacups, which Lily and Aaron loved and had to go on several times. I took them a couple times, but wouldn't let Aaron spin.
Aaron loved all of the rollercoasters, especially Space Mountain and California Screamer. He even went on the Tower of Terror! Nice to have a ride buddy since Mike doesn't like rides.

Everyone loved the Muppet 3D movie in California Adventure. Lily kept putting her glasses up and down, presumibly trying to figure out how it works.

There was also a live on stage (with puppets) Playhouse Disney show which Lily adored.

Well that's enough for now. Thanks Mom and Dad for a great trip!!