Movie Review...

I'll be doing 3 movie reviews this time. No, I didn't watch them all at once, I barely have time to watch one movie straight through :)
Iron Man 2, I can sum it up in one word- AWESOME!!! I just LOVED this movie! Robert Downey, Jr. resumed his role of the funny, egotistical Stark. After we watched this movie we wanted to re-watch the 1st one again, but time doesn't permit that!

Babies, this was such a cute movie. I was really looking forward to watching this with my kids', but sadly they couldn't watch hardly any of it. It has a lot of maternal nudity in it. I'm just not comfortable letting my 4 boys see that. So if you don't have a problem with your children seeing nudity (mainly African tribal) then you can easily watch it with your kids'. It was really amazing seeing the different cultures. You really see how pampered we are in the States! In one part of the movie a baby poops on the Mother's leg and she just takes a stick and wipes it off, ewwwww! I don't think I could live the tribal life :-)

Furry Vengence
This was a great family movie! In order for us to allow our kids' to watch a movie, it must follow strict rules. No profanity, nudity, a lot of violence, you get the point! Nowadays it's hard to find movies like that, even movies specifically targeted to children! It's really sad! If my kids' will be watching a movie, I always review it at several different sites reading their reviews first. This movie did have one curse word at the end, during a song, it said the word d*mn. Since I already knew it was coming and where it was, I just turned it down low, it was over anyways :)

How will your filled film house the apparent clause?


Vicky

My comment box...

For some reason I'm having problems with my comment box showing up after my post every time. If you want to leave a comment on any of my posts, you must click on the original title of the post, it will then pop up a comment box at the bottom of the post. For example if you would like to comment on this post, click on the title "My comment box..."

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Vicky

Raising kids...

My husband said something today that made me think! For those of you that are lucky enough to personally know him, you may think he's a man of few words, but the opposite is true! He got ready for work earlier than usual today, or maybe Nicholas (our 7 yr old) was running late, which probably was the case, since he inherited the slow as a turtle gene from me ;) Anyway, he saw me pull out Nicholas' school clothes from the dryer and heard me tell him to put them on before they got cold. He asked what I was doing, I told him Nicholas likes his clothes to be warm from the dryer when he gets up and it's cold! If your child really enjoys something and you can do it repeatedly, then why not? Right? Wrong! Scott said, "Vicky, think about their future wives!". I seriously doubt a future wife would have warm, toasty clothes waiting for my sons when it turned cold outside! I wouldn't want to do that for my husband everyday, (sorry sweetie)!

So I guess the little things we do now as Mother's could greatly impact the relationship expectations our children have as adults!

If anyone out there is raising four perfect girl's to go with my 4 perfect little men, let me know, LOL!

Vicky

TGIF!!

Thanking God it's Friday once again! This is my motto once the kids' are back in school, I start living for the weekends. My wonderful husband and my sweet kids' are home all day and it's meant to just enjoy the days together! I thought I would start something new on Friday's, since I'm trying to devote more time to my blog. I'll be telling you all about things that I love! So for today I will write about my new toy, it's called a Nook. If you're not familiar with this, it's a Barnes and Noble e-reader. You can download any type of book onto it and take it with you anywhere! Every Friday Barnes and Noble gives you a free e-book. Almost every book published has a free downloadable sample, which is usually the first chapter. You can even upload files you already have on your computer, basically anything that is in pdf form. I even upload some of my homework files on there to take with me and study while I'm waiting on my kids' in car line. You can lend eBooks to a friend also.


Almost all the old classics are free to download for the Nook. I even have several children's books on there so if my kids' are bored they can read it also! We are a family of book lovers and what better way to occupy your time then reading a classic!

Vicky

My very 1st GIVEAWAY!!

I was recently contacted by CSN stores to host a giveaway on my blog. What fun!

CSN has over 200 stores with some super fun stuff... you can get shoes, dishes, a clock, bedding sets and even a super chic bar stool! So much eye candy that I found myself wanting so many items!!

So, what do you get to win? A $20 gift certificate to any one of their stores!!

If you are interested, please follow the contest rules. Good Luck!

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Vicky

Pumpkin Pie

It's finally cool weather, Fall is officially here and it's time for apples and pumpkins! Okay, so maybe I bake all year long with apples (only b/c we love them!), but pumpkin is a different story! Over the weekend we took the kids' to the pumpkin patch and they each picked out a pumpkin. The only rule we have about that is, each kid has to be able to carry their own pumpkin back to the tractor for the hayride back! It's so cute, this year we had 4 pumpkins, large, medium, small and extra small, LOL! I should take a picture of them lined up and put it on here :)
Back at the farm's store, I just had to buy a pie baking pumpkin to make a pie for the kids'. Evan kept asking me when I was going to make the pie with "my" pumpkin, so today was the day! After breakfast clean up I went to work on my pie.
It all started with this!!

Bake or microwave the pumpkin, when tender, cut in half, scoop out all the pumpkin guts and seeds, then you are left with 2 clean halves. Scoop out all of the flesh and throw it in a food processor, puree till smooth.















*Recipe will be at the bottom*
Now mix in all your ingredients, I didn't take a picture of this, just follow the recipe, if you can read, you can do it :)
You can use a store bought pie crust, or make your own, it's very simple to make. I make mine in the food processor.

After letting crust chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes in plastic wrap, roll out and then pour filling inside. As you can see from the picture I used my handy dandy Tupperware pastry mat, LOVE IT! It has different measurements on it, I rolled mine out to the 9 1/2" section.

This is the kid version of a slice, a smiley face on top!!

I had an oven temperature mishap, I kept checking the pie and it was still so jiggly after 55 minutes! I thought what is wrong with this thing and realized that I had the oven temp set on 325 instead of 400! I guess it was all the distractions from the kids' bickering and the baby taking his diaper off over and over again :-) But it turned out fine! I did have to shield the crust edges with foil to keep them from burning. The kids' loved it, especially Nicholas and the baby, Evan said it was okay, you'll notice this recipe doesn't use any type of sugar, instead it uses honey as the sweetener. I suspect it wasn't sweet enough for Evan to love, LOL! He's a self proclaimed candyholic! The verdict is still out on whether this will be a keeper or not. Scott will be home from work in a couple of hours and will have a big slice, he was disappointed it wasn't ready in time when he was on lunch break! Now, on to the recipe.

1 medium sugar pumpkin
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch single crust pie
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup honey, warmed slightly
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
Directions

Cut pumpkin in half, and remove seeds. Lightly oil the cut surface. Place cut side down on a jelly roll pan lined with foil and lightly oiled. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) until the flesh is tender when poked with a fork. Cool until just warm. Scrape the pumpkin flesh from the peel. Either mash, or puree in small batches in a blender.
In large bowl, blend together 2 cups pumpkin puree, spices, and salt. Beat in eggs, honey, milk, and cream. Pour filling into pie shell.
Bake at 400 degrees F ( 205 degrees C) for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a knife inserted 1 inch from edge of pie comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

I got this recipe, like all my others I try out, from allrecipes.com

A new direction in life...

As I turned 35 years old, I was patiently awaiting the results of a skin biopsy. I'm so happy to report that it was a little benign tumor! I turned 35 on a Sunday, got my results back on Thursday and joined Weight Watchers that same evening! I have decided that enough is enough and I have to change my life before I do encounter some type of medical issue. I make sure my children eat healthy, balanced meals, so why shouldn't I hold myself to that same standard? I want to be around for them as long as possible! Plus having 4 boys the energy level is quadrupled around here, LOL! This has been my 2nd week on WW, the 1st week I lost 7.4 lbs, this week I have done even better, but according to the scale it doesn't reflect it. A girl has to deal with that unwanted "friend" every month and she wrecks havoc on weigh in's, some friend, LOL! But I will bounce back when I'm not bloated like Shamu :-)

This blog won't turn all healthy, just talking about Weight Watcher's stuff. I believe living my life in moderation. I would much rather have a 1/2 cup, 1/2 slice of that unbelievable tasting food, than to have the non tasting low-fat knock off! Many people don't realize that the way they lower the fat in products is they replace it with huge amounts of sodium and sugar, not good! So I still like to eat "real" food, just in smaller portions now!

So a new birthday (I guess I'm technically middle aged now), new outlook on life, a new healthier me :)

Vicky