Family Promotion: My Little Brother Rocks

I don't talk about my family much on this blog. My first family, I mean...you know my mom, dad and brother. I do have a first family. There just never seems to be a reason to go into much. But today my brother finally launched his website. He's a big famous designer in NYC. That's right...he's a big shot.

I remember the year he had his holiday card in the MOMA shop and he barely had graduated from college.

So here's his new website. He's so artsy that the screen that comes up is a splash screen so you have to click one more time to get the actual goods. It's art. Go with it.

And not that you're really needing his services, I'm just trying to brag a little...oh, one of his clients is the Justin Timberlake clothing design people--William Rast. I don't know if he's actually met Justin though. You'll find his designs on the banner of Baby Bunching. In summary, I'm just telling you I think my little brother rocks.

We're Thankful For . . .

I'm not having Thanksgiving at my house this year. As much as I tried to cajole people into coming here so we wouldn't have to go there, I did not win. So I only had to make sweet potatoes, pumpkin bread and the most fabulous Mac and Cheese ever.

And this afternoon, in an attempt to pass time, we decided to make paper chains in Thanksgivingy colors. On each link we had to write something we were thankful for. Here is our combined list in the time that was allotted (read: the time my kids would sit for this activity):


My family
My mommy
Gigi + Pop pop
Macaroni and Cheese
Froggy
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Alex
Anna
Daddy
Mom, Dad and David
My husband
Grandma and Papa
Grandma Heasty
Trees
Workbooks
Pink bear
Food on our table
Good health

How Cold is Your House

This is an ongoing debate in my house...one that has picked up since we had kids. Every winter, the hubby and I, agressively discuss how cold/hot the house should be. He would prefer no heat at all. I have to hear the story every time about how he had no heat and A/C growing up in Texas. It's like listening to "back in my day....." So we DO have heat and A/C and I don't like it hot, but I don't like to freeze.

We thought we might remedy this situation by getting new windows. Nope, that's not going to happen. So our house remains freezing, especially the kids room which are drafty and don't get sun at all during the winter days.

How cold is your house in the winter?

Moms Take Charge

In case you missed all the hoopla earlier this week in mommy blogging land, I'll catch you up. Motrin ran a commercial on the web and various other venues about pain and babywearing. You can catch up on the details over at Baby Bunching.

What I love about mommy bloggers is their power to take charge. Within a 48-hour period, a few influential mom bloggers twittered away at their digust for this ad and they had a Fortune 100 company (Johnson & Johnson) at their feet. And sure enough, their site was down and so was the ad.

I am proud to be writing with these powerful women. Look they were even mentioned in Advertising Age. I'm curious about your take on the ad as well.

Santa, Won't you Bring Me...

I love imagination. I especially love it when I'm trying to find out what my kids want for Christmas. So last night I loved overhearing the kids playing "Christmas" and finding out what they hoped for from Santa.

Alex: Rescue Heroes

Anna: A girl Incredible Hulk and A Princess.

Kid in the Box

This picture is confusing...especially for a kid. While cleaning up my house today and talking on the phone, my kids were happily playing Thomas the Train. I turned around to check on them because they were quiet. Alex was inside the rubbermaid tub. The top was on. Anna was sitting on top. I immediately pulled her off. Opened it and pulled him out. Rule #275 is you may NOT get inside tubs and put the lid on. Alex explained that he got the idea from the picture that was on the box.

All Things Phyllo

I have recovered and worked off the 2 pounds of butter I'm sure I digested yesterday at our mom's group cooking club. The theme: phyllo and pastry. Yep, everything brought was wrapped in or sat in yummy crispy phyllo sheets + much much butter. Luckily, my workout this morning easily burned off about 800 of those calories. Whew.....who can resist an entire buffet of puffed pastry and all the yummies inside of it.