The Kite Runner

A must see…bring your tissues…

What’s for Dinner?

Sunday-Baked Chicken, Asparagus with lemon and parmesan, Sourdough Bread
Monday-Chili and Cornbread
Tuesday-Stiry Fry Noodles with tofu, zucchini and peppers
Wednesday-Italian Sausage Soup with Tortellini
Thursday-Pizza
Friday-Chicken Curry
Saturday-Kitchen is Closed

Hancock

Sean rented this movie from Netflix. I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it, but I am telling you it is good. Action, a little drama, a little romance, a few twists here and there…so good.

Colm’s Pick of the Week

Again, this was a book that Colm randomly picked off the shelf at the library. It is a really cute story about a grandma who loses her glasses while dancing in the kitchen which leads to her befriending a lion and catching a burglar. Grandma Jo is a very lovable character and Colm thinks her antics with the lion are funny. Again, cute story.

Thanksgiving 2009

After spending a lazy morning watching movies with the fireplace turned on, it was time to go have some fun at Great-Grandma’s house. The boys had a blast as Grandad drove them around the farm on the tractor and the four-wheeler.

We came home, had lunch and hung out for a while and then went to the big Griffin Thanksgiving.

Cousins, cousins, cousins…I couldn’t get a couple of the younger ones to stay in the picture, so I just had to make due with the ones that would stay still. The teenagers aren’t in the picture either…they were probably too busy texting to come have their picture taken.

Good times at the kids’ table.

Colm won the pin-the-hat-on-the-turkey game.

It wouldn’t be a post about Thanksgiving without a picture of people filling up their plates.

Serve it Up Sunday

Sunday-Johnny Marzetti (not very flavorful, but everyone ate it), Grapes
Monday-Italian Sausage, Peppers, Onion, Italian Tomatoes
Tuesday-Mexican Salad
Wednesday-Pakistan Punjabi Chicken Curry
Thursday-Happy Turkey Day
Friday-Quesadilla Pie
Saturday-Kitchen is Closed

The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs

I really liked this book. The author (whose main source of income is as a writer for Esquire magazine) tries to follow the Bible (mostly the old testament) to the letter for a year. He ends up learning about his own faith as well as others as well. In that year he travels to the Holy Land, grows a beard, attaches tassels to his clothes, eats things he normally wouldn’t, has to buy a chair that only he can sit in, learns how to be thankful, changes his diet, has his clothes checked to make sure their kosher and the list goes on and on. Highly recommend it no matter what your religious background.

Colm’s Pick of the Week

Colm’s book choices from the library are often (if not always) very random, but occasionally he stumbles upon a gem. This is one of them. It is a very cute story about a princess who is set to marry the prince her dad, the king, has picked out for her with a little twist at the end.

I Know our Kids are Pretty Cultured, but…

We try really hard to take our kids to art classes, music classes, plays, music shows, etc., but I was very bewildered when I heard Colm singing what sounded like a song from Rent this evening as he was getting into his jammies. I have never seen Rent and I know Colm has never seen Rent. We don’t own the soundtrack either. When I asked him where he had heard that song it all made sense. The fifth graders at his school had done a Broadway review-type of show and a song from that musical had been a part of their performance. Mystery solved.

Serve it Up Sunday

Sunday-Fajitas
Monday-Pastina Soup
Tuesday-Chile Salmon, Black Beans, Mexican Rice
Wednesday-Stir Fry with Tofu, Peppers, Broccoli and Zucchini
Thursday-Pasta and Meatballs
Friday-Quesadilla Pie
Saturday-Kitchen Closed