Plants vs. Zombies Game Trailer

Gamer.....

So I had to go to the Verizon Wireless store yesterday because my phone died...AGAIN! This is my 3rd phone in 6 months. Don't ever get a LG Touch screen phone. It's great, when it's working, but just spend the extra money and get an iPhone. You get so much more for your money...including a phone that works...like ALL THE TIME. :D And you get all the fabulous Applications (aka-Apps)! Which brings me to the point of my post.

Apps/Games

Every time I go to the "phone store", as Little Man calls it, he's with me. So the sales guy always finds him a game to play while I get the phone situation...situated. This is how we became acquainted with "Plants vs. Zombies". The kid LOVED (notice I typed LOVED) this game, had to play it, didn't want to leave the store, had to find it online to download to our desktop when we got home and became addicted to it. UNTIL we beat the highest level and ZOMBOSS, the giant robot zombie controlled by a goofy looking scientist zombie guy with a giant head. Now Little Man is like, "Meh, I'll just play something on NickJr.com".

Well, yesterday, the sales guy put him on an iPad with the game "Angry Birds". I've heard of this game, heard it's addictive but I.HAD.NO.IDEA. When it was time to go, I ended up "helping" Little Man play...who am I kidding, I took over the iPad and played for 10 minutes. Little Man didn't mind. In the 10 minutes it took for me to get my phone situation situated, he mastered the game! So he was showing me how to play! Crazy how fast a 3yr old can pick up this stuff.

I made the mistake of mentioning to the sales guy that we were thinking of replacing Little Man's jumbo DVD player with an iPod Touch. He said they dropped the price of the iPad, so it's only $50 more than the iPod Touch and you get a much bigger screen! Thanks...thanks a lot man. Now our 4 yr old thinks he's getting this $299 iPad with the "Angry Birds" game.

Anywho, tried to leave the store, Little Man had a meltdown, finally got in the car, he demanded that we find the game on the computer when we got home, I put him in his room for quiet time and THEN checked the online Apple Store for the game...thank goodness I couldn't find a desktop compatible download. Can you imagine the HOURS wasted playing this game at home!!!

This morning on the way to school, I hear from the backseat:

Little Man: "I know what we can do after school today! Go to the phone store and play the chicken game!" (big smile on his face...he actually believed I'd take him)

Me: "Um, No".

Little Man: "I like that chicken game..." (defeated and gazing out the window).

I think we have a little "gamer" on our hands. :D

(check out the videos on this blog if you're not familiar with Plants vs. Zombies or Angry Birds. But it's not my fault if you become addicted to playing.) :D

Official Angry Birds walkthrough for theme 4 levels 1-5

Texas Bluebonnets!

Our handsome Little Man!

Another Interesting Conversation with Little Man...

We were on our way home from a Birthday party of one of Little Man's friends and I commented to Little Man that I was looking forward to celebrating his Birthday (2 1/2 weeks away).

Little Man: Why?

Me: Because the day you were born was the happiest day of Mommy's life and I love to celebrate it. Well, that and the day I married your Daddy.

Little Man: Why did you marry Daddy?

Me: Because I love him very much and I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him.

Little Man: I'm going to knock down the hotel so you can't marry Daddy.

Me: Well, who am I supposed to marry? (I had an idea of where this was going).

Little Man: Me! You marry me then I can be big.

Me: You have all the time in the world to be big...take your time.

Little Man: How did Daddy get big?

Me: He ate all his fruits and vegetables and everything that his Mommy put in front of him. (I know...but it doesn't hurt to try) then he grew up big and strong.

Little Man: Yeh...he's big like Hulk!

So this is the breakdown...

1. Everyone gets married in hotels.

2. Getting married means you're big (grown up).

3. Little Man has a little bit of a Oedipus complex going on....totally normal for this age.

4. I'm married to The Hulk.

Never a dull moment and I always learn so much! :D

According to Little Man...

We always enjoy pointing out dogs to Little Man when driving along on the car...he loves dogs. Today we stopped by a dog park to watch them play for a little while.

When we asked Little Man what kind of dog he wanted, he said, "A Marmaduke dog...because he poots!"

So happy that film makers continually put farts in kids movies...because they will never stop being funny! (sarcasm)

(see clip below)

Marmaduke. Wait For It..wmv

Our future pet? I.don't.think.so. :D

Great Day for a Bike Ride!

Sunny & 78 degrees!

Spring Break 2011

It's Little Man's Spring Break so we wanted to take a quick family trip somewhere. We decided on Moody Gardens down in Galveston, TX. Didn't know what to expect weather-wise but it was great! Day 2 was a little overcast with some showers but they have enough to do inside that you could wait out the weather and not get bored. :)

They had so much for the kids to do! There were the regular attractions like the heated outdoor pool, the Aquarium, the Paddleboat ride, 3D & 4D shows and you could drive down to the seawall or to downtown Galveston (The Strand) to walk around. But they also had special activities at the hotel for the kids. A wii competition, a bounce house, crafts, games and a karaoke contest at night. Lots of fun and lots of kids for Little Man to play with! :)

Opponent and Little Man

on some Samurai game.

Little Man with Dora & Diego after the 4-D adventure show.

Out and about near The Strand.

Bounce House fun!

I'm bigger than the big penguin!

Daddy & Little Man, ready for the 3-D movie,

The Wild Ocean.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Spring Break!

Hit home....

On my way to pick up Little Man from school today, I turned on the radio and this song was playing that really hit home. I couldn't find it in the project playlist site that I use for the blog so I picked one that pretty much has the same message (Thanks D for the suggestion).

I've posted the lyrics of the song that I heard on the radio as well.

"Blessings"

Artist: Laura Story

Album: Blessings

We pray for blessings

We pray for peace

Comfort for family, protection while we sleep

We pray for healing, for prosperity

We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering

All the while, You hear each spoken need

Yet love is way too much to give us lesser things

‘Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops

What if Your healing comes through tears

What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You’re near

What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom

Your voice to hear

We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near

We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love

As if every promise from Your Word is not enough

All the while, You hear each desperate plea

As long as we have faith to believe

When friends betray us

When darkness seems to win

We know that pain reminds this heart

That this is not our home

What if my greatest disappointments

Or the aching of this life

Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy

What if trials of this life

The rain, the storms, the hardest nights

Are your mercies in disguise

What goes around.....(soapbox time)

I've always been a believer in "what goes around comes around", "when one door closes, another one opens", "Karma"and "God has a purpose / life plan for everyone".

Don't get me wrong, I don't think that life "just happens". You're not "fated" to have a certain life...the choices you make steer you in a certain direction. We have free will to choose to do good or bad things and suffer the consequences. That's where the "Karma's a B%$#h" comes in. :)

I do wonder how some people seem to be hell bent on doing underhanded things and never seem to suffer consequences for their actions. Some would say that once that person's time here on earth is over...that's when they answer for what they have done...judgement at the pearly gates. I try not to be judgmental but when it directly affects my family...well, you don't mess with my family.

Lately I've been wondering about our "plan". Things always seem to work out for us in the end but sometimes I just gotta question the big man upstairs. It's a little more frustrating when it takes months or even years for us to reach the destination (for the time being). And I know that the journey is part of the learning experience, blah, blah, blah...these days I'm just more of an instant gratification kind of person. It was much easier to roll with the punches when I was single...when you have a husband and child, you're not (can't be) as flexible. So I find myself praying A LOT these days, trying to find some guidance.

This is generally how our one-sided conversations go:

Me: Um, I know you have a plan and all but can you give me a timeline on when to expect a change in our current situation?

God: (no answer)

Me: I'm sure you know what you're doing so I'll just go with it...but send me a sign or SOMETHING.

God: (no answer)

Me: Um, o.k. Get back to me when you can.

I know the Big Guy knows what he's doing and I'm o.k. with that! Just impatient.

I'm sure anyone in our family that reads this is thinking, "oh my gosh! what is going on with them?!" But don't worry! We're fine. Just frustrated that we have to deal with Jackholes...guess that's one of God's character building exercises he throws at us. :D

Looking forward to our Spring Break trip with Little Man and having some quality family time together. :)

Goosed!

Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while....just not motivated/inspired....until playgroup last week.

Our group met at a local park that backs up to a lake. Really nice because it has a climbing structure for the younger siblings, a large climbing structure for the big kids and you can feed the ducks!

Toward the end of our get together we noticed this lady picking up a big goose in the parking lot and trying to carry it back over to the lake. (Wish I would have had my camera!) I'm sure she was worried that it would get run over. The first thing that crossed my mind was that the sucker was going to bite her in the face!

I'm not a fan of waterfowl. I was bitten by a goose when I was younger and I saw a swan get a hold of my Aunt, so they freak me out.

When it came time to leave, I could hear it honking in the parking lot...getting louder the closer I got to my car. So I peeked around the back of my car and there it was between my car and my friend "A", who was also trying to get to her car. Our other friend "K" was in her car, driving away and laughing...I'm sure the look on my face suggested that I soiled myself. :D

Holy Goose was this thing BIG! I seriously think that this was a goose/swan hybird mutant thing.

So here I am throwing Little Man into the car so he doesn't get attacked and A is trying to shoo it away so she can get her daughter in her car. Then A says, "It's like Cujo!" I thought that was hilarious...and fitting. Cujo the Goose.

Cujo the Goose

The real Cujo

I suddenly get the bright idea to try and lead it away from us with Little Man's leftover PBJ, but it just waddled toward me and then followed me back to the car when I tried to sneak around it. (apparently geese don't like PBJ).

Little Man is in the back of the car watching the whole thing, waving his arms and yelling something I couldn't hear.

Then this brave woman walks up waving her flip flops at the thing and it moves away enough for us all to get in our cars. I'm sure she thought, "Get a grip ladies! It's just a goose!"

We were finally able to back out without hitting it. As crazy as it was, I didn't want it to get hurt but seriously goose, don't hang out in parking lots! You freak people out! And not everyone will be as nice.