Winner Winner Chciken Dinner

Who won second place in his school science fair? That guy! And he credited his mom with letting him use her "sweet cricut machine". Way to go young un!

Everybody walk the dinosaur

Open the door get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur...

Sorry, but that song has been stuck in my head since we bought the young un tickets to Walking with Dinosaurs. He's been eagerly awaiting the show, especially after seeing the haulers arrive and unload earlier this week. Tonight, for mom/son date night his wait was finally over. And just so you can share my experience, here's the young un's play by play:

Here are the brachiosauruses eating from a tree. The baby brachiousaurus is the one closest to the camera. Can you believe his size?! Just for a baby?

The battle of the two fierce long-horn torosauruses. The young male (the challenger) is on the left. The leader of the torosuarus tribe is on the right. After the young one wins, he eats some flowers and grass and then poops this huge massive ball of dung.
Intermission.

Giant bird swooping between the cracked lands(continents) over the newly formed Atlantic Ocean. It was the only thing that could travel between continents. It would struggle on land. The hungry predators of the early Cretaceous period, the Utah Raptor. The weakest of the three has to wait for it's meal, that's the tradition of eating.

Ankylosaurus and torosaurus versus baby t-rex. While it's cry is weak, it is still in danger, but you'll see what happened next.

Ankylosuarus and torosaurus versus baby T-rex and mama T-rex. First up in the arena we have mama T-rex and torosaurus. She's bringing her roar around with all she's got. Then she charges! But then ankylosaurus smashes her leg. She tries to bite him, but she misses. *Then for back-up baby T-rex comes around and bites ankylosuarus on the leg. Then BOOM! ankylosuarus is knocked out of the fight. Now it's baby T-rex and mama T-rex veres torosaurus. Mama T-rex charges, she means to miss, and baby bites torosaurus in the stomach, but torosaurus is still up fighting for his life. But then he goes down. Love of the two T-rexes; mother and son. It is the end of the late Cretaceous period. The battle is over, and they have won. But then, after the happy moment the comet comes. And they don't look too happy about it. And mama T-rex gets angry and roars and BOOM! it's the end of the dinosaurs... well not literally the end. Most are still with us today--they're birds. And that is the past of Walking with Dinosaurs.

So there you have it. I had my own personal commentary the entire show. And the * part wasn't in the show. He added it to "give it a little excitement."

Shake & Bake

My kitchen help may have found his future calling. I think the spin move really adds to the flavor :)

Interview with the Young Un

Interview with the Young Un, age 9.

First some questions about mommy.

JSJ: What is something your mommy always says to you?

YU: No.

JSJ: What makes mommy happy?

YU: Me being good.

JSJ:What makes mommy sad?

YU: Me being bad.

JSJ: How does your mommy make you laugh?

YU: You tickle me.

JSJ: What was your mommy like when she was little?

YU: *giggling* Um, you were expressive and energetic. I guess.

JSJ: What is mommy's favorite thing to do?

YU: Be on facebook and the blog

JSJ: What does mommy do when you're not around?

YU: Go shopping. And go one facebook for hours and hours.

JSJ: If mommy becomes famous, what will it be for?

YU: Be a famous blogger.

JSJ: What is mommy really good at?

YU: Doing laundry.

JSJ: What is mommy not very good at?

YU: Music. Directing.

JSJ: What does mommy do for her job?

YU: You teach US History 8th grade.

JSJ: What is mommy's favorite food?

YU: I don't know you have a lot of favorite foods. Ravioli, hamburgers, Chinese food and lots of other stuff.

JSJ: What makes you proud of your mommy?

YU: That you love me.

JSJ: If mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be?

YU: Amy Rose the Hedgehog, she's Sonic's girlfriend.

JSJ: What do you and mommy do together?

YU: We watch tv & movies. We go to Target and Game Stop. We take care of Loki.

JSJ: How are you and mommy the same?

YU: We like crafty stuff. We both love Loki and our family and Roxie.

JSJ: How are you and mommy different?

YU: I play Super Smash Bros. Brawl and you don't.

JSJ: How do you know your mommy loves you?

YU: Because you wouldn't do anything to harm me and you take care of me.

JSJ: What does mommy like most about your dad?

YU: His smile and his band directing and you like that he doesn't snore too loud.

JSJ: Where is mommy's favorite place to go?

YU: Las Vegas. Louisiana. and Dallas.



Now for the questions he told me to ask:

JSJ: Do you have any experience with swords?

YU: Yes, I have a lot of experience. I sometimes play swords during commercials, and I sometimes swing it too fast and the dent in my sword goes "what-tooo".

JSJ: How do you feel about Loki?

YU: I love her and want to take care of her just like Roxie.

JSJ: Do you have any other questions you would like me to ask you?

YU: You can ask 'em if you want. I don't really care. there's not much going on on TV but for Spongebob.

JSJ: What do you want to do in New York?

YU: Stay at the hotel. Because I feel like it's safer there.

JSJ: What do you like about the blog?

YU: I like how you can interact with friends and family.

JSJ: Is there anything else you would like to tell the people on the blog?

YU: That I'm a really good gamer. That I hope to get Sonic and the Black Knight and have a good experience on that game. That's all. Thanks for listening folks. goodnight.

Orange Crush

Tonight I was in the mood for a little Orange Crush.

No, not that Orange Crush... This Orange Crush.

The young un started his fall baseball season tonight in the 10U age group. It's his first year with a "kid" pitcher and gave him quite a lot to think about, especially when the batter before him got a fast ball right to the shoulder blade!



Orange is not my color (I looked like a big traffic cone!) but I donned my new orange t-shirt and cheered them on.



We lost 8-4, but cookies made the loss a little easier to handle.



Also, we had a great quote come out of it:



I told the young un to hit the showers as soon as we got home and to make sure to wash the sweaty parts extra good. He replied- "Soon I'll have hair and then I'll be a man!" I fell on the floor laughing as he swaggered down the hall...