Havin a Snow Day

We had a fun morning playing in the snow in our yard.  I didn't get a picture of it, but Luke's favorite thing to do with the sled is just pull it around behind himself :)

We also built the world's smallest snowman.  Decked him out in a hat, scarf, baby carrot nose, and raisin did the trick for everything else. 

How do you sleep like this?

I went in to check on Luke during his nap and this is how I found him...sleeping soundly under his current favorite book :)

When he isn't sleeping tented under a book he loves the play I spy.  However, he is convinced that the game is, "I spy with my spiky eye"  So that's how we play it in our house.

How to find books to read.

I love reading.  I used to not want to list it as one of my hobbies, cause I thought it was lame, but ya know what it is, so deal with it.  I love the journey to another place, I love learning about other times, people, I have always loved reading.  Nerd alert ... in junior high I won medals for reading... I don't remember being crazy nerdy, but a reading award does seem like cold hard proof.

Anyway, I have always been really random in picking books I read.  Often I go to my Mom and she'll hand me stack (always great).  Other times I pick one off of the libraries shelf that they are advertising for the month (never gotten a horrible one, but never found a gem either).  I will get a random recommendation and then put it on my list at the library to request when I am ready (but then I can never remember who told me about it, or what it is about by the time I am ready to read it).  Classic book club, I really like this 'cause I get a good selection from people who like a variety of subjects, but I am looking for more.

Solution!   Perhaps this is not news to anyone, but I am thrilled about it Goodreads.  But not just Goodreads, I knew about that already, but I didn't find it super helpful, because unless I knew for sure that I had similar tastes or I could remember that a bunch of other people liked the book I never took the recommendations to heart.   Until I discovered a section called "Popular Books Among My Friends"  

Sorry I made great efforts to do a little picture from the website... but to no avail... I have no techy skills.

If you want to find it just go under the friends tab, and then the popular books tab.

I am excited to read some of the books I've found on this list.


P.S. if we aren't friends on goodreads let's be.  I'd love to get a more diverse list. :)

Balloon Show

Luke is the "Balloon Show"  For those of you who may not speak Luke...that means "UP"  He will not pick a character to be, he has decided that he has the imagination required to produce the whole show.  These are are pictures of his room after a nap....as you can tell this is his most creative time.  I walked in and the room looked spootless...I thought it was pretty cool that he was cleaning.  Then he showed me his rendition of the Balloon show house.  He had packed everything in the corner and wanted me to get in so that we could take off.  Then when we realize we are to heavy we throw every one of his possessions out one by one. 

I wish you could see how deep this pile actually is.

This is only one of the ways we play balloon show.  Bry and I and even Murphy get to play our own parts.  Luke will divy them out based on how he is feeling, but generally he is Carl, we have deduced this because he carries a cane, throws balls and bosses  us around, (but don't call him Carl he is the Balloon Show)  I am most often Russell, Bry is the Snipe (kevin)  Murphy is the dog Doug (but not always).  So  we walk all around the house I  give fake chocolate to Bry and whatever other schemes Luke cooks up.   He loves it.  He is hilarious.