from the mouth of babes...

So I had a little chat with Declan this morning about how his daddy is a total slacker an my lack of blog updates, or 'blupdates' as I call them. I told him that because we haven't posted for a while we should think of something to tell everyone who reads our blog. This is what he said:

"Hello everyone. I love you. sometimes you are a little frustrating, but I love you. And the cool thing about it is that um, I get to tell you what we're doing at school at my house for school. We actually do lots of fun fun stuff like um learn about clocks, practice my numbers and letters and we do arts and craft time. We have lots of fun and we watch some TV, but somedays it's really fun. I love you all."

So to recap the last two months for those out of the loop: a little before Christmas we got rear ended pretty good in the xB (pics below). The car is still in the shop and we'll hopefully be having a welcome home party for the Thundertank next week.

As for Christmas it was awesome. My parents got me an early gift which was a butt-kicking waffle maker (results below). Declan got tons of cool stuff including a Mario Kart race track and a barrage of movies from his uncle.

Regarding karate, Declan just tested last week and earned his high orange belt. Snap-kickingly awesome, lil man (yet again, pics below).

So that's about it in a nut shell. I'll have other things to post soon and a few old ones which I never published, so keep checking back...

Thanks,
The Management.

And by the way, I need to go start negotiations because my laundry basket full of clothes is now home to the sword in the stone. I don't know if I'm worthy enough to pull it out.

The Cookie Family

Last night we all decided to decorate gingerbread cookies for Family Fun Night. I had a little trouble with the dough and ended up adding about an extra 1/3 cup of flour just to make it manageable. But alas, they turned out fine and we had a good time doing it.

...and we had a little hand cut surprise cookie for Declan to decorate.

Merry Christmas!

Swarr Family Theatre

Last night was yet another amazing Family Fun night here at the Swarr household. The Swarr Family Theatre and The Popcorn/Candy Shoppe was open for business as well. For those that don't know, Maribeth and I decided long ago to dedicate one night a week (Wednesdays) to have a Famliy Fun Night, where we have fun as a family...der.
Last evening, we took advantage of the glorious Redbox and watched the not so glorious Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. The movie started really slow, but upon the introduction of Buck (voiced beautifully by Simon Pegg), it ended up being fun. And I was also impressed by the ending. I think it was done well. The timing, the 'closure' of the story, etc. It was what it should have been. I've found endings to be important lately. The movie has to end well or it makes it seem like a waste of time.
Anyway...back to the theatre...Mommy and I showed up for our tickets and snacks first and Worker Declan was at the ready, candy and popcorn standing by. The movie poster, glowstick decorations and custom made tickets were all there. Then it was off to the register to make the purchase. Once we were all paid up, we were even escorted to our seats (to sit with the other plush movie goers). The lights went off and the movie began. Like I said, it was another amazing Swarr Family Fun Night.