The Winner is....

Sharon, from Expedition among the peruvians: Goldilocks and the Three Browns. Congrats!

The Bilibo + a giveaway

We recently acquired this lovely lime green Bilibo. I chose this toy because it seemed to be something that would foster some creativity.

Craig, on the other hand, is perhaps a little young yet to find the creativity in the hard green shell and now it has become a means of transporting toys from one room to the next. He does take a twirl in it on occasion, but doesn't have the stomach muscles to stay aright.

So if any of you are considering such a toy for Christmas, I might suggest you consider your child's creativity level and purchase accordingly.

In other news...I am doing a giveaway! Woo hoo! Why you may ask?

Because CSN stores would like you to have something. I particularly liked the toys from All Modern as I browsed the options available, so I chose this as something you might either keep for your now or future children, or giveaway yourself to some lucky child/friend for Christmas.

So leave a comment here by Friday the 13 (yes I know it's supposed to be bad luck, but not for one of you!) and I'll draw a name to receive this gift.

Check out more stuff from All Modern here.

Halloween

.01 Duck tape + diapers = muscles, undies, ghetto-booty, boots, all things super.
.02 A little pumpkin carving
.03 The joy of wearing something 3 days in a row
.02 The joy of the year 2 when a superhero is still a superhero
.05 Sugar, lots and lots of sugar.
.06 Elastagirl
.07 Mr. Incredible
.08 Dash (the star of the show in all respects)
.09 Jackie-Jack?
.10 Who doesn't love this holiday? Too much fun!

p.s. yes we ran out of duck tape and thats why my boots look like stripper boots with holes in them.

First snow

There's something about the day it sticks that needs to be documented each year.

It's the ending of one season and the beginning of another. It means a different mood, different clothing, different music and different food...and a very happy little man.

It's exciting. Welcome, we'll be glad you're here for a little while.

All modern

There's something about this little dude that really makes me want him standing guard over my fireplace this year.

There are lots of other fun decor etc. by the designer Alessi as well as other modern designs for your kitchen/ living room, whatever found also at this site.

I loved the kids stuff.

Like this. Totally rad! What kid wouldn't want one?

Flu

We are not well here.
Therefore little is happening in terms of blogging.
But this is interesting if you need some reading.

Copper Mine

Saturday we went to the largest manmade mine visible even from space.
It was really cool, and cold.
Those are really, really, really huge trucks that didn't look that huge from our vantage point but to get the idea you'll note the rather small truck behind the big truck, that isn't really a small truck when it comes to trucks.