We have been in a Movie Craze

For the last month or so I have been on a movie craze. I have been watching tons of them. I was wondering if anyone else had seen a few of them.

These are all grown up rated movies not for kids! :) My hubby and I have been making movies our date night every Friday and Saturday at home after we put our son to sleep. Its been super fun! I pop some popcorn and have a little bit of candy, for realistic theater feeling of course!

Here are a few we have watched. There have been some duds and ones so scary I won't share lol.

Enter Nowhere - a mystery film with Scott Eastwood, Clint Eastwoods son

Invisible Sign with Jessica Alba

Extremely Loud Incredibly Close - this make you cry like a baby! with Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock

Melancholia with Kristen Dunst and Kiefer Sutherland - about the end of earth (nudity in this one, just to let you know upfront)

One Day with Anne Hathaway, I cried a lot with this one too

Redemption Road - Michael Clarke Duncan and Luke Perry. About two men needed closure to a tragedy.

And two I did not like at all!

Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
My Week with Marilyn

Do you recommend any grown up movies for us to watch next?

A boy and his Mama

Trying to get Liam to take a decent picture is tough sometimes. Like all (or should I say most) kids he has to be in the mood. If he is not in the mood, this is what I get!

Half opened eyes, pushing me away causing the picture to blur.

Pointing at something else he would rather be doing.

Looking away while I try to sneak a kiss.

Seriously I just wanted to snap a few quick pictures of a boy and his Mama. Is that too much to ask for?

DuneCraft Seed Bombs Tasty Herb Mixture Review - Mother's Day

There is something so wonderful about cooking with produce and herbs you have grown yourself. It makes your food taste better in my opinion. Fresh basil tossed into your spaghetti or chives to go on some garlic bread is the little extra that can make a good meal great. I have been doing a lot of container gardening since we have been having work done to the roof I did not want my plants squished. Containers are perfect for herbs. It makes it easy to make sure they do not grow all over the place. Not a bad thing to have a ton of herbs but its nice to be able to contain them. (we have peppermint all over our backyard from the neighbors planting it in the ground. Smells wonderful when I mow the lawn lol)

I planted 3 in this small container. When they get bigger I plan to move them into bigger containers. (the fourth one is a rock. We place a rock in all of our containers for a mini decor.)

I planted a small container of the Seed Bombs Tasty Herb Mixture and am waiting to see them sprout. Its easy to plant it says to just place it on some dirt, water and they will grow. It also says you can throw them, toss them or crush them, all very fun to do as well. I like that its a mixture I look forward to the wonderful herb smells. Best of all they are made in the USA.

Seed Bombs would be a great gift for Mother's Day for any woman that loves to garden. DuneCraft, the makers of Seed Bombs makes many great mini gardens too. There are butterfly gardens, farmers gardens, rain forest biospheres and so much more. I could spend hours looking at all the cool stuff.








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Sesame Street: Big Elmo Fun DVD Review

My son adores Elmo, he calls him "Elmie". He can spot Elmo in stores, on tv and even if he sees an Elmo Balloon stuck on the ceiling at the grocery store. If he see it he points it out. Its been since the New Year that my son has been Elmo crazed. He liked it before but now he seems to be in a Elmo mode. He wants to watch it all the time. I love Sesame Street myself so I am more than happy to let him watch it. I like having the DVDs so I can see what he will watch and not have to worry about commercials.

The newest Elmo DVD we have is Sesame Street: Big Elmo Fun, it includes 3 Full-Length Sesame Street Stories Plus the Full-Length Bonus DVD “Monster Hits". Elmozilla is a really cute one about how Elmo wants to be taller than the other little monsters and how he learns to be happy with how he is. There is a great learning episode about Butterflies that I liked. My son can now spot a butterfly in the yard and tells me about how he saw butterflies on Elmie. I love how a good DVD can show him things and then he can recall them later.

The DVD comes with a height chart. My son measured himself just like Elmo did.

One of my favorites on this DVD and is now my new favorite Sesame Street episode is one called "Cast Iron Cooks". It is a spoof of the show Iron Chef. Its beyond cute how Elmo is one a cooking team in a competition against the Cast Iron Cooks. Elmo learns about cutting things in half, counting and how to follow instructions.

You can buy Sesame Street: Big Elmo Fun at the Sesame Street online store. 

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Martha Stewart Pets: PetSmart Rain Coat and Collar Review and Giveaway

My husband and I have had dogs for many years before we had kids. Our dogs were the "kids" in our lives back then. Now that we have our son, the dog and him are best friends. I love how much my son loves the dog and how much the dog adores him. We take our son to PetSmart often so he can see all the fish, lizards and hamsters. He always makes his way to the dog section to look at the dog toys. He makes me laugh how he cuddles the dog toys. He tells me he wants them for his "Kosha" our dog, he renamed the dog once he began to talk. I tell him her real name but he says No Dog is Kosha. So I guess thats her name for now lol.

For the Spring Time we like to get the dog a rain coat for when she goes out and its pouring rain. My son loves that she has one. He puts his on with his boots and we put hers on. He thinks its hilarious to see her in her rain coat. I was impressed with the quality of the Martha Stewart Pets Orange Raincoat. Its durable and colorful with cute bone patterns. My dog does not like to get her ears wet so the hood is perfect for her on rainy days.

Of course since we have a girl dog she is a fashion hound! My dog loves to wear a new collar, its like how I am with shoes. For Christmas she got a Martha Stewart Pets collar that we love. Its cute and durable. The quality is what I enjoy about the Martha Stewart Pets line. I am a huge fan of Martha Stewart, my dog's official middle name is Martha, after you know who :)

It seems fitting to have my dog to wear Martha Stewart Pets items. She loved the new Martha Stewart Pets Houndstooth Flower Collar. She pranced around the backyard in it. I could hardly get her to hold still for a picture. The collars are bright and like all the Martha products they are fashionable. She will be the cutest dog at the dog park, yes I am biased about how cute my dog is.

We also were sent a cute Martha Stewart Pets Jumbo Bunny in Egg dog toy but as soon as my son spotted it he claimed it and ran off with it. He loves dog toys. Its really cute and it squeaks. He has been taking it with us out shopping and someone asked where we got the cute toy, I had to explain its a Martha Stewart dog toy lol.

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