bragging rights.

hayden, as has been mentioned before, is rather entertaining. some recent moments shared:

me to scout when she was extremely tired and cranky: oh, scout! you're driving me crazy!

hayden: oh! you're killing me!

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my mom was watching h. for a bit and i called to tell her i was on my way.

g-ma: hayden's just telling me about stegosaurus and that he has plates on his back.

me: oh! are teaching him about dinosaurs?

g-ma: um, noooo. you're not teaching him?

hayden in the background: stegosaurus has plates on his back. seven plates on his back.

(i'm assuming he's gotten this from the pbs kids show dinosaur train which he has watched maybe 3 times).

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while in church we were coloring some thomas pictures and hayden points to the trains in the picture: that's mavis and james.

then he points off of the paper and says: toby's over here, in the quarry.

ah, yes, of course. toby is in the quarry.

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on our way to the park we passed a house with a skeleton/grim reaper on the front lawn (halloween really is kind of a weird holiday) and hayden asked what it was. i told him and he then proceeded to greet the scary man. who of course didn't respond, but it didn't stop hayden from trying to strike up a conversation.

later, we were playing "i spy" and i said: i spy with my little eye a stop sign!

hayden responded: an octagon.

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i can share these moments because, as his mother, i have bragging rights. i am overly proud of and impressed with this kid on a daily basis. how we managed to create him is beyond me.

because they're worth it

Well hello you little scooter, you.


sometimes you just gots to bawl.

hey, at least he'll wear them... hayden and his "thomas big-boys".

part of me

Robert De Niro said, "One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price."

this sums up why i love theatre. why i loved acting, though i was only mediocre (i wonder if at my age now, however, if i would be a better actor considering i've had a bit more life experience). why i loved directing and why i loved teaching. how fabulous and amazing is it to have the ability and opportunity to live someone else's story and still be able to walk away at the end of the day? isn't that something we all wish for on occasion? and not only live it for a bit, but learn something from it? or help an audience catch a glimpse into the lives of others. good, good stuff.

man, i miss that gig. i miss all that is a part of making a theatre production happen. maybe, when these two crazy kids o' mine are a little older i'll pick it up again...maybe.

Here's to you

My heart, prayers, and love go out to all of those of you who are dealing with some form of personal tragedy. I don't know what it is about September/October 2009, but here's to hoping for a healthy and happy rest of the year.
xoxo
-J

Life in Pictures...

About a month ago I had my first "free day" when I could eat anything I wanted. I started that day off with this scrump-diddly-umptious meal. What are you looking at? Those would be chocolate pancakes with vanilla syrup (evaporated milk, butter, and sugar). I found the recipe in this cookbook. They were D-vine, but almost did me in for the day. Super tasty and super rich!

Zucchinis grown in my very own backyard. I'm seriously proud of my hubby on this one. He's done a fabulous job of caring for the veggies in our garden and then I get to try them in all kinds of recipes. Including Zucchini brownies (which Hayden LOVED). mmm mmm good.