The Lorax

Saturday is family day and we generally go to the Children's Museum, or the park. But it's income tax time (yay!) so we had a few extra dollars to go see a movie...and in 3D! (my first - yes I know - I'm decidedly behind the times, I just got my first cell phone..... go ahead, I'll wait till you pick yourself up off the floor to continue......you back at the keyboard? Okay....)

The movie was outstanding, cracker jack animation, and the 3D was enchanting, and it provided a good opportunity to talk to the boys about sustainability and the importance of not placing too much importance on money. Danny DeVito as voice talent for the Lorax was absolutely perfect,and Betty White as Grandma was outstanding! And of course, there was a non-verbal character who stole the show in little Pipsqueek (so funny when he gets marshmallow teeth when the Once-ler first arrives in the valley).

It was a classic tale of good, evil, good gives in to evil,good redeems itself. And it was presented in an entirely entertaining and engaging manner. I know that I enjoyed it more than the other adults, I'm pretty sure I enjoyed it more than a lot of the kids, and yes, I did cry.....and I'm not ashamed to admit it! 

If you have a short-list of movies you'd like to see, I'd surely recommend placing the Lorax at the top. And it's a definite for owning on DVD.

Welcome!

Well, I've been toying with this for a long time...or at least the idea of this. I guess I thought I had nothing to say, but maybe I do.

I am trying, and finally succeeding in changing my body, by being a "grass eater" - read that vegetarian. I'd like to be vegan, and I do try, but cheese is far too seductive. So I do my best.

I imagine what I'll do here is perhaps product reviews, recipe reviews, restaurant reviews, and posting my own original "on-the-fly" or "healthied up" recipes. I never thought much of them, but they seem to be quite popular.

I'll probably also post some stuff about being a mom of two active boys, both of whom have Sensory Processing Disorder (finally legitimized by being included in the new DSM - yay!). And maybe some stuff from school, I'm studying for my BA in Psychology - Child and Early Development. And maybe some stuff on working out and exercise.

So basically, it will be exactly what the title says, a snapshot of a day in the life of a grass eater.