The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The other night Gary and I watched this movie. I usually don't write about movies we watch, but I haven't been able to stop thinking about this one.

I've always loved learning about the Holocaust. It's such a tragic time in our history. It's hard to even believe that some of the things that happened back then actually took place. I really appreciate movies like this because I feel like the further we get away from that time period, the more we will separate ourselves from it. So keeping movies like this coming and exposing more people to it will help us all to remember.

This movie is based on a book which I never read or heard of but I really want to read it now. The story is just so wonderful because it takes a story about the Holocaust and tells it through the eyes of an innocent child. It's obviously not a very happy movie, but it sends a really important message. I sort of predicted the ending when it got close and after the credits started to roll I said, "are you kidding?!" and proceeded to cry like a baby. But I think if it would have ended any other way it wouldn't have been realistic and the message would not have been as powerful. Anyway, it was a good movie!

Halloween

Gary's costume this year was so awesome! It seems like every year we do Gary's costume from the hair down. He grows it out, makes it into an afro, and then we go from there. This year we decided to have him go as Bob Ross! He was painting "happy little trees" all evening. It was really funny because we walked into Andy and Laurie's house and they both looked at Gary for a couple of seconds and then immediately starting cracking up at the same time. It was perfect!

Later we all went trick or treating. Even though it was really wet it was still way fun!

My costume wasn't that outstanding. I was just a nerd. I really just wanted to wear the glasses!

And we made Butter Beers!!..... because that's what Harry Potter would do!

They were so yummy!Asher loved Gary's hair (who wouldn't?). He kept petting him and just running his little fingers through Gary's locks. It was so funny!

I hope everyone else had a Happy Halloween!

Zoo

Just a few pictures from when we went to the zoo.

The eating utensils had a stamp on them saying they were made of plants. It was so weird! So instead of playing with his food, Andy was playing with his fork. Haha.

Projects

Here are the pictures of the dresser Gary redid for me and all my craft supplies, the chest he made to go along with all the other furniture he has made, and our new dining room he painted! Gary is so handy!

I wish I had a before picture of this dresser because it was seriously a dresser only a mother could love (or something like that). Just picture a really nasty orange tinted wooden dresser with really ugly hardware and that should give you a good idea. But then he turned it into this little beauty! He painted it cream and then glazed it. I love it because the only semi-expensive part was just the new hardware.

Then the chest! It matches our bed perfectly! He bought some really cool hinges that are sort of like what a toy chest's hinges would be like. So you don't have to hold it open and there is no risk of little fingers getting smashed. And just so Gary doesn't get all the credit, please admire my beautiful quilt. Haha.Then of course is the dining room! I didn't take before pictures of this either. I really should have. The walls used to be a really nasty light pink color and once we redid our colors with the blue and cream it just looked gross. We had some leftover tan paint from our room and Gary had some leftover white paint from work so it was perfect! All we had to buy was the chair rail. And don't mind that one of the chairs at the table is still not upholstered. :P

After we had reupholstered a couple of the other chairs, I decided that maybe we should have changed the foam inside. So we opened one up and it was not pretty! I'll spare you the details, but we ended up just throwing them out. Gary made new wood pieces and I went and had an upholstery place put some new foam on. After we put the fabric on and tested them out, our butts were pretty dang happy.