The Rings....

At the beginning of our marriage we decided not to have a tv so that Courtney could study and I loved that because I got time to read and we found that we talked more (when he wasn't studying that is).


December hit and Courtney was more excited than a "tornado in a trailer park" (as Mater would say from the movie cars) when "Lord of the Rings" came out. So, since we had no tv for at least our first four years of marriage we would watch "The Lord of the Rings". So if you figure one type of movie times by four years of life that's A LOT of "Lord of the Rings" to watch. We practically have it memorized.


Well then he got more excited when the extended versions came out and it was a necessity of life to have them in our "collection" of dvd's. Now when every December rolls around in commemoration of when the movie was released we watch it in it's entirety.


Last night we finally finished watching "The Lord of the Rings" extended version. It's taken us almost two months but with children around, the only time I felt comfortable watching it was when they were sound in their beds. Although, there was a day when Andrew started saying "Come on boy's" one of the main Uraki (bad guys) seems to always say this phrase, so anyway maybe he could hear what was going on???? We just laughed.


I always put up a fuss whenever he wanted to watch the movies; such as rolling the eyes... the big sigh... then I just laugh. I just do it to tease him and he knows it. Hey, he teases me about other things so don't feel sorry for the man.

It was fun to sit down with my hubby and relive our moments when we had no tv to worry about. (I won't admit this if anyone tells him this) but I really enjoyed watching it with him and I was kind of sad it was over.

I really did miss when we would go to the Fenway theater in Boston right by where we lived when it was the opening of "The Lord of the Rings". I remember when Heidi screamed out "Yoww" when she saw Aragorn bust open the double doors, that part always makes me laugh.

Until next year when we get to watch the saga of the rings all over again!!!!!

The Sweetest Thing!

The other night as I was putting Andrew down to bed he all of a sudden just looked right at me and said "I love you Mom". Are you kidding me I'm thinking, he really just said this with out any prompt from me. Whoa hoa!!!! of course I gave him so many kisses on those cute cheeks of his but hey I was in the moment.

Those are the biggest paybacks one could possibly get. It made me so ultra happy. I love when I get to see the Andrew that I know is inside somewhere.

The next morning as he slammed his door and ran into my room, I was turned so he couldn't see my face and he whispered (which is rare of him to do) and he said "Good morning, mommy" and then he kissed the back of my head. So I grabbed him and put him in bed with me and we read a book "Old cars, new cars, red cars, blue cars" that he brought with him.

After the book reading as I was hoping for more shut eye (which I know what your thinking, kind of ridiculous at this point Annemarie, but hey, I always want to try.) and he says "want breakfast" so since he was so sweet and enduring I thought "How can I say no" and off we get started with our day.

He is the absolute "Sweetest Thing".