One More Reason to Be Thankful

I have many things to be thankful for this holiday season. But I think the following pictures say it all. Gotta love that newborn baby smell! Baby boy was born Friday November 20 at 7:34pm. It was an amazing experience!

I'm also thankful for my amazing husband! He was wonderful during labor and delivery. And he's such an amazing dad! Love you honey!

Curious George Christmas & DVD Giveaway

Congrats to "Miss" Anita for winning the DVD!


Ok, I admit that I love Christmas. I love the decorations, the trees, wrapping presents, but especially the music. Usually i hold off on Christmas until the day after Thanksgiving.

However, I'm a sucker for Christmas stories. When I was given a chance to preview the new Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas, I jumped for it! I love watching Curious George on PBS with Sophia. It's one of the few kid shows I don't mind watching. Not only is George cute, but he teaches my daughter about math and science. Where else could a little monkey fly into space and help out scientists?

We had some of Sophia's friends over yesterday for a little screening. First we all made Build-Your-Own Pisghetti Pizza. I provided pitas or english muffins and had all the toppings in little bowls. I love making individual pizzas, so yummy. Kids had cheese and ham, while the adults made salami and spinach pizza.

While those baked, we started the DVD. I was a little shocked to hear The Man in the Yellow Hat sing in the opening number, but as my husband put it, "Can't have a Christmas movie without a song."  I admit, he's right.

George and The Man in the Yellow Hat (what is his name, anyone know?), count down the days until Christmas. However, George has written (ahem, drawn) his wishlist this year and the Man in the Yellow Hat can't decipher it. Hilarius antics thus ensue, of course. After the pizza disappeared, we moved on to popcorn. Can't have a proper movie viewing without popcorn right? This is a movie both kid and adults will enjoy.

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas airs the weekend of Thanksgiving. Check your local listings. If you are in the DC area, it airs on WETA TV 26 on Saturday, November 28 at 7:30 AM and again on Monday, November 30 at noon.


If that doesn't fit in your schedule, I'm giving away a copy. All you have to do is leave a comment with the answer to this question:


What's on your wishlist this holiday season? (Not the kids, yours)


Please make sure that you leave an email address so I can contact you if you win.



For 3 extra entries, you may also do any of the following. Just make sure you come back and leave a comment with the link or letting me know you've done it. I won't be able to keep track otherwise.

• subscribe to my blog (or already do)
• subscribe to my new craft/food blog, Cup of Creativi-Tea
• Tweet about the giveaway (leave a link to your tweet) or post it on Facebook
• You're welcome to copy and paste this for your tweet/FB status
• What does Curious George want for Xmas? Win the new DVD & find out! http://bit.ly/CuriousGeorge #AVeryMonkeyChristmas @thienkim
  

I'll draw a winner by November 30! I will try to mail it out the same week, but keep in mind, I'll (hopefully) have a newborn by then.


I was not compensated for this post or for hosting the screening party. However, I was given a copy of the DVD as well as some popcorn and games for the party. Thanks to 360 PR!

Hanging in There

Just popping in to say that I'm still here. Still pregnant. I'm having internet troubles but hopefully will be resolved soon.

Nesting or Just Crazy?

It's almost 1AM and I'm still awake. Not that it's abnormal.

Sophia's birthday party is tomorrow. Her actual birthday isn't until next week, but I thought it'd be safer to celebrate it early.

So instead of laying in bed chilling out, I'm waiting for water to boil so I can make some sesame noodles for the adults to eat tomorrow. That's the only cooking I'm doing for the birthday party. I think everyone will understand that it'll be crackers & cheese and a veggie tray.

I spent the evening painting a banner of a biracial colored mermaid so the kids can play Pin the Tail on the Mermaid tomorrow. I'll post picture on my new craft blog soon, I promise. (Shameless plug alert: Don't forget to subscribe to the new blog.) Unless the baby decides to arrive early. Then you'll just have to deal.

Right now the mermaid banner as well as 6 extra tails are hanging in my bathroom drying. My sad little bathroom smells like cheap acrylic paint right now. I don't think they tails will dry in time for me to cut them out tonight.

I'm really excited about her party! I only have 1 organized game planned--the mermaid game mentioned above. The rest of the party will be food and free play. The kids are 3 and 4 years old. Free play will be perfect for them.

Oh and I haven't even ordered the cake because I'm worried that baby boy might decide to arrive early. So let's hope there's some sort of pink cake at the store tomorrow. Bonus if there's mermaids on it!

Only 2 weeks till D-Day (due date)!