Movie Review: Dolphin Tale

Our base has been doing free movie previews all summer(a week before the movie is released in theaters). We've seen some great movies! We saw Transformers 3, the new Harry Potter and now Dolphin Tale.

The movie is about a boy who finds a dolphin on the beach who has it's tail caught in the rope of a crab trap. The dolphin soon loses it's tail and it doesn't look good for the dolphin.....

We loved this movie! It was a great family movie(beware the time! 2 hours! enough to make the best child antsy) and it was not one of those movies where you don't believe what is happening, it's real.

I highly recommend seeing it(if you're into those feel good, family movies).

We *heart* the drive-in movies!

J got home a little after noon on Friday so we decided that we would go to the drive-in move theater. We love going, but since it's about an hour away it doesn't always work out (and with J being deployed every summer since we've been here.....it's hard to make happen).

Anyway. We packed up my car with the futon mattress and a ton of pillows and blankets, headed over to the mini NEX for snacks, got subway for dinner (it's a must when we go to the drive-in) and we were on our way. We like to get there about an hour early to set everything up, eat and play around a little bit.

Landon and Justin played soccer while I got the car all set up (we like to all lay in the back and watch...so much more fun and the futon mattress fits perfect in the back of my car). We ate just in time for the movies to start and J went to get us our popcorn and nachos (once again, a must for the movies).

We had a really great time and like always I was the only one awake when the last movie was over.

Here is what we saw!

"How to train your dragon"

It was so cute. We all loved it. I didn't quite know what to expect so I was surprised with how much we all enjoyed it. It was great for all ages.
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"Bounty Hunter"
I really wanted to see this one. It looked so funny in the previews. I have to say it wasn't what I expected. I thought it was going to be a mass funny comedy and while it was funny it was more of a comedy/drama. Really good movie though. I love both of the main actors in it so that always helps. But all in all it was really good. J fell asleep about half way into it and was bummed that he missed it. lol.

Thursday Review!

I'm back into reading full force! It's been a lonely few months without the comfort of many books by my side. First book back was....

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Johnny Angel.

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My friend said it was one of the best books she has ever read and she re-reads it all the time. While I thought it was good I don't think I would ever want to read it again or I don't think I would really recommend it to anyone. Yes it was good. No it wasn't amazing.

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*Spoiler*
It's about a boy who dies on his way home from the senior prom. His family is shocked and beyond sad, his mother takes it the worst. He ends up coming back. Only his mother (and little brother) can see, hear and touch him....like he never left. He has the ability to make things happen is he thinks about it hard enough.....yadda yadda yadda. I'm not a Danielle Steel fan. From what I know she write romance novels, this is not one. Her writing just wasn't my style. It's all good. I read it quick.

Justin & I had an at home date night the other night. We did a puzzle and talked for a while (how lame are we?!) then we watched a movie and cuddled (because we ARE lame like that).

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I had a feeling that The Ugly Truth was going to be good, for nothing more then Gerard Butler is my #1 on "The List" (you know what list I'm talking about, the one every married couple has).

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It was so good! It was funny but way predictable. As more movies like this are. I'm glad we bought it because I'm going to watch it quite a few more times. Lol.

Thusrday Review. Where the Wild things are!

I love this book. I think this is the most read book in our house. Landon runs around the house quite often and yells "Let the wild rumpus start!" and every time he sees something from the movie he begs for it (we are now the proud owners of a few wild thing stuffed animals and a massive wild thing balloon...Max to be exact). When we heard it was coming out as a movie we were all excited. So this past weekend we made a date of it and the three of us went to see it.

From the book
From the Movie.

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Wow. Were we disappointed. We didn't like the movie at all. It was the most un-kid kid movie I have ever been to. Besides the point that it had monsters and no swearing I would think it wasn't a kids movie at all. The plot was off and made no sense. I was thinking it was going to be amazing...but it wasn't. It might just be us, but I won't ever watch it again.

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Max was a brat and the monsters weren't very nice. Ehh.

Thursday Review! Halloween Edition!

I love Halloween. Just for the fact that I love fall and the changing of season. I love decorating the house with pumpkins and such and doing all the fun crafts and baking that come along with it! So today is a review of all the kids books and movies we have been watching this month!

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*Movies*

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Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie!

I love this movie! It's so cute. I'm a fan of anything pooh and we really love lumpy so I was so excited when we found this movie last year.

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Here is what Amazon says about it.

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Halloween can be a frightening time of year for piglets and young Heffalumps, but the power of unconditional friendship should never be underestimated. When a fierce "Gobloon" and an absence of candy threaten to ruin Lumpy's first trick-or-treating experience, Roo and Lumpy set out to capture the Gobloon and save Halloween. As the scared pair journeys toward the tree of terror, the pair reflects on Piglet's mastery of his fear of Halloween and begins to realize that togetherness empowers them. Perhaps true friendship can triumph over an evil Gobloon--even if the Gobloon does have the power to turn its pursuers into "jaggedy lanterns." But, what will happen when Roo and Lumpy become separated?

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Mickey's Treat

This is another favorite (ok all the ones I have up are favorite...hence when I put them up). Landon loved Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and watches this movie all year.

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Here is what Amazon says about it.

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Mickey Mouse and his pals Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Pluto, Goofy, and Pete invite toddlers and preschoolers to join them in Mickey's clubhouse for some playtime fun and adventure that emphasizes teamwork and aides in the development of logic and math skills. In "Mickey's Treat," Mickey and his pals are dressing up in costumes to attend Big Pete's Halloween party--the only catch is they have to make their way along a candy corn path and through the foggy woods to get to the tower before the moon is full. Only by working together and using the appropriate "mousketools" can the group make it to Pete's party on time. "Goofy the Great" finds magician Goofy desperately in need of some practice before a big magic show. Luckily, he can count on Mickey and his friends for lots of encouragement and some counting and patterning help. In "Doctor Daisy, M.D.," Daisy works toward earning her pretend doctor sticker by seeing an office full of willing patients and curing their ills with a little help from her friends and some handy mousketools

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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

An old classic. We have the book and the movie. I love, love, love Peanuts!

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Here is what Amazon says about it.

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Charlie Brown gets rocks in his trick-or-treat bag, Linus awaits a visitation from the Great Pumpkin in his terribly sincere pumpkin patch (while the adoring little Sally sits tight with him), Snoopy falls asleep, Lucy harasses Schroeder, and Pig-Pen kicks up a dust storm even beneath his costume

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Hocus Pocus!

I love this movie and I'm surprised that Landon enjoyed it as much as I do.

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Here is what Amazon has to say about it. (more of a review then anything else, but I thought it was funny)

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This big, fat theatrical bomb has a lot going for it. There's the three leads, Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker, playing three resurrected witches who wreak havoc on Salem, Massachusetts, 300 hundred years after they were hung. There's music, special effects, and magic. There's a surprisingly horror-filled plot. Whoops, hold up on that last one. It's probably the extremes that this film goes to (displaying a Disney label), such as the witches sucking the life out of a little girl in the first five minutes, that put the brakes on any success for Hocus Pocus. Older children, however, in the 8 and up range should get a kick out of all the weird goings-on. It's a good measure of Halloween thrills and chills.

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Where's my Mummy?

This is my new favorite book to read. Landon picked it from his first book order and we are hooked!

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Here is what Amazon has to say about it

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Little Baby Mummy does not want to go to bed. Demanding one more game of "Hide and Shriek," he runs outside to conceal himself in the graveyard, but Mama Mummy doesn't join him. Like the young bird in P. D. Eastman's Are You My Mother? (Random, 1960), he sets off to find her, heading into "the deep, dark woods, the spookery woods" and encountering several creepy creatures: "Clank clink clank/Woo boo woo/Clank clink cloo/'Mama Mummy, is that you?'/But out of the woods clanked—/Bones!" This skeleton, as well as a blob and a vampire—all making their nighttime preparations—greet the mummy and tell him to go to bed. The only time the youngster is truly frightened—by a mouse—his mother is there to comfort him, take him home, and tuck him into bed.
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There was an old monster

This is a really cute book with a twist from the original story. It has the most AMAZING illustrations. The colors are so vivid and bright.

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Here is what Amazon has to say about it.

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There was an old monster who swallowed a tick
I don't know why he swallowed that tick
'Cause it made him feel sick!
When he swallowed some ants, he danced in his pants. He swallowed a lizard, a bat, a jackal, and a bear. Then he tried to swallow a lion . . . ROAR!--Now that monster is no more! Children will laugh along with the funny text, bright bold illustrations.

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T.Rex Trick or Treat

Really cute book. Landon loved Dino's and this one is easy to love.

Here is what Amazon has to say about it

It is Halloween night, and T. Rex cannot decide what to wear. All of his pals have taken the best and scariest costumes–ghost, witch, skeleton. He wants to be really scary, and when his friends' suggestions result in a Very Big Frown, T. Rex is convinced that he is frightening enough as is.

Thursday review!

Gosh I haven't done one of these in a while! I was stuck reading the same book for the past month! Not because it wasn't good, because it was but because I've been busy *cough* watching the whole series of Sex and the City*cough* don't judge me! I never watched it so I'm doing it all while my husband is gone to pass the time...and..I was talked into it. kinda.

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OK so a few weeks ago Landon, D and I all went to see Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. Best. Kid movie. EVER! It was funny and cute and Landon was into it the whole time.

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It's about a man who makes an invention that creates food and after a few incidents it ends up raining food. The monkey is so funny! He made the movie! Go see it! NOW!

I'm done! I finished it! Good book. I do agree with a friend of mine and will say that if you're not big into cooking then this might be a little boring for you since that's what it's all about. I'm sure the movie is far different but this is a lot of explaining of recipes and what it takes to make them. I love cooking so I loved the book!

I didn't go see the movie when it was out but I will be getting it as soon as it hits DVD.

I wish I could quit you, Olive Garden.

My Friend Des and I went out to dinner and a movie two nights ago. We love Olive Garden. We were surprised we didn't have to wait at all since it was Friday night. But we got right in and ate.

After we went over to target and looked around. Our quest for shiny pants was unsuccessful. I did end up finding a few new books so that's always a plus.

Then we went to the movies. We saw The Time Travelers Wife. It wasn't bad but it wasn't amazing. I was really thinking that it was going to be great. A little disappointed, I must say. A friend and I are taking Landon to see G Force this week (he's been talking about it for days!) so I hope that one is good. I'm sick of going to the movies to see duds!

(Subject Quote from Jen Lancasters "Such a Pretty Fat". If you haven't read her books....go now and buy them!)

Thursday Review

Hello! All I have is one movie review...but I have 4 for nooks!!! Enjoy! Let me know what you thought about these if you have seen/read them.


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This one one of the best little kid movies that I have seen in a long time. It is a tear jerker so bring some tissue!! I highly recommend this to everyone!!



Bitter is the new Black!

This is such a funny book. I have laughed out loud so many times. She is a bit bitchy so be warned. I will have to come back later and tell you all about this one.
I give this 5 out of 5 stars!!!

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.

Good book. I love these books and I'm glad that I'm reading them. I LOVE the movies.
I give these 4 out of 5 stars.



My Sisters Keeper.

With this coming out in the movies I wanted to read it. It was a very good book about a girl who is suing her parents for rights to her own body. Very powerful, amazing book. A must read.
I give this one 5 out of 5 stars.


Handle with care

Really good book. It's about a very sick little girl and her struggles. I can't go much more into it without ruining it.
I give this one 4 out of 5 stars.

Thursday Review

So a lot of these movies are just now coming out on DVD but a couple have been out for a little while. Most of these we have watched on vacation within the past few months so I haven't seen them in a little while.

Four Christmases

We were surprised at how much we liked this movie. It was really funny.

If you haven't seen it. It's about a couple who always go away for the holidays so they don't have to spend it with their families. When their flight is delayed and their families find out about it, they are stuck trying to visit everyone in their families in one day.

Marley & Me

Really cute movie. My only thing negative I would have to say about it is that it doesn't really have a climax. You just sit and watch (which isn't a bad thing) and the movie just gos.

If you haven't seen it. It's about a family and their dog who they claim is "The worlds worst dog".

You laugh you cry and you have a great time watching.

Benjamin Button

We really liked this movie a lot! It was very long so get ready for that. It gets a little slow in parts but it never gets boring. I would recommend everyone watching this one.

If you haven't seen it. It's about a man who is born old (around 80-something) and as he grows older he gets younger. It has a really great story line.

Seven Pounds

Great movie. We really got into it. I don't really have much more to say then that.

If you haven't seen it. It's about a man who is doing extremely nice things for people. At first you have no idea why or what exactly he is doing for them, but it slowly starts to unfold.

Bedtime Stories

Kid pick. It was really cute and funny. Landon loved it because the action always changed (because of the stories). The kids are great in this movie and everyone loved Bugsy.

If you haven't seen it. It's about a man who is watching his niece and nephew. Every night he tells them a story and it comes true (part of it anyway). But the kids control the stories....not him.

Yes Man

Good movie. It was funny. It was just another "classic" Jim Carrey movie. He's the funny guy.

If you haven't seen it. It's about a man who has to say yes to everything. He gets in some crazy situations and once again has to say yes to whatever is asked of him.

No books to review today. I have taken a short break for the "Chronicles of Narnia" to read "My sisters keeper" before it comes out in movie form.

Thursday Review

Since the weather still isn't the best we haven't been doing much. So I don't have much else to post about. But I did get my neflix in the mail this week! So here is a review of a few of the movies I have been watching! and a few books also.

Movies

Bride Wars

I loved bride wars. I laughed, I cried and it ended with me a happy little lady. I have to admit that It was a bit predictable but hey that's all good!

If you haven't seen it yet. It's about two best friends who's dream weddings get booked at the same place on the same day. A war between the two starts so that one will change her date. Once again great movie!


Hotel For Dogs

Cute movie! Another one where I laughed and cried (don't judge!). It was all around a feel good movie. They were a little vague on a few details that left me wondering, but hey you can't have everything. The end is...well...different. Cute, but different.

If you haven't seen it. The movie is about a brother and sister who are in foster care. They find an abandoned old hotel and round up all the stray dogs in the city to stay there so they don't go to the pound. Once again really cute movie!

Nights in Rodanthe

Hated it! It sucks and was overly predictable! No wonder it was only $13 at wal-mart after only being out a month. I was so excited since I love Nicholas Sparks but, this one my friends wasn't a keeper.

If you haven't seen it (which you shouldn't). It's about a woman and a man who meet at a hotel that they are staying at on the beach IN...dun dundun Rodanthe! They fall in love and the rest is history. Or is it?

Better Off Dead

An oldie! A must see amazing movie! This is one of the classic movies that my family always watches together and we quote it on a regular basis.

If you haven't seen it. It's about a guy who's girlfriend breaks up with him and I guess is trying to get her back. He does a few stupid things and has the weirdest family EVER! Great movie to watch!

Books

Something Borrowed

Great book. I read this series a few months back but I wanted to share. It's really one of those books where you pick a side, then half way into the book you switch sides. It's really a great book.

If you haven't read it. It's about two best friends. One has always been the pretty, loud & Lovable one where the other has always been quiet and let the other one do the talking. Until the quiet one falls in love with the Fiancee of her best friend.

Something Blue

I can't really tell you much about this one since it's the sequel to the first. But it is a GREAT book. It follows the other side of the story. You get a different view on how the things happened.

Baby Proof

Honestly I didn't care for this one much. I guess I just figured it would be a continuation of the first two but I was wrong. It was predictable and didn't have the best story line. You just wanted to yell at her to get over it!