A new idea

I have been searching for a reason for this blog. My dear friend uses a blog to find the joy in everyday moments, and I love to read it. She has taught me so much about what a blog can do and what a powerful tool it can be. She is funny, insightful, poignant, and deliberate- all qualities I desire but seem to lack.
This little corner of cyberspace has been mine for a while now. My mom calls me often and begs for more updates- but most often I feel that what I have to say is nowhere NEAR interesting enough to even be considered reading material. Like my comments about life are banal. Boring. Common. Whatever.
But I have found a purpose. A logos. A reason to write.
For the next little while, my reason for this blog is to conduct small video interviews with my children, husband, myself (that should be interesting), and/or post a picture of a sweet/funny/ordinary thing my family does EVERYDAY. It's a project to bring the dispersed of my family close together for a season.

So, here we go:
Day #1

Tonight, we carved pumpkins in preparation for Halloween. The boys thought it was so much fun. Oliver was laughing so hard he was snorting. Cackling even. I wanted to get video of that but I was up to my wrists in pumpkin goo.

And for some reason, my video is not uploading to neither Blogger nor YouTube. I will try again tomorrow. 

But for the sake of a picture from today, here we all are with the 'Superman' pumpkin

Starring: (from left) "Skel the Skeleton", the superman pumpkin with a frog candle inside, Oliver without pants- it was a nice night, and the mama (me) wearing a hat on my frizzy-unwashed-barely-braided hair.

To be continued....