January 17, 2015

Saturday movie review: Two to avoid

January 17, 2015/ Lisa Carpenter

If you've read my Saturday movie reviews very long, you likely know that offbeat films and those that, despite fabulous writing and acting, somehow flew under the radar of average movie-goers are my favorite sorts of flicks.

Third Person movie

Because of those preferences, I thought for sure the following two films would thoroughly intrigue and garner raves from me. Oh, how much more wrong could I be? I typically share movies reviews on films I'd love for you to see; today, though, I'm compelled to tell you what to not see. I watched through to

January 15, 2015

Laughing Baby... and laughing babies

January 15, 2015/ Lisa Carpenter

As a little girl, Megan — my middle daughter and mother to my grandsons — had a baby doll named Laughing Baby. Throughout most of her third year, Megan kept Laughing Baby in her arms or cuddled up close to her wherever she went, whatever she was doing.

toddler and baby doll

Laughing Baby was named such because she laughed and laughed when her...

January 14, 2015

Once more through my mother-in-law's window

January 14, 2015/ Lisa Carpenter

"Think for a minute, darling: in fairy tales it's always the children who have the fine adventures. The mothers have to stay at home and wait for the children to fly in the window."
― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

Jim and I, along with Brianna and Andrea, drove to South Dakota Sunday to attend...

January 13, 2015

Wherein a Pinterest fail gets Grandma giggling

January 13, 2015/ Lisa Carpenter

I mentioned briefly yesterday that I often feel younger than I am. An incident one night last week confirmed I still have some maturing to do.

See, I searched Pinterest — the sure bet when it comes to brilliant ideas — for ways to create snacks from yogurt. I found a super simple one wherein you drop yogurt on wax paper, freeze it, and you have snacks similar to Dippin' Dots.

My first attempt — using a cookie press fitted with a disc I thought...

January 12, 2015

Gobsmacked, plus GRAND Social No. 139 link party for grandparents

January 12, 2015/ Lisa Carpenter

Gobsmacked

On Saturday, I was smacked in the face unexpectedly with the realization that in exactly six months, my baby, my youngest daughter, my little Andie who makes me laugh so hard will be thirty years old.

mom and adult daughter