Facebook Is Killing My Blog.

I'm finding that the ease and instant gratification of Facebook is causing this poor blog to suffer. Greatly. It's very frustrating.

When I have a funny thought, or story, or child milestone, or picture, or WHATEVER that I want to document I am taking the lazy road. It is just too easy to load a picture or video to Facebook. Or when I have a thought that would make a good blog entry, it is much easier to condense it into a two sentence status. And Facebook also offers the very coveted instant emotional boost of comments and likes. Seriously. It's a drug.

But I worry. Although Facebook has these great qualities, it is no replacement for a Blog. This is my online journal. It's easy to go back in time to relive it all. Facebook is brutal for that. And what happens when no one uses Facebook anymore? It scares me. I will look back on the holes in my blog and refer to them as 'The Facebook Years'.

So, November will be yet another 'Blog Everyday' month to kick-start some proper memory keeping.

To start off, a couple Rhys stories (sorry, Kyle).

This year Rhys went as a white and purple Unicorn for Halloween. We were walking up the steps to trick or treat, and a woman swings open the door to great us on our ascent. She flashes Rhys a big smile as he approaches and beams "Awww...a Magical Winter Princess!"

Then today, after losing my patience with Rhys several times as I was packing him and Kyle into the car to go to playschool...

Rhys: You mean.

Me: Why?

Rhys: You grumpy, and so, so mad.

Oy.

Now tonight I want to send a thank-you card to our neighbour who gave Rhys a pumpkin from her very own pumpkin patch.

"What's Wrong With This Photo?" Photo.

High Five to the person who can find what's a little odd about this picture.

Halloween 2010 & November Resolution

I've never been huge into Halloween, but I gotta say, having a kid sure bumps it up a notch in my books. Our Halloween was a jam packed day this year, and I blame that on two things. First, the pure cuteness that is a one year old. And second, the fact that Halloween was on a Sunday. We had all day to burn with Halloween activities, not just the hour or two after dinner that we'd have on a week night.

First, we had a party in the morning with our 'Baby Class' baby group. Then a short nap. Then pumpkin decorating and a haunted house at the community centre, followed by trick or treating at Chinook Centre. The rest of the night was spent driving around to 'trick or treat' at all our families' houses - visiting Rhys's grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins & friends. Rhys had so much fun. And since my fun these days is directly related to his fun...that means I had tons of fun too.

Here's a widescreen link to our Halloween video :-)

My November resolution is stolen right from the 'Happiness Project'...in bed by 9:30pm every night. Except tonight ;-P We're watching AMCs new drama 'The Walking Dead'. Zombies, bay-bay!