Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart

Tuesday night Colin and I went over to Tina's for some serious Pumpkin carving!( is it possible to seriously carve a pumpkin? lol) It has been fun starting holiday traditions together!
We have been spending a lot of time, watching scary movies to get into the spirit of Halloween; last night we watched "The Orphan" which was a lot like "The good son" but even better, I was surprised at how good it was, it was nice to watch a scary movie, that wasn't super lame. The last few days I have been battling a pretty epic cold, so no big plans until Saturday night...HALLOWEEN!!!

Let's take the moon and make it shine for everyone

This weekend was VERY busy! Saturday after Colin helped Darcy move, we headed to Burlington to stay with his sister Chrissie. Saturday night we took his niece Hailey and her friend to Wonderland for the Halloween Haunt. Wonderland was AMAZING and terrifying. Colin and I went into one haunted house called "blood shed" basically it was an enclosed maze packed with people and monsters jump out at you, I was actually scared out of my mind. Colin protected me from the monsters and got us out safely ha ha.
They also had all these costume guys running around yelling and chasing us! At the end of the night, we tried to get a group picture, but instead Hailey and I ended up getting chased out of the park, screaming at the top of our lungs! We returned back to Chrissie's where Colin and I had the wonderful sleeping arrangement of a child size single bed ha ha. We made it work though!



Sunday we hung out with Molly, Colin's 5 year old neice, before heading off on our search for the perfect Halloween costume! After an hour and a half at the costume store we finally found a great idea - but it is a secret! After killing some more time in Burlington, we headed down to Toronto for the Get up Kids concert. We got into Toronto pretty early, and discovered that we were already exhausted, so we decided to check into our favorite hotel (since it was a block from the concert) instead of trying to drive home after midnight.
After we checked in we headed right over to the Phoenix to watch the Get up Kids reunite after 5 years! The concert was awesome! The concert was mostly for Colin, I had heard a few songs, but didn't know them that well, but after the concert I really like them a lot. Being introduced to a band live might be the best possible way to get into them!

After the concert we headed up the street to our favorite bar, and in a "it's a small world" moment, our server was someone that Colin knew from Goderich, a guy he grew up with and was an alter boy with! Crazy!
Monday morning we were EXHAUSTED and headed right back to London, before taking our rental car back we hit up the grocery store and bought some pumpkins to carve tonight at Tina's. The rest of the night was very quiet since we were exhausted!
All in all, we had yet another fantastic weekend together!

It's as simple as something that nobody knows that her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes

This morning, missing my dear God daughter Addison, Ortal was awesome enough to send me some pictures! Basically I am just posting them to show how sweet and adorable she is and because I love her to little teeny tiny pieces!

This is where Ortal found her sleeping this morning!

I love this picture, she looks so GORGEOUS!

Some movie thoughts...

I don't normally "blog" on here, I more so state what I have been up to, but I was pretty impressed with 500 days of Summer, last night. I really enjoyed the honest portrayal of relationships; which isn't something you often get out of Hollywood. - So I thought I would ramble some thoughts about it!

Tom goes through what the majority of people do at some point in their life. You meet someone and feel that the relationship is perfect, and that they are the "one". So you stay totally blinded by the truth of the relationship, ignoring signs and feelings that it just isn't working - maybe you argue, maybe they don't put you first whatever it is, looking back at a break- up, later, you always see it, and you know you knew it was there the whole time, but you didn't want to see it or admit it. You stay holding on to the relationship with all your might, even though it is hurting you to do so. Most of us have been through this, and when it ends you feel that there is no way you are ever going to be happy again, that no one will fill the standards that the last person set. What I enjoyed a great deal about the movie is that it actually took a realistic view on this, and showed that just as the other person moved on to what makes them happier, eventually the other person does too, and often with someone that doesn't make them feel insecure about the relationship everyday and makes them happy instead. They really showed that, if one person steps out of the relationship - it wasn't meant to be, but it wasn't for nothing, because with every person we are with, we learn and grow and love more. Having already gone through these motions myself, and finding my "Autumn" (which only makes sense if you have seen the movie) I thought it was great to see a more truthful look at relationships, break- ups and moving on with your life. It makes people that have been through it nod, smile and hold their new love a little tighter and realize just how lucky they are and yes that is directed at you Colin :) ; it makes those currently going through it, sigh in relief that there could really be a light at the end of the heartbreak tunnel.

The other movie thought is much shorter, so stay with me.
Last night there was an add for a new Disney movie. I was so excited that they were actually coming out with a children' s movie that wasn't digitally animated - back to the old school "cartoon" version! However, after my excitement passed I thought to myself; Disney still hasn't grown - after all these years, nothing has changed. Yes they made this princess of African decent, which hardly seems like growth, but more of a "token" character - one that they can now sell to children of colour (just like they did years ago with the introduction of a brown haired lead). No doubt a doll they can hope to see in the hands of one of President Obama's children - to up their sales.
I digress, my point is that she is still a "princess" needing to be rescued needing her "prince" to find/save her. Dear Disney, let out the waist lines of your Princess' and give these women some stronger personalities! Although, I fear that even if they did, it would become a baseline for jokes and be just another token. *sigh*

Just a picture perfect day that last a whole lifetime

I have been wanting to see this, since I discovered the trailer, back in the spring. Unfortunately I could never find it listed anywhere in London. I thought I was going to have to wait until it came out on DVD. BUT fortunately the great love of mine, discovered that it is in fact playing here - even better it is playing at the Western Film so it's super cheap! I am pretty excited for our date!

Where everybody knows your name

At the last minute last night, we decided to hit up Rainbow for a late movie! (Two Toonie Tuesday!) We saw "Law Abiding Citizen" which we had pretty low expectations for. I also, was a little hesitant to watch a movie where someone goes around killing police officers, lawyers and judges, but the movie surprised us by being interesting and suspenseful - even a little graphic. They even held back on the cheese - aside from a nearly nude scene of Gerard Butler (which I don't think any women in the audience would protest too loudly) and a fire scene at the end, they kept the cheese safe for the lactose intolerant in the crowd.
Overall a pretty good movie!

After the movie we found out Winks - aka our favorite bar; also has a $3.00 Corona night! Finding this out of course we decided to hit up some of that action! We had a fabulous time despite the Western students that managed to step out of the line for Jacks, just long enough to find out that Winks exists.

We could close the curtains, Pretend like there's no world outside

Colin cooking pancakes!

Ella and I waiting for the pancakes and enjoying some sweet coffee!

Not too sure why we used such a huge plate for the banana with banana's pancakes.


Sunday morning, Colin made me Banana Pancakes to start off our day of hibernation - well except when he played baseball and I went to the grocery store! As I mentioned earlier we later watched "Sleepy Hollow" and then took Ella for a nice long walk, with a trip to Starbucks for some Apple Caramel Cider! All in all the weekend was a huge success.