HD

Brandon and I have different opinions on having HD for our TV. I think it's nice, but not worth paying for. Brandon can't live without it. Once you've had it, you can't go back. He says it's like going from a car to a handcart.

hypnotized

My brother and sister were recently hypnotized at their work party and the video was pretty funny. I love hypnotist shows. It's so hilarious how people act. At the end they are told to focus on something they want to achieve and hypnotized to be able to do it. It made me wonder what one thing I would choose if I were hypnotized. I think it would be healthy eating. There are a lot of things I want to achieve that I can summon up the motivation or will power to do on my own, but healthy eating just isn't fun. Some sort of brain washing would be really helpful. What would you pick?
Also, since it's 3am while I am writing this I wonder how old a kid has to be before they can be hypnotized into sleeping through the night?

Financial Reading

I loved reading Dave Ramsey's book A Total Money Makeover. It was so inspiring what you can do by being smart with your money. I really liked the point he said about how you should read books to learn more about things that are important to you. It's important to me to be financially smart and yet this is one of very few books I've read about money. If you know of some other good personal finance books let me know. I'd like to read more, but it'd be nice to know which ones are going to be useful and which ones are boring.

Austin

Calvin has a good friend we hang out with a lot named Boston. He also knows a couple of Austins, but can't figure out how to say it, he just calls Austin Boston. Since Austin is coming over to play this morning I was trying to practice with him and this is how our conversation went:

Me: Aw-stin
Cal: Aw-Boston
Me: Aws - tin
Cal: Aw -Boston
Me: Austin
Cal: Good job Mommy!

Green Car

My mom came to stay with us to help out with Shelby last week. Brandon and Calvin took her to the airport and Calvin fell asleep in the car. When Grandma was walking away Calvin woke up and started crying frantically something that sounded like "Grandma! Grandma!" and Brandon figured he was upset she was leaving. Then he realized he was actually saying something about his "green car!" Brandon thought it was kind of confusing and told him they'd look for it when they got home.
Fast forward to my mom going through her luggage and I get an email telling me she found Calvin's green car in the pocket of her bag. When we asked Calvin how his green car ended up in Grandma's bag he said it was hiding. We let him know bags headed to the airport aren't a good place to hide things.

Statement

Sometimes I think Calvin leaves things around the house just to say "I was here."