My Crazy Family

{Those Who Save Us}

Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a great book to end my run...off to read Drug Therapy in Nursing for the next 14 weeks. Maybe I can sneak a few "good reads" in during spring break. Keep the lists and reviews coming everyone!

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{Cupcake Cousins}

So, this weekend while babysitting my neice and nephew I made the mistake of telling Easton and Molly that I was going to make cupcakes on Sunday.  Molly walked around the house all night saying, "Cake."  "Cake?"  "Cake!"  Easton was so excited that I invited him to join in the fun.  All night he rehersed the following events.

"First I go to sleep...then I wake up and go to church...then I make cupcakes at Brecken's...have a party."

"First I go to sleep...then I wake up and go to church...then I make cupcakes at Brecken's...have a party."

And so on and so on. 

So at 2:00 on the dot--or at least as long as it took Easton to get home from church--we had a baking guest.  Here is the result of our party!

 

These were caught BEFORE they double dipped in the batter--shhhh---don't tell Ryan!

{ Not One Single Picture}

Yep, that's right.  Not one single picture from Christmas.   No, my camera card didn't blow up.  No, my computer didn't get a virus and delete them all.  Yes, I am a slacker mother!  I do, however, have pictures from an October vacation to Disneyland, a few of Brecken at Halloween, and even Brecken's big ear peircing event.  Maybe someday I will get around to posting them. 

{The Prize Winner}

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less by Terry Ryan

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
Very cute everyday hero story. If you have ever known anyone who enters every contest or sweepstakes, anyone who has grown up in poverty or you remember every advertizing jingle from your childhood, you will love this inspiring story of a mother who uses her talents to support her family of 10 children. Written by her daughter, this is a touching tribute to a mother who sacrificed everything for her children.

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{Look me in the Eye}

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison

My review

rating: 3 of 5 stars
I was really looking forward to reading this book, and it did hold up to my expectations. It is not a work of literary genious, but it does effectively relay the challenges that "Aspergians" have in socializing. Probably my favorite part of the book is the prologue that discusses the significance of the phrase, "Look me in the eye," which not-so-ironically is the title of the book. What makes this book stand out is that it is the autobiography/memoir of an individual with Asperger's. Instead of textbook, medical journal-type information about the disorder, you get a first-hand account. Asperger's is one of what I call (and the author, John Elder Robison, does too) a hidden disability. Unlike the characteristic facial features of Down syndrome or seeing someone in a wheelchair, an "Aspergian's" disabilities are hidden; they don't wear their disabilities on their sleeve, so when they act out of the norm they are viewed as a social deviant rather than someone who has a disability. Reading books like this reminds me that every individual has their own unique view of each and every experience in life--just like reading a book--each of us will take home a different message even though we read the same words.

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