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The nice thing about being poor is that when your kids receive any present, lame or wonderful they are super grateful. I shouldn't say we are poor but after the bills are paid not much more is left over for anything besides groceries. Birthdays and Christmas are super exciting for my boys because they know that they will get presents.

My favorite memory from this Christmas was how super excited they were opening presents early Christmas morning. Every time they opened up a present, even if the present was not on their wish list they would exclaim, "THIS IS WHAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED!" It warmed my heart and filled our morning with much joy. If there were rewards given for the best gift receivers of Christmas 2013 I'm sure my boys would win or at the very least be nominated.
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Surprise! This blog post is a 2fer. Two blog post for the price of one.

My six-year-old LOVES movies. He loves watching them and wants to know everything he can about his favorite movie. For any movie he's watched or has seen a movie poster or a DVD case he can name the production company of that movie. As I type this sentence I shout across the room, "Hey Ollie who produced the movie, Indiana Jones?" in which he responds in a matter of seconds, "Paramount and Lucas Film ltd."

Ollie LOVES to draw and is always drawing. Always drawing. One of his favorite things to draw are movie posters for movies he's made. We have gone through so many reams of white printer paper that I have a hard time knowing what to do with all the stacks of paper. I find pencil drawings on white paper all around the house. I've just started collecting them in brown paper bags and storing them in the garage and on occasion when the boys aren't looking I have tossed the papers in the recycling bin.

I was going through Ollie's drawings this morning and I found this one. A small movie poster for a movie he created called, "Eating so much Ketchup and Mustard 2." Reading this made me laugh out loud as well as swell with pride. Why I laughed I don't think needs much explanation but the pride came because my homeschooled first grader spelled the word ketchup correctly.