A fun day

On Sunday we visited my grandparents for the day. First, we went to visit my dad's parents as it was my grandpa's birthday. Jenna was excited to tell him 'happy birthday' and she did as soon as she saw him. We had a yummy pizza lunch, during which one of Jenna's favorite people arrived...my cousin Faith. Well, really Faith is a favorite of all of us. She's 10...well, she'd probably tell you that she's 10 and 3/4 and full of life and a lot of energy. As you can imagine, a 10 year old 'big girl' is the bomb-diggity to a 2 year old girl. If Faith leaves Jenna's eyesight, she will start wandering through the house searching until she finds her. When we finished eating I asked Jenna if she needed to go potty. Of course she said no, so I told her that she could tell Faith when she needed to go and that Faith would help her. What happened then? Jenna full-out sprinted to Faith and whispered that she needed to go potty. She refused my help and would only let Faith help. Faith loved it...the first 3 times it happened. :)

After visiting my dad's side of the family, we headed to Grammie's - my mom's mom. Her birthday was on Saturday. Jenna made her a picture during the car ride and was very proud of herself. She was however also over wishing other people happy birthday and instead of telling Grammie happy birthday, she said 'happy birthday to me!' when we walked into Gram's house. We took Gram out for dinner and then headed home a little after Jenna's bedtime. After a day without a nap, she fell asleep and dozed the whole way home.

Oscars Anyone?

So, what did you think of the Oscars? I tend to enjoy watching the red carpet, the best supporting, best actor/actress, and best picture awards, but the rest usually bores me.

 

We were busy visiting (Jenna’s) great-grandparents yesterday for various birthday celebrations, so we didn’t get home until the show was about ½ over. So, my assessment might not be the best, but I thought that Anne Hathaway was charming. She has a humor about her that appeals to me. I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t as impressed with James Franco. It really seemed to me that she was carrying the load. I didn’t think he did terrible, but he just isn’t as likeable to me and also doesn’t seem to be quite as quick-witted as she is.

 

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale: I haven’t seen The Fighter, so I guess I can’t really judge this pick. Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo were both great in their respective movies.  I would have been happy seeing either of them win.

 

Best Supporting Actress

Melissa Leo: As mentioned, I haven’t seen the fighter. She probably does great, but I was hoping that Haliee Steinfeld would win. I haven’t seen True Grit either (so there’s no real basis for my support), but I’ve seen her interviewed a few times and found her very refreshing. Not to mention that she looked amazing! She’s at such a difficult age for these award shows. She will get grief for dressing too child-like, but also for dressing too grown-up. I think her stylist found a perfect fit for her and they did a great job with accessories, hair and makeup.

 

Best Actress

Natalie Portman: I was happy to see that she won. Plus, kudos to her for being able to remember all of the people she thanked. She didn’t miss a beat and probably didn’t forget anyone. Aaron said that he bets that she names her baby Oscar.

 

I do have a bit of a bone to pick with the nominators though.  I really liked The Kids are Alright, but I thought that Julianne Moore’s performance was better than Annette Benning’s. Does anyone out there agree with me? Why did Annette get all of the nominations?

 

Best Actor

Colin Firth: The only movie I’ve seen that the nominees were in was the Social Network (Jesse Eisenberg). I thought it was a great movie and he was great in it, but I also don’t think that Mark Zuckerberg was a huge stretch for Jesse Eisenberg to play. So, I guess that it’s cool that Colin won. I’m sure he did great in The King’s Speech.

 

Best Picture

The King’s Speech: Haven’t seen it, but it sounds alright. Another bone that I have to pick with the nominating committee, I really thought that The Town deserved a nomination. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. I liked The Town better than all of the nominated movies I’ve seen: The Social Network, Inception, The Kids are Alright, and Toy Story 3 (1000 times). Since it wasn’t an option, I’d say that I think The Kids are Alright was my favorite, but I’m not sure it was quite best picture winner worthy (it definitely deserved the nomination). I thought that Inception was neat, but it wasn’t my favorite movie ever – plus, I’ve heard that it is a rip-off of a Disney Scrooge McDuck Comic book? I’ve seen Toy Story 3 too many times to give an unbiased opinion (I’m over it).

 

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