Friday Night at the Nowak's

Can I get a whooop whooop!!  OH yeah we are livin' large here. Charlie is working tonight but the rest of us are keeping up morale at the old homestead.

Friday night is usually "make your own pizza night" here at the Nowak household, so here are the kids' pizza masterpieces.  Brooke and Zach going calzone style, Miles very traditional...

(We had a big agenda tonight so Zach didn't do one of his regular countries of the world pizzas, but normally his pizzas are in the shapes of different countries.) Along with the pizza, I got BIG points for offering soda...and better yet, in the form of nostalgic bottling. When I was a kid I was not allowed much soda...it was definitely a treat item, so when I see these bottles I always think that drinking from them isn't just having a treat but creating a memory. Brooke, especially, was impressed.

After dinner we took a neighborhood bike ride, then we headed back just in time for the Presidential debate tonight.  I asked who was joining me to watch McCain and Obama....these were the responses:

• Zach, who could clearly be president of the Young Republicans Club at the elementary school, if one existed, lectured me on how the democrats have totally screwed up the economic welfare of the country...something about Democratic congress...I was crunching ice and trying so hard to keep it together and not crack up at his enthusiasm. He was quite adamant. Evidently some teachers at school have been sharing their political views.  Although, the fact that McCain is a POW and Zach's loyalty to this country and it's veterans, is really all she wrote...after that, he went up to watch a movie with Brooke...so clearly he's a part time republican..like between the hours of 8 am and 8 pm....not during recreational hours, thank you..it's great to be 11 years old huh?

• Miles opted to hang downstairs with me, probably because there wasn't any football on tonight, to watch the debates.  About 25 minutes in he got frustrated with the CNN analysts “just passing out points” and wondering what the basis and structure of the point system was, that he ended up watching a movie somewhere else in the house...he really likes rules and defined structure.  Before leaving the room Miles suggested a whisper voiceover, a la spelling bees or golf, during the debates…umm, he also suggested popcorn with m&m’s be delivered to him..neither of these things may happen….ok maybe the popcorn/m&m’s because I want some too, and it would be wrong to fill the house with the smell of popcorn and not share...right???

Now is a great time to let people know that peanut m&m's are my favorite snack and when mixed with popcorn...they can only get better.  Add a Dr. Pepper to that and you've got pure magic...MAGIC!!  I know what you are all thinking..I should package the three together and call it like "Fruits of the Gods" or something like that...great idea...I'll begin marketing it right away..I'll start with my local health food stores. Who says I don't know a recipe for success when I see one?

At any rate, our evening was peaceful, fun, snack happy and I'm on my way to deciding who I am voting for for President of these United States...that's right...whoever likes popcorn with m&m's most...OH I'm kidding...maybe!!!!