Pick my Lenten discipline! I’ve decided to take a page from Fr. James Martin, S.J. and allow *someone else* to pick my Lenten discipline for this year. To enter the contest, click here to find the lovely Rafflecopter. The pre-reqs are super easy: leave me a comment and like this blog’s page on Facebook. I suck at updating it so it’s minimal as far as impact to your Facebook wall.
Orphans. Do you see these sweet children?
Brett still needs a mama. Iris finally has a family committed to her and they were supposed to have met her on the 29th.
Rain! I replaced my Old Navy flip-flops a couple days ago and wore them out. It started raining shortly after. You’re welcome, northern California. It’s not stopping me from wearing my flip-flops though. 😉
Sibling rivalry. Daniel climbed into my lap a few minutes ago, wrapped in the afghan my mother-in-law made for my husband when she was pregnant with him 36+ years ago. I sent Jon to go fetch Daniel’s own “mommy blankie” which I made for him when he was a red panda cublet in utero 5 (!!!) years ago. Daniel followed after him, dragging Jon’s afghan like Linus with his blankie. The little monster is back on my lap snuggled up with his own blankie. Edda is sitting on the back of the recliner meowing at me to make Daniel go away because I am *HER* mommy.
Smelly box. One of Daniel’s ABA tutors noticed him smelling his feet and getting excited about me putting alcohol gel on his hands so she suggested a “smelly box” where I put stuff like lip gloss, lotion, and other things he can smell instead of his feet or a pen. (He gets a rather “colorful” face from markers.) Any ideas for things to stick in there or what scents to put in?
And yes, I did get “Smelly Cat” stuck in my head while typing this.
Interesting idea. I was reading Beth Anne’s site and saw this on her sidebar. For those needing a system for keeping track of bills and mail, go check it out!
Special intention. For those praying for my special intention, especially in regard to forgiveness, I wanted to let you know that the prayers for forgiveness are working. Please continue praying for discernment. Thanks from the bottom of my heart.
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I like that idea of things for Daniel to smell. I don’t know if you live near a perfume shop but my friend worked at one that sold weird perfumes like wet dog and chocolate. They were mostly for gag gifts but I always thought it was interesting. You can spray perfumes onto rags for him to smell.
Thanks for the shout out! I wrote a paper for school about that post and everyone loved it! That post is my most viewed post due to it going viral on Pinterest! It’s really saved our sanity the last few months.
Wood chips – maybe cedar, or pine. Coffee beans. Orange peel (changed out regularly). Cinnamon stick. Garlic clove. As I think of more, I’ll write them down.