Edda is taking refuge from Daniel on my lap (where he has to use gentle hands to pet her) so she’s going to help me with my quick takes this week.
Orphans. Do you see these two sweet children?
Brett still needs a mama. Iris finally has a family committed to her and they are compiling their dossier to send to her country.
Click on their names to see their Reece’s Rainbow pages.
“Mom of the Year” material here. Just a word of advice: if your child has been terrified of car washes in the past, it’s not incredibly good to take him through one because “he might have gotten over his fear”. It’s sensory hell and in addition to your kid flipping out to the point that they puke, you’ll also have a headache from the screaming.
Totally the “Mom of the Year” here.
Fasting for peace. I’m not sure what I’ll be fasting from because I’ll be with my parents but I’m taking part. There’s also a beautiful prayer here. (HT: Fr. James Martin, S.J)
Where bloggers blog. There’s a Tumblr that is showing pictures of where bloggers blog. I haven’t submitted one yet but I’m considering it.
Al Franken delivers. A couple weeks ago, I posted about some harmless political fun. He offered to let people vote on what Minnesota State Fair food he would eat in a virtual postcard to supporters. The verdict: deep-fried pickles with chocolate sauce. To spare you having to surf to one of his donation pages, I’m embedding the video below. (The actual eating of the pickles is at 1:18.)
And no, I don’t live in Minnesota — I just like Al Franken. 🙂
Wow. When Jon went to pick Daniel up today, his teacher asked why we hadn’t told her that he knew all his capital letters. Ummm… because we didn’t know? It sounds like someone has been paying attention during Circle Time! Go Daniel!
Hot hot hot! It’s supposed to be in the triple digits this weekend. Seriously, I’m wishing it was December in Montana with sub-zero temperatures. I hate heat. At least when it’s that cold, you can put a ton of layers on. When it’s this hot, you can only take so much off.
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<3 #6! That's awesome. Surprises like that rock.
Love your new picture banner! We had a surprise when our son started spelling his name on the blanket that his grandmother made him. Shocked us as well!
#7, right there with you on that one!
That’s what I always say: you can always add a layer, but you can only get so naked. Stay cool, my friend.
Go Daniel on all those capital letters! 😀
I seriously had a childhood flashback when you mentioned the car wash thing.
There was this car wash that my mom went to when I was a young child that I had the hardest time making heads or tails of… It was back before they had the “touchless” car washes so it had big blue spinning brushes that came down over the windshield and along the sides and I was terrified of it… because I was completely convinced that the brushes were the Martians from Sesame Street (because that’s what they looked like before they started spinning) and that they were coming to attack me and eat me. So, I’d spend the entire time shrieking and crying and hiding my eyes… and then when it was all over I’d be like, “Go again?”
Yeah, I was a weird child.
#3 – only prayer has a chance of making a difference for the people of Syria
#4 – good stuff; if I submit my space I will have to straighten it up a bit (like I bet everyone else did!)
I feel bad for laughing at #2 a bit. Poor guy and poor mama! And #6- WOOHOO DANIEL!!!
Would love to try those fried pickles with chocolate sauce!