A Funny for Friday

Weather forecast

I've not seen a Blizzard forecast before...
not while living in South Dakota,
not while living in Alaska either--

but here in NJ, it's what we've got this afternoon and tonight.

go figure..

Round III

Six already...

Happy Birthday my sweet Princess...

Peek-a-what?

This morning playing with the Peanut,

Six: "Peek-a-POOH!" "Peeek-ah-pooh!! PEEK-A-POOOOOH!"

Four: "It's not peek-a-pooh. That would stink. It's peek-a-chu! Pikachu!"

Me: "Actually, it's neither. It's really peek-a-boo!"

(silence------)

Six: "Peek-a-POOOOHHHHH!!! hmm... That's not too stinky."

Candlemas/Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord

From Festivals Family and Food:

"Candlemas Day takes its name form the blessing of candles on this day for use in church throughout the coming year. It is the feast of the presentation of Christ in the Temple when Simeon hailed him as 'A light to lighten the Gentiles'. Christians used to light candles for Baby Jesus and Mother Mary.."

'If Candlemas Day be fair and bright

Winter will take another flight

If Candlemas Day be cloud and rain

Winter is gone and will not come again.'

More on this feast day here and here.

And craft ideas for today found here.

Sounds like we're having dinner by candlelight tonight. :)

May the light of Christ always shine upon you and yours,

A new favorite

Browsing blogs the other day and came across this one...

Oh Miss Lacy, where have you been all my homeschooling craft-less life?

The thing that I luuurrrve about this blog is that the ideas are up waaaay ahead of time. I need that.

Really. bad. (or is it Really. badly. ??-- looks like I could use a little grammar help as well..)

Between Lacy, Charlotte and a few others, my winter homeschooling is now looking like it's gonna be a whole lot more fun. Enjoy everyone!!

It was our privilege

This past weekend, McGuire opened it's doors to help hundreds (500+) of Haiti evacuees. I was impressed and proud of our military men and women. At the same time, I was humbled and honored to help serve those evacuated.

Last Thursday, as Air Force C-17's dropped off supplies in Haiti, they loaded their cargo bays with evacuees and routed them here in a humanitarian relief effort. The military and local community came together quickly and rounded up food and clothing in a matter of hours. It was truly amazing. One and I spent several hours at the gym Friday thru Sunday helping hand out much needed warm clothing and entertaining children and babies. It was an experience that won't soon be forgotten.

Within hours of notification that evacuees were headed our way, our gym here on base was transformed into this:

The men, women and children (even babies as young as 6 weeks old) were picked up by our logistics folks and transported to the gym where they could rest, get clean warm clothing, eat and seek basic medical attention if needed.

Computer and phone banks were set up so they could contact friends and family members and make travel arrangements.

Evacuees were then transported out to various airports to be reconnected with family and friends. It was a moving three days that left an impression on our whole family. The diversity, mobility, talent and compassion of our military men and women is truly incredible and it makes me all the more grateful to be a small part of that.

Here are some of my more favorite images from those three days:

Wordless Wednesday

Growing baby girl edition...

It's a good thing..

If you all are a fan of the St. Joseph picture books, have I got a deal for you!

Okay, not really me, but Amazon.

Certain St. Joseph picture books are sale for 1.50 for a pack of 10. Not only that, but these packs qualify for their buy four for three promotion. Now these little St. Joseph books are quite handy. I've given them as gifts, kept them in the diaper bag to keep the kids entertained when needed and donated them to our church. Today I replenished my stock and bought 13 packs of ten for $15! That's 130 books for 15 bucks. Whata deal.

Happy Shopping,