... ?" Suddenly my daughter Bethany, who is only 11 years old said "stupid man, doesn't he realise it's just a metaphor used by the poet to illustrate the fact that Christ brings peace to the world!" Out of the mouths of babes and infants... Christmas grace and peace, A

As I posted last week, I made a pot of beef ragout as a salute to fall (for the record: I hate this on and off Daylight Savings idiocy we do twice a year). I made such a huge batch - damned thing grows like Topsy - that I gave a good sized container to my stepdaughter, who served it last night. Quoteth the 6 year old granddaughter, "It tastes really good, but it looks like dogfood." ...

I'm not a fan of making "pundits" out of the precocious, however, this kid has a pretty compelling perspective. I would certainly support my kid in making a stand which seems well considered and equally courageous in his display of civil disobedience. I would also make them take the punishment which comes with it. One must learn that conviction comes at a price. It is ...

... lead. A Rigney double and Cobb's second single of the day tie the score 1-1 in the 6th, but when Ty is erased by Schang trying to nab second, curses never before heard by this writer out of budding mouths make me wince. Apparently Mr. Cobb also has his detractors among the younger set. Ruth's fourth trip to the plate is a short fly to center, which has our gang briefly buzzing, but ...

Another stellar Republican moment: John Shadegg (R-Upchuck, AZ) grabs a baby as a prop and inserts free-market pablum ventriloquism into the already infantile Republican health care arguments ("Maddy believes in freedom.... Maddy believes in patient choice health care."). Maddy, as soon as she reaches the age of majority, is probably going to sue the living shit out of you, Mr. ...

As I write Mr. Pink and the minis are off to the NC State football game. I am going to a baby shower and am glad to have some "girl" time. The above shirt is one I bought from the Kelly's Kids catalog this year so mini#2 could wear to NC State games. Hello- it's red/white. Perfect! I laid it out last night for him and he said "It's going to make me nervous"...to be ...

I walked in to get Luke after a nap a while back and caught him looking like this... Notice anything on his face? I wish I could say it was due to something cute, like trying to rub lotion on his own adorable cheeks, but no.... I caught him sucking on a tube of diaper creme. No, I'm not kidding.He thought it was pretty funny. Not to mention tasty. The diaper creme is now well hidden, in ...

Leroy made a card for our Summertime beach neighbours, because he heard that his favourite friend, their beloved dog Sasha, died this week. (Click on each pic to see enlarged detail and to read the inside...) (the two yellow things are dog bones, Sasha is in the cloud, the yellow coloured-in shape is a boomerang, my dog Fluffy has the green ears, and the little dog behind her is another dog in ...

Ok, maybe I'm biased but my kids are FUNNY. Here are just a few of the latest things they've been doing: TRISTAN "Be sure to hold onto the rail Mom or you will fall down the stairs and crack your head open." Not just "fall down and get hurt" but fall down and crack your HEAD OPEN. Once he included "and have to go to the hospital and a doctor will have to sew your ...

Last night as I was driving home from church after speaking at MOPS, a nine year old little girl with the sweetest voice was reciting this passage over the air waves: 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will {not} grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. ...

A couple of funnies.. This one is an oldie but goodie from when Kate was about four.She wanted to watch "the pig movie." Which one? We tried to guess: Babe? Old McDonald? No, neither of those. Her tiny forehead wrinkled in thoughtand then her eyes lit up. "Charlotte's Website!" she exclaimed. This morning, as Trey was sitting on ...

I am a very cautious driver. In fact, before last Sunday, I hadn't been pulled over in over four years. I might always be dealing with kids yelling for something or other, but I'm cautious and careful. And like every other cautious and careful driver it bugs me when other drivers are not as cautious and careful. In fact I might, maybe, just a bit, sometimes yell at these people. From ...

Gene Loves Jezebel - From The Mouths Of Babes: Some of the best of Gene Loves Jezebel EAC rip | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG -> 311 MB | Full Scans 300 dpi -> 34 MB | RAR 3% Rec. | RS.com Glam Rock | Label: Avalanche Records | Catalog Number: AVR-0021 | Year: 1995 “Not quite new wave, nor Goth, or even pop, Gene Loves Jezebel falls into that catagory of ...

My 2-year old nephew can be pretty funny. I guess he's just starting to eat with silverware but wants to assert his independence. He was eating the other day and picked up a few items, put them on a spoon, and tipped them over before the spoon reached his mouth. He looked sternly at the food and said "hang on tight!"

Over the weekend, someone sent my husband a link to a video called “The Girl Who Silenced the World” from 1992 where a 12 year old girl named Severn Suzuki addresses the UN’s Earth Summit Meeting in Rio de Janeiro. Severn essentially gives the panel and every living adult a well-articulated lashing for leaving the planet in this state for her generation to contend with. Had the Internet ...