… Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions - everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses
I love little surprises like these that make me laugh. In case you are clueless as to what the dragon-thing is, it’s a throw-back to our pre-Josiah days when we had lots of time to sit around watching silly things online. Even further proof of how dorky we really are!
Oh, and Josiah loves the pictures Daddy draws him with bath markers, too!
In case you don’t see me around much, my pregnant belly is growing amazingly fast. I’ve already outgrown all my regular pants, unless they are unbuttoned. I really wanted to get one of these, but couldn’t imagine spending that much on a piece of knit fabric, so I made my own. I really like it and it was so easy! Here’s what it looked like last week with my unbuttoned jeans and a non-maternity shirt:
These are some really basic instructions, and you would probably be able to figure this out yourself if you thought about it long enough. First, get half a yard of stretchy knit fabric (this will probably make you two bands). The more stretch, the better, and you also want it to be thick so it can hide your unbuttoned buttons. Measure yourself around your hips and cut your fabric to that length, plus half an inch or so. Be sure to measure your hips and not your waist since it will be sitting there. Sew both ends together to make a tube. Sew that seam down flat on the tube, not sewing the tube closed, but just to keep it from rubbing against your back. Hem the top and bottom of the tube by folding it under twice. Voila. Nothing to it. I even made one with some lace on the bottom for fun. I prefer to wear it folded in half on the lower half of my belly to cover the top of my pants and any area a slightly-too-short-shirt might reveal.
He loved wearing his “deer hat” when we joined our MOPS group to carol at local nursing homes. Josiah sang along, got overly excited, and made up songs as he ran around in circles. Sad you missed it?
These are some of Josiah’s favorite things about Christmas, in no particular order:
-Christmas lights on houses, especially if you have light-up deer, a huge blow-up bear, or some other really large cut outs in your yard.
-Our Christmas tree and the ornaments. He often asks me to sit with him on the couch and “watch tree” or “watch bear on tree”, which is kind of like a game of “I spy” pointing out things on the tree.
-The Christmas story. Every night, we are doing a little advent reading and putting stickers on a nativity scene as we read more about the Christmas story. He loves it, and begs us to read it again each night. We also read the story from a book he has, along with his Bible story book. If you ask him what the angel said to the shepherds, he shouts, “BIG news!” and then all the angels together said, “Glory!” It’s really cute, and I must get it on video. I found a nativity set for him to play with made of little stuffed people and animals. He likes to show the wise men his toys and give baby Jesus a drink from his sippy cup.
-Cookies. Yesterday a friend gave us a plate of Christmas cookies and handed them to Josiah instead of me. Big mistake.
-Christmas photo cards. We have gotten a lot of these this year, full of pictures of babies and cute kids. I strung them up on a ribbon in the kitchen and Josiah loves to sit in front of it and name all the kids. Even if he’s never met your child, he probably knows their name based on their picture! He often shares crackers with the ones on the lower end.
Here is the promised video. Enjoy!
This update is ridiculously late, but better now than never.
We have had a lot of fun with Josiah this month. He is talking nonstop, which is mostly great. He learned that you can view pictures and video clips from the back of the camera, so this means we aren’t getting many pictures or videos these days.
Several of his molars have been working their way through his gums lately which has led to some picky eating and/or refusal to eat. He loves spaghetti noodles (no sauce please) and enjoys trying to slurp them. His next favorite food is probably these graham crackers with different letters on them. Between those crackers, his letter magnets and his ABC puzzle, this kid can identify over half of the uppercase letters of the alphabet. He’s always pointing out letters on shopping carts, street signs and, of course, crackers.
He also loves to count things, and in case you didn’t know, there is always just two, three or six of something. With the weather turning colder at times, we have been amusing ourselves indoors more often, and Josiah is getting better about entertaining himself and making up games. He loves to pretend to be a baby. This is funny for a while, but he thinks that babies only make grunting noises, crawl on the floor, and refuse to do things unless they are called “baby”. Last week, he decided he wouldn’t answer to Josiah, but to “baby Jesus”. That was interesting. Here he is with Mr. Matt, one of his favorite playmates last month. He still asks about him from time-to-time, so Matt, you should come a-visiting again soon.
From Andrew Sullivan @ The Atlantic Monthly (The Daily Dish)
(emphasis mine)
… the deeper reason to support Ron Paul is a simple one. The great forgotten principles of the current Republican party are freedom and toleration. Paul’s federalism, his deep suspicion of Washington power, his resistance to government spending, debt and inflation, his ability to grasp that not all human problems are soluble, least of all by government: these are principles that made me a conservative in the first place. No one in the current field articulates them as clearly and understands them as deeply as Paul. He is a man of faith who nonetheless sees a clear line between religion and politics. More than all this, he has somehow ignited a new movement of those who love freedom and want to rescue it from the do-gooding bromides of the left and the Christianist meddling of the right. The Paulites’ enthusiasm for liberty, their unapologetic defense of core conservative principles, their awareness that in the new millennium, these principles of small government, self-reliance, cultural pluralism, and a humble foreign policy are more necessary than ever - no lover of liberty can stand by and not join them.
He’s the real thing in a world of fakes and frauds. And in a primary campaign where the very future of conservatism is at stake, that cannot be ignored. In fact, it demands support.
Go Ron Paul!
Learn more about Ron Paul at www.ronpaul2008.com
Here’s just one glimpse:
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