Tornadoes

We are all fine! The tornadoes didn't hit us.They hit in Suffolk which is VERY close to us. About 15 miles. We were ready if they were going to hit us though. We had a plan, when I said "go" the kids were going to grab a pillow from the couch,I was grabbing Mason and heading to the downstairs bathroom. They were frightened but prepared.

I want a better life

Today, on the way to Walmart, Jacob says to me "my friends have a better life than me". I say "What are to talking about?" Jacob" My friends have everything they want." Then he goes on to name gaming systems and such. I told him "Jacob, just because your friends have the latest and greatest doesn't mean they have a better life. Things don't make a great life, spending time with family and love make a great life. And you have a great life. Things are not important." His reply "yeah,I guess".


So now I feel like I need to show him how great of a life he really does have. I don't know how I'm going to do this but I'm going to try. Any suggestions?

BPA

Bisphenol-A,what the heck is it? Its a chemical that is in plastic, mostly polycarbonate. I don't know all the plastic it is in but I do know it's in my sons bottles."Avent"brand and it's in many other popular brand name bottles.It seems glass may be the only safe alternative. I'm so angry and scared about this,Mason has been using these bottles for almost a year. And I know a lot of other kids have too. What harm has it done. None that I can tell but it's the long term that I'm worried about. Possibly early onset of puberty or worse, prostate cancer later in life? And to make it all worse Mason loves to have his morning milk in these bottles. I've tried to transition him to a sippy in the morning but he throws it in the floor and cries for the bottle. We are still working on it. We stopped heating the bottles in the microwave hoping that this is at least a little safer.
Check out this site for some good info.
http://zrecs.blogspot.com/2007/07/z-report-bisphenol-in-polycarbonate.html
Canada has already banned BPA. I think we sould follow suit. One less plastic can only be a good thing.

Sharing a Smoothie

Our MVP

He looks so grown up here.

Jacob had his first game of the season Friday,they lost that game but won Saturdays game. We took him to get ice cream that night because he had to miss McDonalds with his team. He's a good player,he hit a double in the game Saturday. Pete is the pitcher for their team, so maybe Jacob has a slight advantage. Pete says he feels guilty when he strikes out his own son. Who knows, Jacob could really be an MVP in the big league some day.

Rededication

Emily was rededicated in Girl Scouts last week. It was a nice ceremony.I'm bias,I'm the co-leader so I planned it with Cindy our leader. Emily is the oldest girl in our troop and the only one who has been in Girl Scouts before so, she was rededicated while the other girls were invested. It was short ceremony considering there are only 6 girls in our troop and one girl was sick and could not attend. I'm having fun being a leader and Emily enjoys it too.
We took a tour of Pete's ship Sat. afternoon for our Navy Pride badge. It was really neat. The girls seemed interested and even asked questions. One of the girls dad came along, I think he had the most fun.

Kid Brother

Jacob rolling his eyes"not again"!


Kid brother,Kid brother,whatever I do,he does. Mason wants to be just like Jacob,video games and all.