love thursday

 

On this Love Thursday, you'll find us knee-deep in cookies and singing about beluga whales.

Earlier this week, Charlie came home from school singing, "Baby beluga in the deep . . . grunt, pout, frustration. I don't know mama. More grunting. What is that song?"

I tried to find our old Raffi CD, but no luck (it's hard to keep track of these things when your kids are six years apart). Right when I was ready to give up, Ellen said, "Google it!" We found this great video on YouTube, with real beluga whales, no less. I took several pictures of Charlie watching, but my favorite is this one. I love how his little mouth and cheeks gear up for the "ba-looooo-ga."

 

On the cookie front, Ellen and I are very busy sorting, packing and delivering Girl Scout cookies. We're having a great time. I called my mom to complain about the 20 or so cases littering our house, but I didn’t get very far. She interrupted the whining to remind me about the time that she naively volunteered to be the district cookie drop-off destination and an 18-wheeler filled to the brim with cookie cases pulled up in front of our small duplex in New Orleans.

 

Ahhh, perspective.

Comments

[Jen A.]

I'm totally sad that no one....NO ONE...came our way selling Girl Scout cookies. I heard there are some great new flavors.

Need to sell a few more boxes?! :)

I like the perspective story. Leave it to good ole' mom to nip some complaining in the bud. :)

[nyjlm]

Very sweet- love the pursed lips ready for singing. And leave it to today's children to recommend "Google it!"

I'm here via Jen Lemen's blog- and loving what I've read of the archives.

[Dawn]

Charlie looks big and just like his parents - already hooked up to a mac!

[bleeding espresso]

Came here via Love Thursday and I'll be sticking around; you have quite an interesting place here :)