good analogy of Obama's 'redistribution of wealth' concept

A friend shared this email with me today and I thought I would share it with others.

'In a local restaurant my server had on a 'Obama 08' tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference--just imagine the coincidence. When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him thatI was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He stood therein disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip tosomeone who I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside. The serverangrily stormed from my sight. I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the serverinside as I've decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy wasgrateful. At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I realizedthe homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiterwas pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though theactual recipient needed the money more. I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in conceptthan in practical application.'

Well He Finally Did It!!!!

Yesterday morning PJ took his first steps BY HIMSELF! He walked from me to Anya a few short steps. He is doing the same today. Sigh. . . . . Our baby boy walking. He had his first birthday last Thursday. Our family is still in awe of what joy and love he brings to this family. I once asked my mom about how she managed to love 7 kids so much. She reassured me that with each child the love was not divided but multiplied. I sure have learned that with each addition to our family. . . . . . the love just multiplies.

"what is defeat?"

Being a mom of three children who all started learning the English language 3 years ago can be entertaining and frustrating at the same time. My older girls would much rather ask me what a word is than use a dictionary. Today the question was "mom what is defeat?" I answered, laughed and then told her to look it up in the dictionary. While she looked it up I grabbed the camera to share what happened :).

PJ cruising but will never say "Mama"

Well my sweet baby is cruising with assitance of a walker and loving every minute of it. He makes my heart smile so much. I am convinced though that he will be able to verbalize the declaration of independance word for word before ever being able to say the word "mama." HE usually breaks out in laughter when I ask him to say it, as if saying "not as long as you ask me to do it." He says "dada" all the time, I have heard him say "babba", "anya" "hi" and Galina thinks she heard him say Galina (hee hee).

Here is some video of the hunk of love.
excuse the unsnapped pj bottoms :)

WOOOOHOOO

Wooo hooo Peter and I went out on a date with NO KIDS! The last time we tried a date we brought PJ and he wanted nothing to do with a nice quiet evening out. So today the kids all stayed home and Peter and I went for a lunch out and then a movie. We saw American Carol. Over all a good movie....wish they did use so much profanity but it was refreshing to see a movie making fun of the other side.

What dreams are made of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dreaming of having children you dream of pitter patter of feet, children's laughter, early Christmas mornings and so much more. One of those things is your children putting on a little talent show performing only for mom and dad. Our kids are performers and love to put on little shows for us. This past week Anya has had plenty of time to self teach herself on the piano (after much prayer and consideration she has been pulled from public school, we are currently enrolled in a home charter school and applying to a few private schools). She has been working on "Silent Night". The past couple of days she has mastered it pretty good. With the vidoe camera she didn't do as well but still precious never the less. Thought I would share.