Monday, February 9, 2009

COFLAC Valentines Party

Yesterday was our monthly COFLAC event. Three families got together and had a Valentines Party at the Hilliard Senior Center. They had homemade playdough, cookie decorating, valentine bag decorating and lots of games and food. With all of that, I think the kids were most entertained by a small riser stage. They climbed up on one side, ran across and jumped off of the other side. Collin had fun trying out some of the wrestling moves he has picked up from his cousins. I think he met his match in Brandon, who was very willing to participate Collin's WWE Smackdown! I hope Collin is not going to be a bully. I kind of got the feeling one of the mom's didn't appreciate Collin's antics, but, what can you do? They are boys and they are going to play hard.







Collin was popular with a couple of the ladies as well. He gave and received his very first Valentines. He was just happy to see a bunch of suckers! The Valentines he passed out were really cute. They were little cards with animals that he colored with a sucker stuck on them. He colored each and every one of them all by himself.They had a speaker come in to talk about a Guatemalan charity and all of the kids were actually very quiet-EXCEPT- you guessed it...Mr. Wilson Jr. There were a couple of older kids that would try to help him to be quiet and say "SSSHHH" but that just made him laugh and say "SSSHH" to them. Hey, he's only 2 what do you expect?






At the end of the party they had a heart pinata. They let the little kids go first and Collin jumped right up. He grabbed the bat backwards and ran up to the pinata and then hit it with his fist! Everybody started laughing so he played it up even more-what a ham. He went back to his spot to sit down and looked so proud of himself. The room got quiet when the next kid stepped up and you hear Collin yell "Ready...Set...GO"! He was quite the party animal...hhmmm...kind of reminds me of someone???






Unfortunately, we had to make an emergency exit from the party do to a big nasty bootie to the back of the neck blow out! Here's daddy figuring out what that smell is!?!?!

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Guatoberfest Cruise 2009

My soapbox about the Advent Conspiracy

I came across this video on another blog. I have to admit I only looked at it for entertainment value. I assumed with a title like that, it had to be some wacko conspiracy theory and who doesn't need a good laugh. Suprisingly enough it really touched me and made me think. It didn't grab my interest because of it's religious value, because that's not really my thing. I am not the type of person that flaunts religion or believes in pushing your beliefs onto others. It touched me because of it's human value and because it shows me how quickly I forget.

When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.


I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.

Advent Conspiracy