And now I'm stealing from you, Bonnie.
My color is PINK. ( Spacefem.com).
Your dominant hues are red and magenta. You love doing your own thing and going on your own adventures, but there are close friends you know you just can't leave behind. You can influence others on days when you're patient, but most times you just want to go out, have fun, and do your own thing.Your saturation level is high - you get into life and have a strong personality. Everyone you meet will either love you or hate you - either way, your goal is to get them to change the world with you. You are very hard working and don't have much patience for people without your initiative.Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation
Monday, November 19, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Thursday, November 1, 2007
I'm Eating Halloween Candy
As we speak.Anyway, here is the princess and the brave little lion. Cecelia got to be something girly for the first time. Up until this point she's only been a variety of animals.
Delaney was in her bumbo chair last year and this year she carried her own bucket for trick-or-treating. Hard to believe.
The picture of Cecelia in the wig is just for fun. It's hysterical.
I brought the girls to Bill's work to trick-or-treat. We, I mean they made out like bandits.
Cecelia went door to door as well. We're rolling in the chocolate, baby.
Hope you all had a fun Halloween. Thanks for sending me and posting pics of your little goblins. What we do do without them???
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Bill To The Rescue
The pictures were saved by my computer Angel, Bill. As much as I hate to admit it, there are just some things that he's better at. Ouch, that hurt.So, here they are. Pictures of the girls. They are suddenly friends. I love it and have been waiting for this for a year and a half! I think now that Delaney can pull her own weight she likes to play with Cecelia more.
My brother, Dave, came for a quick night and the girls were SO happy to have him here. They were sad to see him go, that's for sure.
We had a week of really warm weather last month so we pulled the baby pool out from the shed and the girls got a bonus weekend of fun in the sun. It was wierd to have such warm weather, yet have leaves already fallen on the ground.
We also celebrated Bill's birthday on October 3rd. We will be the same age until I get older in a week. Happy Birthday, honey.
Then, we've just got Delaney is all sort of get-up. As mentioned before, Laney likes to walk around with viewmaster cards on her feet. You're guess is as good as mine.
Anyway, enjoy!
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
To Go Along With...
my friend Barbara's lastest blogs on organic food I decided to look up some information on the effect of pesticides and hormones in our children's food. From what I've gathered, and please help me out here, the following seem to be the biggies in buying organic:
apples, apple juice, milk, tomatoes and tomato products (ketsup), potatoes, sugar, eggs, pork, chicken and beef.
My big question here is: what about these products that are already put in to a pre-made dinner? As much as I would love to make everything homemade, it's just not a reality.
Advise??
Pesticides and Food:Why Children May be Especially Sensitive to Pesticides
Infants and children may be especially sensitive to health risks posed by pesticides for several reasons:
their internal organs are still developing and maturing,
in relation to their body weight, infants and children eat and drink more than adults, possibly increasing their exposure to pesticides in food and water.
certain behaviors--such as playing on floors or lawns or putting objects in their mouths--increase a child's exposure to pesticides used in homes and yards.
Pesticides may harm a developing child by blocking the absorption of important food nutrients necessary for normal healthy growth. Another way pesticides may cause harm is if a child's excretory system is not fully developed, the body may not fully remove pesticides. Also, there are "critical periods" in human development when exposure to a toxin can permanently alter the way an individual's biological system operates.
For these reasons, and as specifically required under the Food Quality Protection Act (1996) , EPA carefully evaluates children's exposure to pesticide residues in and on foods they most commonly eat, i.e., apples and apple juice, orange juice, potatoes, tomatoes, soybean oil, sugar, eggs, pork, chicken and beef. EPA is also evaluating new and existing pesticides to ensure that they can be used with a reasonable certainty of no harm to adults as well as infants and children
Nationally, acute lymphoblastic leukemia is up 10.7 percent over the past two decades, pediatrician Philip Landrigan said recently at a meeting sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency. Brain cancer is up 30 percent. Osteogenic sarcoma -- a type of bone cancer -- has gone up 50 percent, and testicular cancer is up 60 percent in men under 30.
"No one can tell us why this is happening,'' EPA administrator Carol Browner says.
Some evidence points to pesticides.
Children may also be disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of pesticides on their health. A 2004 study of 4,000 schoolchildren in California showed that exposure to pesticides in the first year of life increased the risk of childhood asthma. In this study, pesticides caused disease in children's lungs right alongside other environmental pollutants such as tobacco smoke, soot, and cockroach droppings. Cancer in children may also be related to pesticide exposure: a 2003 study of pesticide applicators in Iowa and North Carolina found that parental exposure to pesticides increased the risk of cancer in their children. And while pesticides have in the past been linked to reproductive problems in men, a 2003 study of boys in Kerala, India, linked exposure to the pesticide endosulfan with delayed sexual maturity. Endosulfan is banned in several countries but is still widely used in the US on strawberries, squash, and pecans.
Can Hormones in Food Harm Kids?
To date, no specific studies have been done on the health effects of hormones in food on children, who can be more vulnerable to substances that don’t harm adults. Because children have relatively low natural levels of the sex hormones in their bodies, some experts believe that even small increases are cause for concern. "The younger you are [when exposed], the greater the risks," says Samuel Epstein, M.D., professor of occupational and environmental medicine at the University of Illinois Medical Center and founder of Cancer Prevention Coalition.
Some experts, such as D. Lindsey Berkson, author of Hormone Deception (Contemporary Books, 2000), worry that hormones in the food supply could be at least partly responsible for early puberty. The average age for a girl’s first period is now between 12.5 to 12.9 for white girls and around 12.2 for black girls, younger than at the turn of the century, though by how much is not known conclusively. However, at this point, a link between hormones and early puberty has not been established by researchers.
What about natural plant estrogens, or phytoestrogens? These substances, found in many foods, such as whole grains, pumpkin, zucchini, carrots, garlic, cabbage and soy, have a mild estrogen-like effect. In the end, though, phytoestrogens aren't nearly as worrisome as the hormones given to animals.
In the face of all that’s unknown about hormones in our food supply, a cautious approach may be warranted. Limiting your child’s intake of hormones from food can be done fairly simply. See Hormones in Our Food: How to Eat Less of Them.
apples, apple juice, milk, tomatoes and tomato products (ketsup), potatoes, sugar, eggs, pork, chicken and beef.
My big question here is: what about these products that are already put in to a pre-made dinner? As much as I would love to make everything homemade, it's just not a reality.
Advise??
Pesticides and Food:Why Children May be Especially Sensitive to Pesticides
Infants and children may be especially sensitive to health risks posed by pesticides for several reasons:
their internal organs are still developing and maturing,
in relation to their body weight, infants and children eat and drink more than adults, possibly increasing their exposure to pesticides in food and water.
certain behaviors--such as playing on floors or lawns or putting objects in their mouths--increase a child's exposure to pesticides used in homes and yards.
Pesticides may harm a developing child by blocking the absorption of important food nutrients necessary for normal healthy growth. Another way pesticides may cause harm is if a child's excretory system is not fully developed, the body may not fully remove pesticides. Also, there are "critical periods" in human development when exposure to a toxin can permanently alter the way an individual's biological system operates.
For these reasons, and as specifically required under the Food Quality Protection Act (1996) , EPA carefully evaluates children's exposure to pesticide residues in and on foods they most commonly eat, i.e., apples and apple juice, orange juice, potatoes, tomatoes, soybean oil, sugar, eggs, pork, chicken and beef. EPA is also evaluating new and existing pesticides to ensure that they can be used with a reasonable certainty of no harm to adults as well as infants and children
Nationally, acute lymphoblastic leukemia is up 10.7 percent over the past two decades, pediatrician Philip Landrigan said recently at a meeting sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency. Brain cancer is up 30 percent. Osteogenic sarcoma -- a type of bone cancer -- has gone up 50 percent, and testicular cancer is up 60 percent in men under 30.
"No one can tell us why this is happening,'' EPA administrator Carol Browner says.
Some evidence points to pesticides.
Children may also be disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of pesticides on their health. A 2004 study of 4,000 schoolchildren in California showed that exposure to pesticides in the first year of life increased the risk of childhood asthma. In this study, pesticides caused disease in children's lungs right alongside other environmental pollutants such as tobacco smoke, soot, and cockroach droppings. Cancer in children may also be related to pesticide exposure: a 2003 study of pesticide applicators in Iowa and North Carolina found that parental exposure to pesticides increased the risk of cancer in their children. And while pesticides have in the past been linked to reproductive problems in men, a 2003 study of boys in Kerala, India, linked exposure to the pesticide endosulfan with delayed sexual maturity. Endosulfan is banned in several countries but is still widely used in the US on strawberries, squash, and pecans.
Can Hormones in Food Harm Kids?
To date, no specific studies have been done on the health effects of hormones in food on children, who can be more vulnerable to substances that don’t harm adults. Because children have relatively low natural levels of the sex hormones in their bodies, some experts believe that even small increases are cause for concern. "The younger you are [when exposed], the greater the risks," says Samuel Epstein, M.D., professor of occupational and environmental medicine at the University of Illinois Medical Center and founder of Cancer Prevention Coalition.
Some experts, such as D. Lindsey Berkson, author of Hormone Deception (Contemporary Books, 2000), worry that hormones in the food supply could be at least partly responsible for early puberty. The average age for a girl’s first period is now between 12.5 to 12.9 for white girls and around 12.2 for black girls, younger than at the turn of the century, though by how much is not known conclusively. However, at this point, a link between hormones and early puberty has not been established by researchers.
What about natural plant estrogens, or phytoestrogens? These substances, found in many foods, such as whole grains, pumpkin, zucchini, carrots, garlic, cabbage and soy, have a mild estrogen-like effect. In the end, though, phytoestrogens aren't nearly as worrisome as the hormones given to animals.
In the face of all that’s unknown about hormones in our food supply, a cautious approach may be warranted. Limiting your child’s intake of hormones from food can be done fairly simply. See Hormones in Our Food: How to Eat Less of Them.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
I'm Freaking Out....
My first digital nightmare has arrived. I just downloaded 80 plus pictures off of my camera in to the computer, and then proceeded to delete the pictures off of my camera. When I went to upload the pictures from the computer in to Shutterfly THEY WEREN'T THERE!!!!!
I feel sick. I had pictures of the girls out back during the week long Indian summer we had. Little Delaney was swimmin' in the buff and I had the cutest pictures of her little tush. I had pictures of Cecelia helping me make Bill's birthday cake, pictures of Bill's birthday. Tons of pictures of the daycare kids playing, not to mention all the pictures of the girls cuddling up and playing with eachother!
I don't know if the pictures are gone for good, I will be so bummed if I can't find them.
Stupid digital.
I feel sick. I had pictures of the girls out back during the week long Indian summer we had. Little Delaney was swimmin' in the buff and I had the cutest pictures of her little tush. I had pictures of Cecelia helping me make Bill's birthday cake, pictures of Bill's birthday. Tons of pictures of the daycare kids playing, not to mention all the pictures of the girls cuddling up and playing with eachother!
I don't know if the pictures are gone for good, I will be so bummed if I can't find them.
Stupid digital.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
John & Kate Plus 8
I found this show a while back on TLC. I watched a few episodes last night with Bill and we were just rolling. This couple has a set of 6 year old twins and also 2 year old sextuplets. They just turned 30 and they have 8 kids.
If you think your house is wild you have to check out this family. My hat is off to the parents who are extremely organized and such a well oiled machine. The kids are beyond adorable.
I think you can check the show out on TLC as well as the Discovery Health Channel. I guarantee you'll love it!
If you think your house is wild you have to check out this family. My hat is off to the parents who are extremely organized and such a well oiled machine. The kids are beyond adorable.
I think you can check the show out on TLC as well as the Discovery Health Channel. I guarantee you'll love it!
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