my kind of kids!!!

this warms my heart. If only this were the reaction of EVERY child upon hearing the news of a new sibling to share life with!!

I Really Want This!

Has anyone ever seen and used this kind of stroller before? I need to get a stroller for this spring and summer etc. It must be convenient but also be helpful with both Christopher (the baby) and Monica ( my 3 year old).One Step Ahead Baby - Sit 'n Stand Elite Stroller and Double Stroller

One of the Many Reasons I love to read Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean: "Confirmed: These children have turned my brains to mush.
Big Boy: I don’t think Raphael should be outside right now — we’re shooting my BB gun.
Me: Wha? I didn’t know he went outside!
Big Boy: Really? Then who buttoned up his coat for him?
Me: I did."

ZENIT - Magdi Allam Recounts His Path to Conversion

ZENIT - Magdi Allam Recounts His Path to Conversion: "Dear Director, you asked me whether I fear for my life, in the awareness that conversion to Christianity will certainly procure for me yet another, and much more grave, death sentence for apostasy. You are perfectly right. I know what I am headed for but I face my destiny with my head held high, standing upright and with the interior solidity of one who has the certainty of his faith. And I will be more so after the courageous and historical gesture of the Pope, who, as soon has he knew of my desire, immediately agreed to personally impart the Christian sacraments of initiation to me. His Holiness has sent an explicit and revolutionary message to a Church that until now has been too prudent in the conversion of Muslims, abstaining from proselytizing in majority Muslim countries and keeping quiet about the reality of converts in Christian countries. Out of fear. The fear of not being able to protect converts in the face of their being condemned to death for apostasy and fear of reprisals against Christians living in Islamic countries. Well, today Benedict XVI, with his witness, tells us that we must overcome fear and not be afraid to affirm the truth of Jesus even with Muslims."