Sneaux Day 2008

It actually SNOWED here in south Louisiana. It's hard to believe that snow fell and blanketed the ground five days ago and today it is 73 degrees outside. Here's a picture of my little man seeing snow for the first time. Someone also sent me a picture of LSU's Mike the Tiger enjoying the fluffy stuff (he IS part Siberian after all)



He also decided to help me put up Christmas lights. What a little helper!

Scary Santa

Why is it that my fearless son FREAKED OUT when placed in Santa's lap? Is he that scary looking? I tried to prepare him for Santa by showing him lots of images of him and telling him what nice things he does for kids. He's only 14 months after all, but he did so WELL with the Easter bunny! I decided that this photo is a classic and will be sending it out in all of our Christmas cards this year (future blackmail material). We also did family portraits at JC Penney the other day. Right before we left the house for the appointment he pulled a decorative Santa down and scratched the side of his face. I hope that Isaac and Santa make up by Christmas ;o)

"What are we?"

The GREATER you are, the more you need to search for your self. Your deep soul hides itself from consciousness. So you need to increase aloneness, elevation of thinking, penetration of thought, liberation of mind--until finally your soul reveals itself to you, spangling a few sparkles of her lights.
Then you find bliss, transcending all humiliations or anything that happens, by attaining equanimity, by becoming one with everything that happens, by reducing yourself so extremely that you nullify your individual, imaginary form, that you nullify existence in the depth of your self. "What are we?" Then you know every spark of truth, every bolt of integrity flashing anywhere.
Then you gather everything, without hatred, jealousy, or rivalry. The light of peace and a fierce boldness manifest in you. The splendor of compassion and the glory of love shine through you. The desire to act and work , the passion to create and to restore yourself, the yearning for silence and for the inner shout of joy--these all band together in your spirit, and you become holy.

p. 127 THE ESSENTIAL KABBALAH

First Haircut

Isaac got his first haircut today! He looks like such a little man. We went to Belles & Beaus which is a kids place. I might as well have taken him to Disney World! I let him walk in the door and he just stood there taking it all in and let out an amazed drawn out "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW"! The stylist was so amused. He went straight for the pink jeep, but I steered him to the firetruck then he moved to the horse. His attention span was so short and there was just too much to see to sit still and be fussed with. He moved to the horse and then a little girl came in for HER first haircut and OF COURSE he just wanted to play with her...so we are following him around playing with the little girl cutting his hair. He ultimately ended up in the pink jeep Undecided

They even gave us a little ziploc bag of his hair and a certificate for a first haircut...so cute!


First Haircut!