ROAR!

Watch out for the grouchy tiger on the loose! My mom sent Josiah this adorable tiger costume for Halloween. I don't think I picked the right timing for our photo shoot, because this is what I got. We'll try again tomorrow night. Kids don't trick- or- treat in Hong Kong, but there are some events taking place around the city. The holiday has become much more popular just in the four years we've lived here. What will you do for Halloween?

Belly Button

Josiah and I love to sing silly songs. We also love belly buttons. So, here is a song I wrote to the tune of "Jack- O- Lantern".

Belly button, belly button
You are such a funny sight.
As you sit there on my tummy looking out at the night.

You were once an umbilical cord,
Growing in Mommy
You are now a belly button for the whole world to see!

*You have permission to copy this song, but I warn you- it is catchy*


And here is an unrelated picture of me and little man on the new ocean front walk way near our home.

Love it!

Well, I am feeling much better these days. In fact, I've had a second trimester power surge. I'm keeping my food down and sleeping more like a normal person and less like a hibernating animal. I've been catching up on deep cleaning around the house and doing some fun projects. The Mom's Group I'm a part of has been working on some different craft items to sell at a charity bazaar (don't you love that word?) to raise money for the Philippines disaster relief. These projects have given me a couple fun excuses to go the ribbon and bead markets in Sham Shui Po. I just love looking at all of the beautiful reams of ribbon and thousands of interesting beads. Josiah's interest in the market never matches mine, so I'm not able to roam as long as I'd like. The isles in the bead shop are so narrow (just barely wider that my stroller) that he entertains himself by playing a game called "kick the bead buckets over". Last trip he scored three buckets followed by an innocent sounding "uh- oh". I'll try to post pictures of some of the crafts we've made before the bazaar in two weeks.

Wordless Wednesday- Tunes on the Train

Quote of the Day

"Jesus said whatever you do to the least of these my brothers you’ve done it to me. And this is what I’ve come to think. That if I want to identify fully with Jesus Christ, who I claim to be my savior and Lord, the best way that I can do that is to identify with the poor. This I know will go against the teachings of all the popular evangelical preachers. But they’re just wrong. They’re not bad, they’re just wrong. Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife and your perfect little children in a beautiful little house where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken...." ~Rich Mullins

Miracle

Usually when I go to our neighborhood grocery store Josiah stays in the stroller because it is easier. But somedays when he is being especaily adorable or I am in an especailly good mood I let him ride in the cart. The problem with the cart is it is a small Hong Kong style shopping cart and Josiah can twist aound and reach just about all the contents behind him. Yesterday when I was deeply emerssed in choosing the healthiest crackers I heard an "uh- oh" from the cart. Turning, I saw Josiah holding an empty egg carton. Ahh! I gingerly began returning eggs to the carton and was amazed to find not one broken, or even cracked! None fell to the floor or smashed on my food. Thank you Lord for little miracles that make a big difference in my day.

Just to Clarify

I know there was some concern (maybe disgust) over the picture of Jason's arm. The picture is not really of the wound, but oatmeal suran- wrapped over the poison oak. Still painful, but maybe not as gross as you thought.