These Shoes are...Evil

The other morning, my 3-year-old daughter came into my office asking for help putting on her shoes. They were some black shoes that I knew she liked to wear. However, when I told her how beautiful I thought her shoes were, she told me, "They're not beautiful--they're evil!" I'm not sure where that came from, but hopefully we won't have a case like in the Hans Christian Andersen story, The Red Shoes.

Ad Sense

You may have noticed that I now have ads on my blog. Sorry if this annoys you--I tried to make them as nondescript as possible (i.e. small). I earned 3 cents yesterday, I think because I clicked on a couple of ads. Anyway, I just thought I would try it out to see if anybody wants to help send my kids to college, or pay off my house, or whatever. :-) If you have a website, you too can earn money from it. Just go here.

Inspired...by my Daughter

I was inspired by my daughter, Madeline, last night. Here's the story. I got home after my girls had gone to bed, so I went in to kiss them good night. Madeline rolled over and said, "We're giving a bunch of our toys to the kids who lost everything in the hurricane." I told her that was great, and that I was very proud of her. After I left the room, I immediately went and got a bunch of my clothes that I felt could be used better by someone who really needed them rather than just sitting in my closet or in my clothes drawer. I had been "meaning to" do that for some time, but it wasn't until my daughter told me about giving some of her toys that I actually did it. Thank you, Madeline, for being my inspiration for helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina!