It got worse....

I was talking about the fact that little man got the stomach flu on Monday. It is now Saturday and we are home from an overnight to the hospital on Thursday. He got severely dehydrated and had to go in for IV fluids. The good news is that he is back to his happy little self and playing with his big sister. He still has the runs something fierce but is on his way to recovery. I will keep you all updated on him. Thank you to all of you who knew about him and kept me in your thoughts.

Long weekend..

The wedding is finally over. Thank goodness. Hopefully everyone in the family can get beyond all the nastiness that has happened and become a happier family again. It was such a shame that the wedding was about everyone buy my Sister-in-law. But she was a beautiful bride and had a wonderful time at the wedding. Robyn was a beautiful flower girl. The little boy who was the ring bearer was the same age. At one point during the service he couldn't remember her name and kept tapping her on the knee saying, "hey pretty girl." It was so cute. They played during the whole reception and the best part is that they live near us so they will be having a play date soon.

The bummer is that last night Mister Man came down with the stomach flu and has been sick all day and all night. Hopefully we have seen the worse of it.

First Steps...

Max took his first steps today!!! Just three, but it is starting. I am so so excited for my little man...

Help my Temple....

Hi Guy...
This is a plead for help.. Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield had a major oil spill in Nov 2007. We are now at the end of cleaning up from the spill. The break in our oil tank leak over 700 gallons of oil into the ground. We have had to have environmental cleans and the like to be able to use the Temple again. What this means is that we are now looking at a bill of over $200K ( we are a small temple of 60 families and do not have the means to pay this). This is where you can help. We have set up several ways to earn money for the Temple without people have to donate money. Here is what they are..

iGive

We are now registered at iGive.com. This is a very simple way for all of us to help earn money for the temple without a lot of work/financial commitment.

Here's how it works: when you go to buy something online, simply go to http://www.igive.com. You will have to register the first time with this website. Choose your charity ("Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield"). Next, check to see if the vendor you are planning to make the purchase from is available (there are ~700 vendors, including many popular online sites). Click on that link and continue to shop at the vendor's site as usual. If you make a purchase, the temple will get a percentage of the price. Some stores will give us as much as 10%, but 1-2% is pretty typical.

Every time you go to purchase something online go to igive first. If the store you're looking for is registered, this can be painless for you, and very helpful for the temple.

Amazon.com

Like iGive above, but even easier. Before you buy something from Amazon click on any black Amazon logos on the Temple web site.

Anything you buy while in that session (ie until you close your browser) gets the Temple a cut for between 4 and 10% of your purchase!

As with the stores through iGive, if you're planning to "shop there anyway", why not have them send a cut back to the Temple?

Good Search.com

Now this one is the easiest one to earn money for us. It take a longer time but there is no
payout what so ever for you. Every time you search we earn 1 cent from the searches. What you need to do is go to Good Search, go to the who do you search for box and type Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield. This will become your default charity. Below it gives you the choice of putting Good Search as you search engine on your tool bar. Please do this and set it as your search engine. Every time you search using this tool box, we get one cent. Now isn't that easy?

Thank you to everyone for their help and support. Hopefully this will help us pay a huge bill.

Maxwell...

On Sunday was his first birthday party. He had such a good time. Loves all his toys, but the best part was that he stood on his own. He was playing with a toy using it for support, then let go and stood. Now that he know that he can do this he is practicing standing every chance he can get.
He also found a bag of bread on the coffee table left by darling Robyn, brought it over to me and said dis... I asked him if he wanted to eat it and he shook his head and said dis... He is growing so quickly.