Sleep Over Survival

I survived last night's sleepover with the kids, though Connor was exhausted today and Corinne is sick, so apparently I'm the one that came out on top.  I never would have guessed that by how tired I am today. 

The kids made signs for my veggie garden, and some of our mustaches made it onto the signs. 

Corinne was wide awake at 2:00 am, wondering when it would be time for  us to get up and play.  I think she must have tried to play with Connor because I heard his very sleepy, and annoyed, reply - "no thank you.  NO THANKYOU."

We had a great time, and the kitties survived too - update of my girls: Nikko and Vindaloo

This month's philanthropic country effort goes to Romania.  I had ordered lemonade from this adorable and inspirational little 8 year old at Make A Stand Lemonade for a party for my Impact Factory committee members this Friday, but unfortunately the lemonade won't make it in time.  Sigh.  All of the money goes to fighting human trafficking around the world through Not For Sale and so this month, I can check Romania off my list, bringing my tally up to:

India
Kenya
Ecuador (where the purchase of my Kenyan Rafiki Water Chain helped purchase clean, safe, water)
Romania

Hopefully I'll be able to report on the taste of the lemonade in a few weeks. 

Happy Mother's Day Here...at the zoo.

Happy Mother's Day!

I spent the morning with Ryan, Serenity, and the kids at the zoo.  It's always a good day with them, though I don't remember much about the animals each time we go.

We did drive a tuk-tuk.

And tried on some ginormous ears!

We saw the rhino, and the hippo.

And we made sure to be back at the penguins in time to see their feeding.  Corinne was especially interested.

Corinne and I tied in the carousel race while Connor rode the train with his mommy. 

And the kids checked out the covered wagon. I swear our zoo does have more animals.

This evening I gave Mom and Serenity their Rafiki Water Chains from Free the Children.  They can be worn as a bracelet or necklace, and the purchase of one of them buys safe, clean water for a person for a year.  This was the Kenya project I couldn't mention earlier, but here's May's Kenya goal. 

Happy Mother's Day to all the great mother's I know, especially my one!

Happy Mother's Day in Kenya

Continuing on with my goal from March to do a good deed for a different country - or state - every month until I've covered them all.  April's good deed goes to Kenya directly,  and other countries that need clean water though I'm not sure which ones.   Trouble is, I can't tell you until after Mother's Day, since my mom is one of the 4 people that read my blog and this good deed happens to be part of her Mother's Day present.

More to present on this later!

So far checked off:

India
Kenya
Ecuador (in conjunction with Kenya).