Yesterday the littles and their mommies, Mormor and I enjoyed a delightful visit at the Shaws.

....in looking over these pictures, i can't believe i did not get a single picture of laura!

i am so sorry!

she was there, too, and lovely and charming as ever!

Here is Daniel sporting his official St. Anthony of Padua tonsure.

Mormor and the littles-

who had been restless-

overdue on their naps-

short on sleep the days before-

and housebound for at least 3 days due to weather-

 visiting in a non baby-proof house-

yes

those littles :-)

well anyway, here is Mormor and they are eating out of her hand--completely enthralled with

bugs bunny,

wiley coyote and

Yosemite Sam.   

Thank you Mormor!  You sure have some great tricks up your sleeve!

Laura showed us some pictures of her Mission in Honduras.

As always it was a joy to spend time with the lovely Shaw ladies.

Later in the day,

Mormor and i talked about our visit, 

and Betty mentioned in particular

how impressed she was

with how exhausted 

young moms must be caring for their littles day after day.

Its so true!

Mommies of babies and toddlers really do 

"Sparkle with self-forgetfulness!" 

(as quoted from Sr. Bridget Haase)

In fact, mommies of babies and toddlers 

sparkle so much 

they are bling mommies!

May God bless those bling mommies so near and dear to my heart:

Krastina, Laura, Mary, Teresa:

you are doing a wonderful job!