Holdin' Down the Fort: Belongs on the refrigerator door

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Belongs on the refrigerator door

I was reading to my girls last night and found this poem. I thought it was pretty funny...do you think it could keep my kids from eating me out of house and home this summer? School lunch is a cheap expense!

The Vulture
The Vulture eats between his meals,
And that's the reason why
He very, very rarely feels
As well as you or I.
His eye is dull, his head is bald,
His neck is growing thinner.
Oh, what a lesson for us all
To only eat at dinner.

---Hilaire Belloc

2 comments:

attack of The Mouse said...: ohhh I like that one. :); May 26, 2008 at 7:48 PM
M&M_Mama said...: YOU ALWAYS KEEP ME IN STITCHES!!!! Too funny. And so is the video. ha.

Kelsey; June 1, 2008 at 11:43 PM

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How do we reduce the pressure and enjoy our families more? "...recognize that the joy of motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times. But amid the challenges, there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction. Author Anna Quindlen reminds us not to rush past the fleeting moments. She said "The biggest mistake I made {as a parent} is the one that most of us make...I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of {my three children} sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less" (from "Daughters of God", Ballard April 2008; click on image for complete article)