Sunday Lunch with Erik

It's been a few weeks since we hung out with Michael, Cheryl, and Erik. Erik has grown quite a bit and is a lot more "interactive" than last time together.


He's teething..


And he's losing some of his baby hair as you can tell in this picture.


He's also taken to eating solid food. We enjoyed our visit but it was too short.

Society of Spectacle

Poster on Althouse blog nails it:

"This just reinforces my ongoing impression that we've been living out a satire for the past year or two. We elected a callow nobody as President on the strength of a few vacuous speeches. The healthcare debate -- driving trillions of dollars in anticipated future expenditures -- got turned around by comments someone scrawled on Facebook, and now the Nobel Peace Prize committee has decided to award prizes for good intentions. It's like no one's even serious about anything anymore. None of it matters. It's the Society of the Spectacle."

Blessing of the Animals

Yesterday was the Feast of St. Francis, a day when many churches, including ours, invites pet and animal owners to bring their beasts for a blessing.


This was Katie's first time to go to church. While we were waiting, she intimidated several other dogs in attendance, barked loudly when anything happened, and generally acted like most parishioners do. After prayers and a short homily, care-givers were invited forward with their pets to receive the sprinkling of holy water and blessing from the priest.


Katie survived the ritual, but thinks it's a lot more fun getting wet in the sprinkler.