National Know Your Milk Day

Sub-titled, "Getting Our Irish Up".
Yes, we're getting ready for Saint Patrick's Day here in our little corner of the Garden State.

So far this week, we have done math (Princess still says "maths"),
read many a book (some are listed in Yesterday's post), baked bread,
made some puddingworked on a craft for St Pat's (my sister gave us this wire and beads the other day)

Princess strung up the beads on wire I pre-cut for her.

It took a while, the beads were small. I twisted them into this


We hung them on our kitchen windows.

Another look at those "smiling Irish eyes", this time also showing off the

newest haircut Princess gave herself.

I was horrified, but she was ever so proud!

This morning we (yes, we)spoke with

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's office at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

( at 1-800-344-9453 )to let them know we are disappointed with his decision to eliminate

Endangered Species Act Protections for wolves in the Northern Rockies states of Idaho and Montana . If you care to call as well, please click over to Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund here, to let them know that you called.

We also called our Representative,Rush Holt, to ask him to support children’s health by including a provision in the Child Nutrition Act to clarify that schools may purchase rBGH-free and organic milk as today is National "Know Your Milk" Day of Action

while we had them on the phone, we also thanked him for Cosponsoring HR 3663

the PAW Act . Normally I would have made these calls while she did something else,

and was quiet, but I realized I was missing a great teachable moment.

This is how our government is supposed to work. It is our responsibility to be involved,

not just our right to complain about it. Whatever your opinions, or beliefs, I hope

you all walk the walk today.