Cheer up! And make it a double!

Chatting on the phone

This little girl is a serious talker!

Reading is fun

This is very cute!

A dose of aww is good for the soul

Swamp monster?

Hey, it's a cute little "monster."

Moving to new Disqus... gently

Let's inaugurate the new Disqus with a couple of aww pictures. It should help soften the blow...

Devious old ad - UPDATE

I received an e-mail with a bunch of old ads, which we have seen before in a previous post. This one was new to me and I found it shocking. The text on the picture is difficult to read, so here it is:

How soon is too soon?

Not soon enough. Laboratory tests over the years have proven that babies who start drinking soda during that early formative period have a much higher chance of gaining acceptance and "fitting in" during those awkward pre-teen and teen years. So, do yourself a favor. Do your child a favor. Start them on a strict regimen of sodas and other sugary carbonated beverages right now, for a lifetime of guaranteed happiness.

They invoke science, referring to laboratory tests, concluding that babies who start drinking soda at an early age will "fit in" better in later years. How can you test behaviour over a span of ten to twelve years in a lab? Did they keep a bunch of children captive, one group drinking soda and a control group having none? Then, after a number of years, concluded that the soda drinkers were more sociable?

It's a dishonest ad. Fortunately, attitudes have changed and this ad wouldn't be tolerated today, in view of the alarming rise in childhood obesity!

UPDATE

I'm relieved to find out that this ad is a fake! Thank you, Amy/Ottoline, for providing the following link:

The Museum of Hoaxes

Protective mother

Peter found this story today:

Look into her eyes as she cradles her newborn baby and you know she's not going to let anyone mess with the little ape.

Keepers at Twycross Zoo, Warwickshire, have so far been unable to get close enough to 16-stone (224lbs) Ozala to determine the sex of the infant, born four days ago.

Read more on the Daily Mail.

Too cute

Children, pets... aww

Shhh...

Lovely pair

The other day I posted some photos of mothers and their babies. Today it's a father's turn...

Children and their pets

Grammy97 sent me these heartwarming pictures. We've seen some of them before, but it doesn't matter how many times we see them, it's impossible not to go aww all over again!

Thank you, Grammy.

Awww... babies!

How to deal with those monthly bills

Courtesy of Mrsgunka:



Thank you, Mrsgunka.

Cute baby

Here's a quick cutie video to keep things going. We've been quite busy buying a newer car to replace our ancient, much loved Volvo. Will do a car post when we collect the new one. We need to share our excitement...