Food for Thought

COOKIES! Who doesn't love cookies?
Now cookie-making can benefit kids with cancer.

I recently learned of an amazing organization - Cookies for Kids' Cancer.
Here is their mission statement: Cookies for Kids' Cancer is committed to raising funds to support research for new and improved therapies for pediatric cancer. Through the concept of local bake sales, Cookies for Kids' Cancer provides the inspiration and support for individuals, communities, and businesses to help fight pediatric cancer.

This amazing organization makes me want to start cooking (and if you know me that's UNHEARD of). That being said - I WOULD like to organize a bake sale to raise money. Anyone in?? I may have to recruit my breastfeeding group friends... Anyway you can learn all about this organization here. Maybe you'll want to organize your own bake sale...or maybe you'll want to do what I'm immediately going to do...order AMAZING body wash and having the profits go to Cookies for Kids' Cancer. The amazing beauty line Philosophy is donating 100% of their net profits from their Oatmeal Raisin Cookie wash to this organization (if you order by October 15th!). Click HERE to buy some.

SIDE STORY:
D is 10 months old today. Wow. 10 months old.
I can't believe the little man is already 10 months old...

I've said it before...time is flying. I can't believe that it was that long ago that I spent SO long in labor and a week in the hospital. I can't believe we've been through all the firsts that we have so far. I can't believe D is starting to cruise along furniture and look like a toddler. It's mind-blowing to me. And I haven't even started creating his "official" baby book. :( I have everything written down and ready - but just haven't put everything together yet. Maybe that will be a good project for me to do around his 1st b-day. (We're already thinking about how to celebrate!) It's been such a great 10 months to look back on...we've been so lucky. I can't imagine what the parents of the kids' cancer patients endure. The stories on the organization's website - and the tales I hear through The Mix 36-Hour Radiothon for Children's Memorial Hospital (which I just collected change in my office for and donated to the kick-off) are just unbelievable. It puts the "problem" of my baby waking 2-3 times a night really into perspective. I'm sure any one of those parents would trade me stories in a heartbeat.

Now get out there and make cookies, or at least buy some body wash to smell like you did :)