The Roberts Six: October 2011

Monday, October 31, 2011

Corn Dogs

When we were at the store on Friday afternoon, we found veggie corn dogs. We haven't found that option in NC. We thought the kids might like them since they like veggie dogs and corn bread. And we were right! They enjoyed them and even split the 4th one that was in the box. Yay for a new treat!

A Day at the Zoo

We spent most of today at the Sedgewick County Zoo. We had a great time. I'll try to narrate the pictures tomorrow, but for now you can enjoy them without narration.

Reasons to Adopt from Ethiopia

-one in six children die before their fifth birthday
-44% of the population of Ethiopia is under 15 years old
-60% of children in Ethiopia are stunted because of malnutrition
-the median age in Ethiopia is 17.8 years
-1.5 million people are infected with AIDS
-720,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS alone, and there are 4.6 million orphans in Ethiopia
-per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa
-half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school. 88% will never attend secondary school
-coffee prices (Ethiopia's only major export) fell 40-60% from 1998-2002
-Ethiopia's doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000
-in 1993, after 30 long years of war, Eritrea broke from Ethiopia and became an independent nation leaving Ethiopia landlocked without any major seafaring ports