Legion of Substitute Heroes

Made this picture myself

This team is like the Legion of Super-Heroes, just less effective.
Silver Age
The team was founded by 5 Legion of Super-Hero member rejects: Polar Boy (has cold manipulation and is the unofficial leader of the "subs"), Night Girl (has near-Superman-level strength, when not exposed to sun light), Stone Boy (turns into stone, but is inanimate in this form), Fire Boy (breathes fire like a dragon) and Chlorophyll Kid (can make plants grow). They were "pinch hit" team for the Legion of Super-Heroes. They were for a fair time affect, but thanks to writer Keith Griffin, they became comically ineffective. Several more Legion of Super-Hero rejects joined: Antenna Lad (can "tune" into any broadcast (past, present or future), usually at random), Color Kid (controls colors), Double-Header (has two heads), Infectious Lass (generates illnesses) and Porcupine Pete (shoot quills, has bad aim through). The team disbanded when Polar Boy joined the Legion of Super-Heroes. In the "Five Year Gap", Cosmic Boy, Bouncing Boy, Duo Damsel, Night Girl, Comet Queen and the new Karate Kid (no relation to the movie) formed a new version of the "Subs". In Legion of Super-Heroes vol.4, Fire Lad, Stone Boy, Chlorophyll Kid, Color Kid, Porcupine Pete, Grinn and Ron-Karr are members of the "Subs".

Threeboot

In the Legion of Super-Heroes 2004 revamp, several members of the Legion of Substitute Heroes appears, but are never referred to as such.

Post-Infinite Crisis

This version members were Infectious Lass, Color Kid, Double-Header, Night Girl, Polar Boy, Stone Boy and Rainbow Girl (wields the emotional spectrum). They helped the Legion of Super-Heroes defeat the evil alien-hating "Justice" League of Earth. After the JLE's defeat, the "subs" took over their satellite base. It's revealed that the reason why most of them were rejected was because Saturn Girl did subtle mind-readings of them and discover that either they didn't have enough control over them or they were simply too useless.

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Substitute_Heroes

sunroom 1 hour makeover

We have been so sick these last few days, some strange mutant stomache virus has got ahold of us. But I wanted to post these pictures I took last weekend. These are of my sunroom. With a fast and curious little 9 month old, a "helpful" toddler and active kindergartner and only 2 arms this is the best I could do for now. Not Roman Shades but they are a vast improvement from the yucky old mini blinds.

All I did was measure the length and width of the mini blinds, cut out the fabric to match (sew the edges so it's one big rectangle). Glue the fabric on the top and bottom of the mini blind with fabric glue. The bottom doesn't look perfect, but you'd never notice unless you turned it over and looked.

From the outside when they are shut they look like regular old mini blinds. But when they are up like this, you can see the fabric from the the outside and it's pretty.

It has made a world of difference in the look and feel of the whole main floor living area.

Children Play Parachute Coloring Pages

Children Play Parachute Coloring Pages

Happy Mother Day Picture Coloring Pages

Happy Mother Day Picture Coloring Pages

The Best Mother Day Coloring Pages

The Best Mother Day Coloring Pages

A Brief History of Mother's Day

The history of Mother's Day dates back to ancient Greece, but it's all Greek to me, so I'd like to discuss the origin of Mother's Day as it pertains to the U.S.

When the first English settlers came to America, they discontinued an English tradition called Mothering Day which was a carry over of the ancient Mother's Day observances. One reason was the lack of time, they lived under harsh conditions and were forced to work long hours in order to survive. Another reason may have been that Mothering Day conflicted with their Puritan ideals.

In 1872 Julia Ward Howe organized a day for mother's dedicated to peace. She was so distraught by the death and carnage of the Civil War that she called on mother's to come together and protest what she saw as the futility of their sons killing the sons of other mother's. 

June 2 was designated as Mother's Day. In 1873, many cities observed this new Mothering holiday, but most of the celebrations were funded by Howe herself. When she decided to stop the funding of the celebrations the holiday died.

In 1907, Anna M. Jarvis, a Philadelphia schoolteacher, began a movement to set up a national Mother's day in honor of her late mother, Anna Reeves Jarvis. The first official Mother's Day celebrations took place at Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia and a church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Two white carnations (Anna's Mother's favorite flower) were given to every mother in the congregation. Today, white carnations are used to honor deceased mothers, while pink and red carnations pay tribute to mothers who are still alive.

Anna worked tirelessly petitioning government officials to officially recognize Mother's Day. Her hard work paid off when, in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as a national holiday in honor of mothers.

It is interesting to note that Anna M. Jarvis was very specific about the placement of the apostrophe in the title of Mother's Day. Anna wanted it to be "a singular possessive, for each family to honour their mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mother's in the world." (1)

Sources:
mothersdaycentral.com
wikipedia.org  
(1) Louisa Taylor, Canwest News Service (2008-05-11)  "Mother's Day Creator Likely Spinning in Her Grave" Vancouver Sun.      

Happy National Teacher Day

Children are like treasure boxes. On the outside, some boxes are brightly colored or adorned with ribbons and trim. Some boxes are shiny and clean, while others may be tattered and worn. Some boxes are vibrant and loud, and some are kind of quiet and plain. But if you look within each box you will find a precious jewel, each one equally beautiful and as valuable as the next. We are grateful to teachers who look beyond all of the outer wrappings (status, ability, home life, etc.) and see the precious child within.

Thank you to the quiet heroes in sweaters and glasses with pencils tucked behind their ears. Thank you teachers for all you do!

I know you've heard the following story a zillion times, but it's very apropos!