My sweet son

Sometimes I am just amazed by my kids! Since VBS in 2008, Jayden has been very concerned for the children in Haiti because he knows that they have few possessions and sometimes go hungry. I told him that we could start saving "Happy Meal" toys and send them to Haiti to the kids at Christmas time. A friend of mine told me that the kids there love this because many of them would not get anything for Christmas otherwise. So today Jayden and I decorated a box, the "Haiti Box",and have started filling it with some small toys that we no longer play with.
He made them a card with the following note:
"Jesus Loves You!
Dear Haiti, We are going to give you some toys. I hope you like them. We are going to give you some money too. We want to help you. I will be there when I am 12 and I am almost 5 now. Love, Jayden"

Boys will be boys...

Doesn't this look like a recipe for disaster? Fortunately no one was injured in the taking of this picture.
Boys come up with the strangest ideas.

not so happy

I am a horrible aunt! I took these pictures of Liam and instead of picking him up to comfort him, I just moved in closer to get more pictures. Sorry little buddy!

cousin time

Jennilee flew into St. Louis so I went and picked up a sick Jayden in JC at Meemaw and Pop's house and then drove on to pick up Aunt NeNe and baby Liam. I love when my sister comes to visit. She is my favorite and my best.
I ended up taking Jayden to urgent care. He is so afraid of drs that it was a little traumatic for him, especially since he was swabbed for strep and flu. Both tests came back negative so we were just dealing with a really nasty virus.
But we didn't let that stand in the way of our fun!!!
Jennilee's old roommate and good friend, Amanda was in town with her three boys (and she is expecting another little bundle of joy this fall). Amanda is an amazing mom to her boys. We played outside all morning at her in-laws wonderful home.
Here is a picture of dirty little Jacob.



I am not really sure what the game was in the above picture but I love that Jayden is yelling about something and Winthrop is flat on the ground but still holding on!