Christmas.... I love the Christmas season! Just this week the children and I whipped out Josh Groban's "Noel" to start anticipating the upcoming season. One thing Kenny and I try to avoid is filling up our credit card by buying gifts.... great deals and killer sales are so easy to find its typically pretty easy to avoid this. (My relatives may be laughing at this point, for many years we have just not given any gifts :) But do you really want to put hard earned money, any amount, into something that just ends up in next month's yard sale stack? After spending so much time on adoption sites and launching our own adoption "fundraising campaign", it occurred to me that we could purchase gifts a bit differently this year. There are so many families out there who are desperately trying to bring home one of the 147 million orphans in the world. All that stands between a good home and loving family and these children is: money. So, this year, we are going to buy most all of our holiday and birthday purchases off of adoption and orphan care sites. It is amazing how creative people in their fundraising endeavors.... and the best part? Every penny of the hard earned money you spend on gifts helps to bring an orphan home! So, maybe the item will end up at Goodwill one day... that's ok, its purpose has made a lifelong difference in the life of a child. This is also a great way to share with your loved ones the stories of orphans worldwide... perhaps you could write a note on top of each gift and ask the recipient to pray for the child who this gift benefits each time thy use it! Each Friday on this site will be a "Fundraising Friday". If you have an adoption fundraising site, leave your link here. The rest us can take a peek and see what your story and what you have to offer. Maybe the gifts under the tree this year can serve a twofold purpose!
TO LEAVE YOUR LINK: enter the name or description of your adoption fundraiser and the site address. Only adoption fundraisers please!
Friday, September 11, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Back To School
Today was our first day of homeschooling for the year. Evangeline is in 5K and Landis began his schooling this year (4K). Landis was sooo excited! I had a new "back to school" outfit for each child: a flitterbug top and capris for Evangeline and a robot shirt for Landis... Landis loves robots! Both kids were up and ready to go early.....
The kids get a new pack filled with school supplies and get to have a look at their new books for this year! Landis essentially "did 4K" last year with Evangeline... I was shocked at how much he learned by watching. In this picture we are practicing our letters in pudding.... yum! (this is a great way to learn letter formation for little ones!)
Over the last year I have promised the children that I would take them to Burger King "one day". To celebrate our first day of school, we finally went! We have a wonderful BK playground here, and it was a lot of fun!
Samuel loved the playground; not much keeps this boy from action! He RAN around the whole time, french fry in hand! It made me nervous, but his collar bone injury didn't seem to bother him much... he's a tough one!I tried to get a picture of all 3 kids.... didn't happen:)Monday, September 7, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Our First ER Child
Somehow we managed to go almost 6 years of having kiddos and have not had to visit the ER with any of them. I've always thought our wild child Samuel would be the first to break, crack or "bleed" something, and he came out in style yesterday! Just as Kenny's parents walked through the door for a weekend visit from Mobile, Samuel had a small tumble off the couch and managed to crack his collar bone. He was sooo sweet at the ER, and was pretty excited about all of the equipment. He layed still for his X-rays and to get fitted in a brace. The brace hasn't seemed to bother him a bit, but he wasn't too sure what to think of his hospital bracelet :) So, what are we to do to help him heal?? Keep an 18 month old STILL for the next few WEEKS !!!! The brace does help quite a bit, but Samuel cries and is in a lot of pain if any pressure is put on his right shoulder/ collar bone. He can't roll over or get up off of the floor from a sitting position :( I foresee getting to hold and love on my baby boy A LOT over the next few weeks..... I'm kind of looking forward to babying my baby!
Friday, September 4, 2009
Off To The Auction!
The little dyed chicks Kenny brought home to us at Easter were sooo cute! But then, Wall-E and Polly turned into big, mean roosters......... so tonight it was off to the auction with them! Hopefully, Kenny and Landis will return with some good layers to add to our coop!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
My Boys
Landis and Samuel have played really well this week, which has blessed my heart. Samuel has started to try and "play" cars with Landis, not just grab them, squeal and run away in delight! A common game in our home is Peter Pan; Evangeline is Tinkerbell, Landis is Peter and they have dubbed Samuel Captain Hook :) A few weeks ago, Landis began asking to feed Samuel. He is a sweet big brother and he does a pretty good job of feeding our "butterbean". It has become a part of our morning routine. Enjoy these pics of my boys! (Yes, those are dishes and a huge pile of laundry in the background :)
On a "flitterbugs" side note, tonight I am working on my boys design idea and some winter plans. Tomorrow, some cute fabrics, including flannels for nightgown should be delivered. Check back soon to see the new stash!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
And The Winner Is........!!!
Lita!!
Congratulations Lita! Your confirmation email will be sent shortly! Thank you to everone who participated and stay tuned..... I will be holding another free flitterbug give-a-way soon!
(The pictures are in the wrong order..oops!)
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