Kids photoshoot

Our friend Shannon took some great photos of the kids a few weeks ago, here's the link

Drumroll, please...

...literally.

$15 bucks at a yard sale this morning. With the money I saved we'll be able to buy lots of earplugs.

She's 5 and more

Look! Our friend Aimee was in town visiting her family, whom we happen to live close to...(thanks, God!)

What a treat to spend several hours with her and her kids--first at her Mom's house, and then they came to our house for the morning of S's birthday.

So I made S a panda cake for her 5th birthday.

and cupcakes for both of her pre-school classes.

Everyone got into the Hungry Hippos game from the grandparents.

Bedtime popcorn snack

I guess this was R's idea of how to help P get in some reading time...

And finally, here's an idea for you...instead of either ignoring, or handing your money to the homeless person begging by the street corner, make up some of these bags and keep one in your car at all times to hand out.

Here's the website of the folks who came up with the idea, http://h2obags.com/ The contents of the entire bag cost me $2.96, and includes a pair of black socks (presumably b/c they don't show dirt), a gospel tract, a few wet wipes, kleenex, water, food items and mints, and directions/info about our county's homeless shelter/mission.