STOP! and look at me!

Project: "Snack"

Last night Jayson and I had a chat before bed. Here's how it went...

"Daddy, my tummy's growling" Jayson asked, "Can I have a snack?"
"Are you hungry?" I asked.
"Mmmhmmm..." Jayson replied.
"Did you know that some little boys and girls don't ever get a snack?"
Jayson's lip pouted as he started to realize what I was saying.
"They will get a snack from the Church!" Jayson said in an excited tone.
"But what if they don't have a church?"
"They can get a snack from the kitchen!"
I said, "But who will give them their snack?"
"Their Daddy can give them a snack!"
"But what if their daddy can't afford giving them a snack?"
"Then... their Mama will give them a snack!"
"But what if their mama can't afford it either?" I asked.
"Then they will go to the store to get a snack!"
"But what if they just don't have money to buy the snack?"
Jayson pouted again and got a really worried look on his face.
"They have growling tummys" Jayson replied.
Then I said, "They always have growling tummys. They never get snack."
Again Jayson pouted and looked really sad... so, I decided that I probably got the point accross.
"But do you know what we can do Jayson? We can help those boys and girls get snacks"
In which Jayson replied... "We can give them a snack and some JUICE!"
"I think Daddy's going to pray and look into getting us to do this. Do you want to help give other kids a snack?"
"yeah, we will give them juice and a snack!" Jayson replied. "Then they will be happy and their tummys will stop growling!"

I went on to explain how giving up some of his old toys would also help make some little boys and girls happy. The older I get, the more I hate this world and how materialistic it is. It's so weird though, because my generation is caught in the middle of it. May it never be that our kids value the things in this world too much. May they be thankful and not hoarding, have gratitude and not spoiled like the generations before them. This is a lifestyle change for our family, I know. But you have to start somewhere. (just don't get me started with recycling and land fills)

more stories to come...

-Daddun

2 New Additions to the Family

And no, we aren't announcing the arrival of twins. Jay and Emily are getting a new uncle and a new auntie late this summer! Here we are picking up Uncle Rob's new fiance at the airport, freshly flown in from Brazil.


Upon arrival she decided my brother needed a haircut....


Congrats to Rob and Karin, and to Teri and Jonathan too!

We are now true residents of Cloverdale having participated in our first Cloverdale rodeo. We went to the fair last night and the parade this morning. Jay had a great time on the little rides and Emily was frustrated that she wasn't old enough to ride on anything. However, one friendly ride operator let Emily ride on Wes' knee, so she was a happy girl.



Here's Emily cuddling with Papa Linde a couple of weeks ago.



Jay's starting to ask questions about God. He always says that God made him and made Mama and Daddy and Emily. Today his burning question was, "Did God make treehouse?" Wes said that he did in a sort of round about way.

I guess this is all a little random, but it's my first shot at this blogging thing!
Christy

I said SCIENCE again!

We went to science world on Monday. It was a lot of fun and Jayson keeps on asking to go back! Here is a video that Christy took the other day.




On another note. Sophie is no more. She got really sick this week and the vet even suggested that we put her down. We are really sad for Jayson who loved her so much.

Canucks put out the Flames!

Christy and I had the chance to go to a Canucks game with a couple from our church that are season ticket holders. We thought it was really cool until we found out it was section 114, row 1, seat 1, and then we were ecstatic!
It was great to see the Canucks pull out of the slump they were in too. 6-2 win over Calgary. It was Christy's first time seeing a game and she said she likes hockey more now that she's seen it live.

Teri and Jonathan babysat and got our kids down no sweat.

We loved the night, and we thank Dan and Sue for the opportunity of a lifetime!

A day outside

We spent a lot of the day outside today, Jayson loved helping daddy wash the car and splash in the puddles. Emily liked exploring in our back yard too.

Here is a video from Dinner... mmm... squash soup!


Here are some pictures of the kids in our backyard...

Kid-profiles

I was thinking about an idea that would be kinda fun for the blog. It is kid-profiles! I'll just post some of the things that are similar or different about Jayson and Emily.

Jayson:
Age: 3
Nicknames he gives himself: little frog (used to be little horse), Diego
Favorite meal of the day: Breakfast
Favorite food: pancakes, mini-wheats, Peanut Butter and Jam wraps, Trident "Splash" gum.
Favorite books: Fox in Sox, God Makes Nighttimes Too, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Spots Big Lift The Flap Book, Dinosaur Book, My Little Goodnight Bible.
Hobbies: Cars, Trains, Diego megablocks, Little people barnyard, Little stuffed animals, feeding the ducks or chickadeedees.
Sports: Floor hockey with mini sticks, basketball into his ball-storage container
What he spends the most time doing: Tormenting the family cat
Favorite TV show: Treehouse (he likes EVERYTHING on this channel)

Emily
Age: 1
Nicknames that Jayson gives her: Baby frog (used to be baby horse)
Favorite meal of the day: there's a separation between meals?
Favorite food: The cat food, anything that mama is eating.
Favorite books: The ones with furry things and other things she can touch.
Hobbies: She doesn't have any observed hobbies yet.
What she spends the most time doing: running from one thing to the next, tormenting the family cat.
Favorite TV show: she can't sit still long enough for us to figure it out.
Favorite words: Dada, Mama, Jayson, Wow, Sophie, Uh-oh

I'll add to this later,
meanwhile. Happy Easter!
Wes