Friday, March 4, 2011

The Tables Have Turned


Randy and I are not very lucky when it comes to drawings in which your name has to be picked to win something. One time when Randy was in maybe third grade he won a scooter at school...and he constantly reminds me about his "big win." Other than that, we have been down on our luck...until now folks! It all started a few weeks ago when we were in Breckenridge, Colorado for a conference Randy attended. The first night we were there, they had a drawing for a free I-Pod Touch and Randy was the lucky winner! We were both in shock seeing as how we never win anything like that.

Anyway, we thought our luck was used up, but it wasn't meant to be. Tonight K's school had what is called OREO night where the families get to go listen to teachers and aides read their favorite books. When the stories are done, every child gets to have cookies and milk and choose one book to take home. This year they changed things up a bit and added a contest/drawing for a free book set along with all the other fun things.

A couple weeks back they had all the families start reading The Indian in the Cupboard as a family read-a-thon. Then tonight, if a child wanted to, they could participate in a trivia contest about the book to have their names put in the drawing. We forced/encouraged K to give it a try just to see what would happen. Well, long story short: they ended up having a total of 9 winners in all and guess who was one of those 9? You got it K! Now you have to understand that there were a ton of papers to pick through for these 9 winners so we were pretty sure we had no chance. But with our newfound luck....well you know what happened! I think we might try the lottery next!

Here we all are with each child's free book and our brand spanking new set of the Chronicles of Narnia (BOXED SET even)!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

A Child's Prayer


A said her prayers all alone tonight. Here is how it went.
Mom: "It's time to say your prayers, do you know how it starts?"
A: "Heavenly Father. Thank thee...."
Mom: "For this day"
A:"For day"
Mom: "Thank Thee to be happy"
A:"No, quiet (directed to mom). Thank Thee for daddy. Thank Thee for Mommy. Thank Thee for K. Thank Thee for B. Thank Thee for A. Jesus. Amen."

Short and sweet and yet so tender! She knew just
what to be grateful for :)