A Happy Heart

We are winding down the second week of Pre-K, and Mason still loves it! He will usually sing me a song or two each day, and talks quite a bit about his friend Tanner. :) He enjoy's having Matt come and visit for a few minutes each day during lunch. :)

Not much went on yesterday other than Micah peeing ON THE FLOOR! He has been using the potty for about 2 months now, I have not bought diapers in about 2 months or more. He does have accidents, usually as he is running to the potty. He sometimes does not get there in time. Although, this time was not as he was running to the potty. I came in his room, and there was a HUGE puddle... We do have 3 dogs currently living in the house right now, one of which is on a day to day basis and has not mastered the whole puppy pad/outside potty training. So when I saw this, I first asked if the dog tee tee'd... then when I saw that you could float a boat on that puddle I realized It had to be from a child. I asked Micah if he did it, and in the background Mason says "I didn't do it because I use the big potty" Micah responded with "Maten did it"... Little turkey has alreayd began the blame game.. Anyhow, I had a little talk with him, and hopefully he doesn't pull that move again. Oh, and today... I had Peanuts I was munching on. Micah wanted some so I gave him a few in a bowl. A few minutes later this is what I spot ----->

Little guy is SO sneaky!!!

Ok, now on to my Happy Heart. :) Note that the beginning story is not the happy part.

Recently I learned of a family that lost their home, and everything inside it to a house fire. I have been doing what I can to get clothes together for the family and their children, 4 children under the age of 4. A HUGE thank you to Aaron's Self Storage, China Spring location on donating a 10x15 storage space for the family to use to house the things donated. Last night I met with a few who had things to donate and came home and got it all bagged and ready to take.

Well this afternoon, I was explaining to Mason what had happened, and mentioned that he should look through his toys and see if he can find something that he could give to the little boys (they have 2 boys and 2 girls). His initial response crushed me as a parent. He didn't take to the idea very well. He said "What if I run out of toys"... This is not what I wanted to hear, at all. I explained to him as best I could that these children now did not have any toys at all, and how would he feel if all of his toys were gone... Anyhow, we really didn't get anywhere and the conversation fizzled out.

Tonight just after I got off the phone with the Sister of the family, I was getting ready to load everything up, Mason came to me and said "Wait, I need to look at my toys and see if I can find something for the boys". :) My heart was happy! Them Micah, who obviously has no clue said "Micah go find something"... I said sure and off they went. Then a few moments later Mason came in with a Lightning McQueen Hauler and a Lightning McQueen. He said that Micah picked out the Hauler, so he picked out the Lightning McQueen for them to have. Then he asked if he could come and watch him open it. Sweet little thing thought we were going to wrap it up. I had told him he couldn't come because he had to stay home and get ready for bed. I told him it was great, and I would let him know how the boys liked it. I was in a hurry because the family had called and needed me to meet earlier, and as I was leaving he said Wait, that's only one toy. I explained to him that having the Hauler, and the McQueen could count as two. He was content, and I was a proud mommy. Despite his initial response, he had obviously thought about this after we talked about it, and wanted to help. Parenting can sure be a challenge, especially in instances like this, but the rewards are greater than the difficulty first endured. :)

Here is a picture of the Sunset coming home from dropping off the items donated. It has been a long time for me to see a sunset with actual clouds around and such. It seems to usually be just the sun going down... nothing added. I soaked this up as much as I could.