Bubble Gum Logic

Today I made Evan carry his old backpack to school. When I picked him up from school he popped a piece of bubble gum into his mouth and started the chomping. And I mean chomping!
I asked him where he got it he said from Papa...of course! ;) A full piece of Bubbalicious. He then tells me that this gum is good, not like GG's that loses the flavor. (yes, that would be JuiceFruit. My mom has been chewing the same gum for YEARS!!) He then proceeds to take it out and stick it to his palm. Excuse me? Back in your mouth, please! Then he wraps a piece of paper around it and gets a "fresh" piece. He did this multiple times!
Fast forward 2 hours later. We are in my office, full of people, when he goes for a fresh piece. Last piece Kid!! He decides to share with everyone. G says this is like that gum Bubbalicios, so good you just swallow it. Anakina and myself say, it is Bubbalicious! Swallow!!! G, did you just swallow your gum? Yes! It's so good!
We get ready to leave and as walking out and Evan goes for piece #??? I've lost track and apparently control. I asked him what did you do with the piece you just had? I don't know, must of swallowed it!

Santa

In the months leading up to Christmas, Evan has often said he did not believe in Santa. Yeah, I thought we were off the hook here. Nope! This month he does. Yes, he wants the gift from Santa. I really don't know if he truly believes in Santa or not but I'm also not willing to ruin it for him if he does. He knows the true meaning of Christmas, JESUS! I'm not to worried. I know many of you don't believe in "humoring" your kids, I understand but we started this before we were believers and well I feel as long as he know what Christmas is really about we're ok.
Bryan didn't grow up with Santa so I'm thinking this is new for him. Lol. He cracks me up. We were going over the last of our Christmas list and I told him we needed to get Evan a gift from Santa. Any suggestions. Yep he had one alright. Socks and underwear! As long as he believes in Santa lets get him socks and underwear. His theory is, Evan won't want gifts from Santa if that's all he's going to get. Funny. And totally true. I had an idea. A new Bible! Evan has been asking for a new Bible for about 2 months now. He wants to be able to look up verses. He currently has a "picture/story" Bible.
So that's it. Santa will bring Evan a Bible and yes I see the irony and I love it!

A day to be Thankful

We had the opportunity to serve to the Poverello House Thanksgiving afternoon. When we got there, we were taken out back and given a job. We had to swap out pepperoni sandwiches for turkey sandwiches. The Poverello House gives out 3 meals a day. This was for lunch, a bagged lunch which included: a sandwich, chips, a drink and a sweet. Because of Thanksgiving they wanted each lunch to have a turkey sandwich. We worked with about 8 other people. Evan was in charge of putting the pepperoni sandwiches in the bin and bringing us turkey sandwiches. He was the youngest one in our group and he made everyone smile. He stacked the sandwiches in his arms as high as he could. We did 500 bagged lunches. It was awesome. It was soon time to head in and serve lunch. We prepared and were given our duties. Bryan was on gravy, the rest of us (Evan, my mom and myself) serving dinners. We prayed as a group before people were let in and then it began. We served 360 meals in our 2 hour shift. We soon moved to clean up. We got to take trays and clean off the table to prepare for the next person to fill the seat. As we waited Evan asked, "Mom, don't they pray for their food?" Me, "That is why we prayed before they came in, some people don't pray before they eat."
I was reminded of Evan's dinner time prayer "and please bless everyone who is eating right now." He soon got a lesson on exactly why we were there...to serve others. Yes it was a teachable moment. I used it. He got many talks during that 2 hours but all in all I wouldn't have had it any other way. After we had served all the meals we were cleaning up and they said the kids who were serving could have the balloons. Evan had wanted some so I gave him a bunch. Soon after a Hispanic lady pushing a stroller with a maybe 2 year old in it walked by. She didn't speak English but it was clear she wanted some balloons too. They were all gone! I told Evan and he quickly ran her down and gave his to her. He asked if that made her and the little boy happy and I told him it did. It made me happy too.      
Yes I think he gets it, it is far better to give than to receive!

The Three Little Pigs

Bryan recently brought home his computer a huge 24" Mac. (It was at work.) Since then Evan has discovered old cartoons on youtube. He is fascinated with old Disney cartoons. He loves Goofy and Donald Duck. But has recently started with The Three Little Pigs. Tonight as we were eating dinner and watching youtube. (Yes, most families gather around the TV, we gather around the 24" Mac.) Evan said "I think the Big Bad Wolf is like the devil and the Three Little Pigs are like us, like all the world!" Yes Evan you would be correct and we must build our house out of Brick (Jesus)!

A Symbol

So Evan went to the Dollar Store with my mom and Mia the other day. He came home with a few items. This house box being one of them. My mom tells me that when he saw this he told her it was a symbol. Of what you may ask, "Our family." Apparently there were several houses he could have chosen from. The came in three different sizes (he picked the middle size for us). He even had to examine what the pictures were and settled on the one with the dog.