"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Matthew 6:21

Today coming home from church Jax says, "Daddy, quick get your seat belt on before the policeman comes and gives you a sad ticket and then you have to sell all your knives and guns!"

Amazed at the connection Jaxon made today from a discussion we had last fall.  I had explain to the boys the importance of wearing their seatbelts.  In addition to the safety concerns, I explained if the policeman gave us a ticket because they were not wearing their seatbelts, then they'd have to sell their toys to pay for it because it would be a lot of money.  How interesting that Jaxon connected knives and guns as Daddy's prize possessions that those would be the treasures he would have to sell.

So out of curiosity I ask, "What would Mommy have to sell if she got a ticket?"  To this Jax replies, "Your kids...and your husband!"

My heart grew five sizes as he KNEW that my most precious possessions are my kids and my husband!!!  I then turned to Doug and said, "Even our kids know what we treasure most."

Doug in his defense says, "Ya, but I would never sell the kids!"

I was then contemplating all the other responses that Jax could have said like my computer, cell phone, sewing machine, fabric, clorox wipes, washer and dryer, camera, friends, etc. as I do spend a lot of time with each of these items.  But thank goodness he feels that my kids and husband are my biggest treasure and that's where my heart is also.

Below are pics my cousin Jeannie took when they came to visit the beginning of this year (including the one as our blog header).  I LOVE THEM!!!  Thank you Jeannie!

My TREASURES, My HEART!  I love you guys!

Knights and Princess Party

So my darling 5 year old decided he wanted to set our dinning room table at 7:30am this morning.  As he climbed up on the counter to get the "big people" plates out of the cabinet, he says to calm my questioning face, "Mom look, I'll be real careful.  I use two hands."  I cautiously observe as he climbs up and down to bring down 6 plates.  He continues on to the silverware and asks questions like, "Is this left?" I have an idea what he is doing, but he's never done this before except when we learned about it in preschool and that was back in November and we used "kidware."  I decide to get down the nice glasses as I only have 6 left and really don't want to loose anymore.  He says, "thanks Mom" and keeps going.

Then he says, "Come look Mom!"  So I do.  This is what I see.

"Now can we go to the store to buy my toy?" he anxiously waits for my response.  I give him a hug and say, "I just love that you used your head and creatively came up with a way to make me smile.  Remember what I said about your toy?  You may earn that by being obedient, but this could be a fun way to celebrate Valentine's Day.  How about we plan a little lunch date with some friends and use the place setting you've arranged."  He pauses for a moments and then the ideas just start to flow.  I told him I better write this all down so we could remember.

His party plan as follows:

Knight and Princess Valentine Party by: Jaxon McArthur

Menu

Fish 

Spinach w/ Ranch

Carrots and Broccoli and Dip

Cookies 

Water, Juice, or Milk

Dress

Girls- Princess Hats

Boys- Knight Hats

Game

Princess Game:  The princess is in the tall tower (the bunk beds) and then someone calls for all the knights to save the princess.

Knight Game:  Ride horses, find a dragon, and fight the dragon.

Welcome Sign

Heart with words that say, "We're having a Valentine's party!  Come in right now before it starts." 

And Jax says he's going to draw it.

He also said to me, "No toys out and no watching movies and no making big messes."

Invites

He listed 9 friends and then Jesus.  

My heart just warmed with love for this little party planner.  How I love his creativity, his desire to make people happy, how he loves being around friends, and his detailed planning of this Valentine event.

love my sweet boy!

Pictures from the party today (actually Valentine's Day).  Oh, and I have to add that when Jax was passing out his invitations at church yesterday, he gave one to the Bishop, the clerk, and his favorite 16 year old babysitter who's a priest.  It made them smile.

February is good for remembering the things you love

like the fact that my boys made their beds yesterday w/o being asked.

(finally wrote some blogs that I've been meaning to for a long time now...here they are)

And that I love my friends from Morgantown.
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And that I love the beach.
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And that I love to be creative and throw parties.
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And that I love spring (groundhog says it's coming soon) and celebrating Easter.
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And that I love living in the US where freedom reigns (crazy stuff going on in Egypt right now).
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