Fun In The Sun!

This week we went over to visit our good friends Jeff and Candice. They live a 2 minute car ride from John's parent's house. I am pretty sure I could probably attempt to walk there since I am so used to walking everywhere in China. They have a little boy named Mason he is 2 years old. Kayleigh and Zeb had a wonderful time playing with Mason and all his fun toys. We play outside a ton in China but we don't have a lot of outside toys to play with so this was a true blessing for them. It was so good to see our friends and catch up.

They have a miniature blow up bouncing thing with balls. Zeb loved for Kayleigh and Mason to bounce him around inside.

Zeb got soaked playing in the sink and drinking the water.

Carpet Time Mischief!

Sometimes Kayleigh's carpet time in the morning turns into what she likes to call "bed time". This means that she spends her quiet time playing on my bed. She is starting to like this time that she spends by herself. She often asks for it now. This is very different than when I first started carpet time. She used to hang her toes off the carpet and ask every 3 seconds if she could come out. Now she says "Mom close the door, I'm busy!". The other day I opened the door to my bedroom to tell her she could come out and this is what I saw first.

Then I looked down and saw this!

She had taken out every single toy she owns and had thrown in on the floor! Sometimes her time to herself can turn into a big mess!

Carpet Time

Most every day we have what I like to call "carpet time". This is a time where Kayleigh plays by herself for a while. I had to make it carpet time since Zeb is usually asleep in her room. Unlike most American homes we do not have a lot of carpet. Most of our house is hardwood floors. We do have a small piece of carpet in our living room. The basic rules are that she has to play by herself for a certain amount of time and she is not allowed to leave the carpet area. This time is help me get some things done around the house and I don't have a little two year old under my feet all day! I didn't start carpet time until recently so it is still somewhat of a new concept to her. The first couple times I tried it she basically stood at the edge of the carpet with her toes hanging off. She asked me about every 3 minutes"Mommy I come out now?" However, yesterday she finally decided to take advantage of all of her toys that she has to play with and not just stand there the whole time. I realized that she had gotten really quiet so I thought I would check on her since quiet usually means she is up to something. I found her here:



After a few minutes of watching her she started to quietly say "help me Mommy". She had gotten stuck and couldn't get out. She is quite the character.

Back Home

We are certainly glad to be back home after our time in Thailand. We feel very blessed that Alisa's tests came back negative and everything is OK with her and the baby! Thank you for your prayers.

Kayleigh was really glad to be back to her room and all of her toys and stuffed animals. She went straight to her little pink stroller and started pushing it around the house. We feel that God again blessed us with a child that has been so easy to travel with. She did not cry one time the entire trip back from Thailand, even with only having 20 minutes of sleep.

After being in Thailand with all of those younger children, Kayleigh has really gotten into her baby doll. Before our trip, she was not too interested in her baby doll, but now she is very concerned with its health and wellbeing. She really takes care of it and makes sure that it is covered with a blanket properly.