June 27 was my youngest sons birthday. He turned five years old. We held his party on Saturday the 28. There were not a lot of people and unfortunately none of his classmates showed up (his girlfriend was in a wedding) however it was fun none the less. I gave him a Nintendo DS and my sister gave him the Mario lunch box carrying case as well as the Sonic Rush game.
The lunch box carrying case included a case to hold the DS, two blue rubber game cartridge carriers, 3 extra stylus pens (very handy for small children who lose them all the time), a set of clip on headphones so we don’t all have to hear the music when he plays, and a car charger for the DS. This was an awesome gift most especially because the DS I gave him was not brand new and did not come with a house charger.
My father and my ex both chipped in to buy him this very large and inflatable bouncy bounce. Its a very cool toy similar to a trampoline only that its bounce comes from the fact its kelp inflated by a constant running air pump. You can see a picture of what I am talking about by clicking here
What other news do I have. Well my ex screwed up big time and finally gave my parents the reason they needed to tell her to get off their property. See my parents brought my kids out to me for a weekend visit this past weekend. My father pulled me aside and told me he had something very serious he needed to talk to me about and he needed me to be 100% honest with him. He asked me if I had taken any pills from their house.
Okay so he wanted total honesty, so I told him I’d taken some crap like Advil and such when I get a headache or a toothache but other then that I never had and never would. Well apparently someone had taken 80 of my mothers lortabs. My ex was quick to try to accuse me but no one at all believed her. I have never been into pills and never been into selling drugs (except a bag of marijuana to a friend when they need help). So my parents ACTUALLY had a talk with her and gave her until the end of this month to get out of their backyard.
On to better more pleasing topics, my kids and I had a great time this past weekend. We went to the pool couple times and we went to the creek once. At the creek we got to use their inflatable alligator for the first time in over a year of them owning it. It made it so both my boys were a LOT less scared. At the pool, there was no fear at all. Both of them loved it. The could slowly walking in and only had to go as far as they felt comfortable doing.
At one point my youngest scared the living heck right out of me. I looked around and he had just vanished. Panic stuck me some kind of fierce. I started yelling for him and grabbed his brother and was getting out of the pool to go search for him when he came out of the bathroom. I told him very firmly that if he ever has to get out of the pool again, he tells me first or I warned him we would not go back.
I also had to have this very long talk with my oldest son. Apparently my father likes to try to unteach the things I teach my children. So my oldest son came to me and told me he doesn’t believe me, he agrees with his grandpa that one has to have money to live. Well I showed him that the truth is money just clouds our life and distorts the truths of what we need. We need food, we need water, we need shelter, we need clothing, we need family, we need friends, we need love, and each and every one of these things can be obtained without money.
I proved it to him. How? I showed him how I take care of all my needs. I showed him how I have a place to live and food on my table, how I have clothes, and how my life is filled with friends and loved ones. I showed him how I do all of these things without money. I showed him that if we follow Gods law and love our neighbors as ourselves, then no money is required. We will help those in need, and in return those in need will help us.
I taught him exactly what the bible tells us the 99% of the world seems to have forgotten. Its ironically funny just how easily todays world can be compared to nations long past.
Give to Caesar that which is Caesars and give to God that which is Gods
Just as it was determined that money with the face of Caesar on it must be Caesars, for it had his face so true must be the money of modern times. The face of America is on all American money. It doesn’t belong to God, its not part of Gods plan, and it won’t help you at all with the important aspects of this life. Being wealthy with money, will not get you to the kingdom of heaven. It will only serve to pollute and corrupt the ways of God. So again let it be said:
Give to Caesar that which is Caesars and give to God that which is Gods


Alright so thats really all I have to say about it for now. However I do have a bit of info I just received yesterday. These are the current sales going on this week only at Dreamtime baby. First until 6/02/08 there is a sale of