Kevin had a fun opportunity on Friday morning to go to the International School and speak at the elementary school chapel service. He shared with the students the story of his major league debut, and decided to spice it up a bit by including the three oldest kids. Karis, Eli, and Hudson participated by dressing in their Cardinals uniforms and acting out some of the story of Kevin's road to fame and fortune :) (ha ha!!) But seriously, they did a great job of being cute "props" on stage while Noah and I cheered them on (in our matching Cardinals garb, of course) from the audience. Kevin's message was really great (and you can be sure that I'm not biased at all!) and the kids and teachers all responded positively to his talk about what your foundation should be built upon.
When we got back home, we asked our ayi to take a photo of the whole family in our matching outfits. She was obviously not really used to taking pictures, and I thought it was so cute that she kept moving the camera or chopping the top of Kevin's head off with each photo she took! It was a great reminder that not all of the world lives like we do--taking for granted having the latest things like digital cameras at their disposal.
When I got home from the homeschool co-op with the older two kids, Kevin had just awakened Hud from his afternoon nap. When he went into the bedroom, he found Hud asleep on the floor in the mesh laundry basket (as seen in the photo!). We asked Hud what he was doing in there, and he very calmly explained that he thought maybe a monster was coming (which he doesn't so much fear in his pretend play, but rather looks forward to so that he has an excuse to fight it off) so he was hiding from it. After we reassured him that there were definitely no monsters in our apartment, we encouraged him to take his naps in his bed rather than the basket on the floor and he would be much more comfortable!
