King Family

Locks of Love

While my sister and her children were here, Jaimee decided to have Aunt Beth cut off 10 inches of hair to send to Locks of Love.  Locks of Love provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss.  Beth was participating in "Relay for Life" in Rochester when she got home, so we sent Jaimee's cut off braid with her to send it with the others.  But anyone can donate at any time---here's how:

~Braid hair or put in a pony tail at the nape of the neck.  (It has to be 10 inches from tip to tip.)

~Cut off the braid/pony tail above the pony tail holder.

~Place the braid/pony tail in a plastic bag and seal.

~Fill out the hair donation form (can get at www.locksoflove.org) or just write your name and address on a sheet of paper.

~Put everything in a padded envelope and mail to:

Locks of Love, 2925 10th Ave N, Suite 102, Lake Worth, Florida, 33461-3099

"Much More Fun Than A Baby Alive!"

In an earlier post I mentioned that Jaimee made this statement when referring to helping with Janna.  "This is much more fun than a baby alive!"  As we downloaded our recent pictures, I came across these and thought I would share a few pictures of Jaimee having fun taking care of Janna.

May Day--May Day--Jaimee is 7 years old!!

Today number "4" is 7!!  (We use numbers instead of initials since all of our initials are the same!)  Jaimee has a big day planned....a birthday brunch with homemade doughnuts, breakfast casserole, and fruit salad.  After John gets home from work, she chose to go to Mr. Mei's, a favorite Chinese restaurant.  She chose Grandma Downey's Chocolate Whipped Cream Cake for her birthday cake.  But that's just her FIRST party....she invited Gram over this weekend.  For that party she chose a stay at home meal and Gram is bringing a cake Jaimee special ordered! 

When we did our newsletter, I usually included a "funnies" section.  I had a list of some funnies in my binder that never went in the newsletter.  I was reading through them the other day and realized almost every one of them involved Jaimee--so I decided to put them in her birthday post.  She is one funny gal--usually unintentionally......

~I had introduced even and odd numbers to Jaimee during math.  We moved on to Phonics.  I told her to turn to page 57.  I asked her if 57 was an even or an odd number.  She quickly replied, "Odd."  I was impressed and asked her how she knew that (since we didn't spend a lot of time on it that first time).  She replied, "I just guessed."  (guess she had a 50/50 chance of being right--why not take a shot??)

~I heard Jaimee say to Jordan, "It seems like everybody is being rude to me."  Jordan said, "I asked you to dry the dishes--how is that rude?"  Jaimee replied, "You know I don't like to dry dishes!"

~Jaimee was asking me about driving.  She said, "So you keep the wheel straight when you want to go straight and turn it when you want to turn?"  I said, "Yes."  She said, "I understand all that.  I just have to wait until my arms and legs get longer."

~Jaimee wanted to watch Wizard of Oz after Jennifer went to sleep because she was afraid it would scare her.  She said it used to scare her.  Then she informed me, "You know how little kids are....I used to be one."

~Jaimee asked if she could use my lotion.  I told her she could.  I figured she would just put a little bit on her hands.  I looked in and saw her slathering it all over her legs.  I said, "That is my special lotion fthat I got for Christmas from Grampa Bill and Grandma Debbie" thinking if she knew that she may use it a bit more sparingly.  She looked up, not missing a beat rubbing the lotion up and down her legs and said, "You can tell them I like it!!"

~Jaimee was changing Janna's diaper for the first time.  She was loving it--she loves to help with her any way she can.  She was telling me how fun it was to help.  As she was changing her she said, "I think I am going to be a good mother."  I said I thought so too.  She went on..."Just like you."  I asked, "You think I'm a good mother?"  She answered without missing a beat, "Yeah, but you work like Cinderella."

~Jaimee and I were doing math.  I read her a problem that said, "Tina buys a gumball for 10 cents and a jawbreaker for 25 cents.  Altogether, how much did Tina pay for the candy?"  Jaimee said, "That is NOT worth it!!"

~Jaimee was holding Janna while standing up (a new thing for her).  She smiled real big and said "This is much more fun than a Baby Alive!" 

~~~~~Happy Birthday, Jaimee!!~~~~~