Tis the Season

I almost never read the paper or watch the local news. Too much negativity most of the time, ya know? I'm a mom. I worry enough. Last week, somehow I randomly saw a costume contest sponsored by our local paper, The Sun News. I thought, "Well that would be cool to win some tickets to the movies," so I entered a pic of Jadon and one of Macy. Soon after, I realized I just pitted my kids against each other. Duh!

***SIDE NOTE: I am NOT a pagaent mom! Just wanted to remind everyone of that :) ***end of side note.

The voting didn't start for a few days, after I entered the pics, so honestly, I completely forgot about voting. Ah well. I went to the site and quickly realized this contest was really a bust. I mean, many kids had and still do today have ZERO votes...ummm...Macy would be one of those lol :P I'm assuming lots of other people forgot they entered this thing too, not that they are so humble they will not even vote once for their own child.

Anyway, I voted for Jadon, then realized the system only allows one vote/day/computer. Again, perfectly fine. I'm going to make another assumption that some parents have really promoted this to their friends and family. Who can blame them? C'mon we all love our kids, and think they are the cutest and think it would be nice if they won a prize. Well, I forgot to vote on a few days. Oops. Then I forgot to mention it to any of my friends or family. Oops again. So, as of today, Jadon has 4 or 5 votes and Macy, well, she still has zero. Sorry, kid. I was trying not to cancel out my prior votes.

Whatever. God spoke loud and clear to me to make use of what I have been given to bring glory to Him. "Use your Facebook friends to quickly get the word out and give the prize to a family who, otherwise, could not afford to go to the movies...a family who needs some quality fun time together. Oh yeah, and also a family who could use that $50 at that Surf and whatever place to buy some gifts for their kids too."

"Yessir. Got it. Will do."

So here is the link: VOTE HERE :)

Once you're there, click on "Best Kid Costume," then go to "page 4," and find our little ninja, vote and save. Go back again everyday, until Friday. Pass it on to friends, if you're feeling really spunky ;)

If you know a family in need in the MB area who could use a family night and some extra $$$ for Christmas for their kiddos, leave me a comment or shoot me an email, preferably thru FB. God already knows who they are, and if I'm going to be used to bless them. Maybe He would like to use you to help me help them :)

Entered

I planned to enter Jadon in the "Gap Casting Call" last year, but honestly, he couldn't even sit up then, and I just ended up not doing it. Well it's that time of year again :) Last night I entered the top three pics below, and I still have a few more to take of him (I can enter a total of five), before his entry is complete. It has done nothing but rain the last two days here, so I haven't been able to get him outside to get any newer pics...maybe by tomorrow.

Jadon is in a category with all 0-4 year old boys, and you can view all of the little cuties if you click here. It may take a few days for Jadon's pics to appear on there, so check back by Monday, if you don't see him. I promise I'm no pagaent mom here...honestly. I thought it would be a cool way for Jadon to win some Gap and Old Navy clothes and have his pic on the web for a month or so. In a few weeks, they'll start the narrowing down process, and in December or something, they will have only five little boys in his category that the public can vote on. Now wouldn't that be cool??? The winner gets to be in the new Baby Gap/Gap Kids ads. Can't say it wouldn't be super fun to go to a photo shoot in New York and have that very cool memory posted on here for him :) No matter, Jadon is the cutest little monster I know, and he'll always be my favorite subject to take pictures of :)




See, a pagaent mom would never let you see the ugly cry pics (and I really wanted to enter this one because it's so honest):
P.S. Happy 25th Birthday, Auntie Em! This is the year you'll have a quarter life crisis :) To celebrate, we're going to the Steve Fee concert at our church tonight. If you live in the area, tickets are only $15 at the door. Show starts at 7pm...Carolina Forest Community Church.