A Bucket of Love

Happy Birthday Son! May your 'year 2' be filled with love and sharing for others...

Well it's Matthew's birthday. I had planned a day filled with fun activities but unfortunately, Matthew has colds and cough since yesterday. We were planning to hear mass early on, have a special breakfast for us three then head off to SM North for an hour of Playzone (Playzone is a new place for kids much like Kids-at-Work. Although it is smaller than the pioneer, it has a different theme imitating a small city where the kids can ride a miniature car then go around the different 'small places' in the city). Shopping is next as I wanted to get a Christmas outfit for Matthew to wear for 'around the corner' Christmas parties. All that didn't happen except for the special breakfast!

The day wasn't a total waste as I also started a 'panata' for Matthew. Starting today and every birthday of Matthew, we will be donating a year's savings of 25 centavos (and other coins). For this year, a bucket full of 'love' was given to our parish, Christ the King in Project 7. I got the idea from a recent project of the church which aims at utilizing spare coins, usually left around the house, for church programs. In this way, we are teaching Matthew the value of sharing at such an early age. I can't wait to see the day when Matthew is the one saving all these coins.

Happy 2nd Birthday again Matthew! We love you buckets and buckets FULL!