For some reason the kids decided they wanted eggs for dinner the other day.

Me: “Which kind of eggs do you want?”

Jaxon: “I want the kind that’s cooked in water.”

Parker: “I want scribbled eggs.”

Pictures by: Parker–Top left: A komodo dragon….I think Parker is fascinated with komodo dragons. He loves drawing pictures of them. Top Right: A picture Parker came home with from church. I really like this picture of him and Jesus. Bottom: A pirate picture….He’s really starting to draw good. For a long time he wouldn’t draw anything. I think after we gave Jaxon so much praise for his pictures, Parker really felt like he couldn’t draw as good, so he would always insist that either Jaxon or I draw pictures for him. But, I thought his pirate picture was really good and cute.

By: Keaton–A horse. He’s finally starting to draw actual images. I’m not sure what’s below the horse, but at the top is his first picture of a horse.

Jaxon’s “invention”. Jaxon always tells me he’s going to invent something, then he disappears into a room for hours. The above picture is a bird house he invented. He even hung it in the tree and then put grapes in the bird house to try and get birds to come to it.

Here’s a Zebra Jaxon thought up all by himself. Another invention.

I’m not sure if there is a name for the bent up paperclip with the little shell on it, but Jaxon was quite proud of this invention. The picture next to it was my mother’s day gift.

Here are some more pictures drawn by Jaxon. In the first picture he was trying to write, “The hooj (huge) elephant.” He didn’t know how to spell elephant, so he only made it to the “e.” The second picture is a picture he drew for me, so I could use it in the preschool I have been doing. I am doing a preschool with some other moms and we each take turns teaching. Jaxon drew some Kangaroos, and wrote the letter “K”. But, he also wanted the preschool kids to know that the letter C makes the same sound as K.

Here are some more komodo dragons dragon by Parker.

Parker went to see the eye doc and the rheumatologist this past month and both appointments were good. Parker’s eyes are clear of any cells which was super good news. He had been completely off the eye drops for a month before we went in, so I was really nervous. I was scared he would have inflammation in his eyes. But, the doctor said they were completely clear. I was so excited after that. Now the plan is to stay on the methotrexate (chemo) for at least 2 years, and maybe longer. The rheumatologist said he looked good, too. There was no swelling in his joints or anything, but he seems to favor his left leg a little (because of the arthritis in his knee). He can’t bend or straighten that leg as far as he can his right leg, so the plan is to just stretch his leg each day.  I guess we’ll see how things go. He’s still doing good with the chemo shots. He used to scream and cry, but lately he’s been really good….a lot of it has to do with the bribery, I think. If we promise him he’ll get a sticker on his chart, then he really doesn’t fight it, so that’s been good, too. So, I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that things keep going good. He’s such a good kid. I can’t imagine going through all this stuff. When I was younger, I used to imagine what my kids would be like after I got married. I always imagined the things I would teach them, but I think I have learned more from my kids than I have taught them. As heartbreaking as it has been to watch them endure such hard trials, I really have learned a lot from them. They really are amazing.

Jaxon was reading his scriptures

Jaxon: “Dad, what does h-e-l-l spell?”

Dad: “That says hell, Jaxon.

Jaxon: “Oh like the little rocks what fall from the sky.”

Dad: “No that is hail.”

Jaxon tried drawing this picture out of a Dr. Seuss book. I thought it looked pretty good.  I asked him what the blue letters underneath his name meant, and he said it was a mystery. I think I figured out the mystery….It’s his name, only he only wrote half of each letter. Lately Jaxon has been reading lots of Dr. Seuss books. He really enjoys them. I guess he’s a little Dr. Suess…or maybe Dr. J.

1st pic: A dragon burning down a tree. 2nd pic: underwater sea life.

If you didn’t guess, this is a rabbit, and a whale.

1st pic: (I will quote Jaxon’s words) “That’s me running away from the skunk, and the skunk is spraying his stink.”

2nd pic: A pterodactyl that is hungry and is hunting for food. There is also a balloon in the picture that has popped, hence the “pop” written by it. The picture costs $25. Any takers??

This last picture is of pirates. Maybe you can find the pirate with the sword in the back of his head. I know it’s very violent. But, Dr. J did tell me that someone threw a sword at that pirate and it went through his head. Ewwww……..

I also have lots of fun pictures drawn by Parker and Keaton that I want to put on here, but I don’t have time right now. I know you can all hardly wait. Hopefully I will get them up in the next couple of days.