Maynard Mayhem

We were given the oppurtunity to send packages to our children in the orphanage. I know this sounds weird since we do not know who our children are! Susan the director of our agency was traveling to the orphanage last week. She was hoping to help find the children God has chosen for our family. Although the children will probably not receive the gifts until we are given a referral, it was so much fun to pick out fun things for them! It made the process seem more about our children than paperwork and notaries!!

Now we had requested a 4-6 year old boy and his younger sibling. Upon talking with Susan she mentioned the oppurtunity for us to get our older boy and an infant that is non-related. I of course said YES, I would be ecstatic for a baby! When making the goodie bags we had to fit it all in a Ziploc bag. The older boy was so easy we did a shirt, frisbee, super balls, mini animals, photo album and disposable camera. The younger child can be from 5 years to 5 months and either gender, so it was hard to shop for that!!
We settled on this fun dinosaur that talks and sings and can be for an infant up to a toddler, we did have to remove it from the box! We also got onesies, a blankie, photo album and disposable camera. I thought it would be great if the caregivers took pictures of the chidlren and we can develop them when we get them!!!


The girls loved shopping and packing it all up, for thier brudders!!! (we all keep referring to them as brothers although there could be one of each!)