Ever since the Home of Hope Orphanage opened in February 2000, we have needed and have been looking for sponsors for our children.

A short time after we opened, Joe and Darlene (above with Lily in the center) began to sponsor Lily Zhang Lin Qing and have been doing so ever since.

Joe and Darlene have visited the Home of Hope several times over the years and stay in close contact with Lily (an early picture of Lily on the right) as she grows up and into a fine young lady.
Since Joe and Darlene have been here on several occasions to visit, the other children (not just Lily) feel like they know them and so when they do come the other children gather around them and talk and visit as if they were long lost friends. In the picture to the left, left to right are: Darlene, Lily, Joy, Joe, Adam, Gail, Lydia, Joseph and Jenny.

We are so grateful to Joe and Darlene and those like them who have taken on the “Joy” of being a sponsor for one of our ‘so’ deserving children. Thank you so much and we know as the children get older (as in Lily’s case) they too will begin to express their appreciation for what has been done.

More Visitors

On or about the 13th of October, it became somewhat common knowledge around the Gongyi Home of Hope that Bob and Cindy Sayre and their daughter Christi were going to visit.

Bob (to the right) and Cindy (below left) are the Administrators of our XuZhou Home of Hope and their daughter Christi is going to be teaching at one of the schools in XuZhou.
We had yet to put two and two together in the fact that October 17th was Shannie’s birthday. Bob and Cindy come to the ZhengZhou area on occasion as there is a periodic “Fellowship” in ZhengZhou with other foreigners of like belief. During these visits they always come the additional 40 Killometers to Gongyi to visit for a few hours or so. Sometimes they will stay overnight and they are always a joy to have!

Now that Christi (to the right) is back in China she too comes to Gongyi on occasion and the children who are in her age range dearly love her visits.

Bob and Cindy along with their three children lived in Gongyi for over a year as they studied ‘life in China’ and learned about the operations and procedures of the Home of Hope prior to going to XuZhou as the administrators. During this time many of the Home of Hope children became close friends with Christi and her brothers so the children are always happy when they can visit.

Nai Nai’s Birthday

Jenny Yang Jing Feng with Nai Nai

It was on the 15th of October or there about when Hank, our oldest boy at the Home of Hope, came and asked for help in giving Nai Nai a surprise for her birthday.

He did not go into much detail except to tell me my part in this was to simply arrange to take her out to lunch on her birthday. Instead of taking her to a restaurant I should take her to the park at the Yellow River and look for the Home of Hope’s van. I agreed to do what I could. It was not difficult to keep the secret since there was little known about what was happening anyway.

Everything went according to plan. Shannie thought we were going out for a Birthday lunch and when we got to the area along the Yellow River there were balloons lining the area and we saw the two, hand-written posters (Left and Right) so it was obvious something was going on. There were no children visible as they were all hiding behind some large rocks the Chinese Corp of Engineers keep stacked along the river side to help with flood control. (If you can’t see the words, you can click on the posters to see an enlarged image.)

All of a sudden, all the children ‘popped up’ from where they were hiding and it was quite a surprise since all of the college students were away at their respective schools and were not expected back home until around Christmas time. They had all asked for leave and had come home during the previous night and stayed at our maintenance man and his wife’s home so we would not know they were back.

The high school and middle school students had taken off from school, so all of the children were there except the smaller children who were not included due to concerns it may be too cold for them at the river.

Rather quickly, realization set in that not only were all the children there but Hai Tao and his wife (the Home of Hope maintenance man who also has a small BBQ restaurant he and his wife operate together) were grilling, Hot Dogs, Goat Keebobs and Chicken Wings.

The food started to appear (above) and what a spread it was!

Not only did we have the grilled meat but we had Bananas, Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Boiled Tripe, Lettuce, Apples, Bread with Coke, Sprite and Juice to drink.

The most important thing though, was all the children being there together on this day of major surprises.

As the hugs and excitement of seeing each other again began to subside, it was finally time to eat and everyone gathered around and we had an awesome “Birthday Lunch” together.

During the course of the afternoon, Hank (who was given the responsibility of organizing the day since he has graduated from college and now works in the Home of Hope office) informed me I had one more thing to do.

Since all the children could not be at this event with the younger children staying home, they did not bring a birthday cake to the Yellow River but rather were going to have the cake and another short party at the Home of Hope after the children had all had their supper. I was to create some excuse and bring Shannon to the children’s dining hall after 7:00 PM.

There were many touching moments during the day but probably the most touching was when little Isaac Ma Shi Hao came up during the evening’s festivities (the two small inserts above in the red shirt hugging Shannie) and said he wanted to say something to “Nai Nai”. He proceeded to tell her how much he appreciated her and loved her and thanked her for being his Mom.

Isaac is seven years old and has been at the Home of Hope since birth.

Our children all get weekly allowances to teach them how to save and manage their money. The small ones get a small amount and as the children advance in school their allotted amount increases depending on which grade they are in.

They are taught to purchase their own minor school supplies and such and emphatically encouraged to save their money.

In this case, all the children pooled some of their saved allowances for Nai Nai’s party. We thought that was just so cool! We were very proud of our children for accomplishing this. There was not one penny paid from the Home of Hope for the entire celebration from picnic, BBQ and the evening cake and party.

All in all it was a really great day. A wonderful birthday for Shannon as she had never had a surprise birthday before in her life and the surprise and happiness can be shown on her face as she thanked all the children for this wonderful day!

One of the first things that happens in April is Nathan’s birthday. He knew something special was up when that first weekend in April, all of the college students starting showing up at home with there being no reason for them to leave school.

Now that cake shown above plus the food and everything else shown below pertaining to Nathan’s bithday was bought by all the children pooling their saved allowances. The fruit on that cake is real… strawberries, kiwi, pineapple, peaches.. yum! And the saying on the cake… “You are my Blessing” brought tears to Nathan’s eyes.

Above left: Sam, Joey, Brian and David seem to be standing guard over all the goodies while Hank seems to be trying to figure out how to grab a bite or two. Above Right: Bananas, Apples, Pineapples, Pomegranates and Strawberries made up the fruit portion of the fare.

Above left: Chicken, chicken and more chicken! Above right: Fresh, roasted corn harvested from our neighbor’s fields. (with their permission of course!)

Several years ago we converted over our hot water and heating system from coal to natural gas. Many of you pitched in and helped with those expenses for which we are still so very grateful!

When the conversion was finished we were left with to coal fired boilers and we used one to make an outdoor grill with. It doesn’t look so good but it works just fine! It does take six men and a boy to move however! So it stays pretty stationary.

Above Hank shows off his culinary skills and you can tell by the smile on his face, he is having a great time!

Then it was time to eat.. Everyone had been anticipating this moment! Some had tried to coerce Hank in to letting them sample what was in the grill but he would have none of it!

Above left: The children say grace before starting and on the right: They dig in!

Above left: Autumn and Mary are having a good time and (right) Caleb is helping house mother Liu Jian Ping kill off all the bananas.

Above left: Charity, not long since back from her surgery is really enjoying the bananas while on the right, Jacob is keeping right up with her!

Above left: Joy Zhang Qing Mei is showing us how to enjoy the chicken while (right) Tony is holding his own on the roasted corn!

All in all, everyone really enjoyed the night… from the older children (Rena, Shirley and Gail on the left) to the younger ones (little Ron on the right giving the “OK” sign!)

After supper and as darkness began to creep in, the children got into playing. On the right, several of them did their best to confuse us as to who in the world is in the picture. Starting on the top left corner is a classmate of one of the older girls. Then going clockwise you can see Jule, Abby Joy (not one of the older girls… ) Holly, Gail, Shirley and Rena. On the right it appears Holly is strong enough to carry Rena… Wow!

Above left: Now the it is dark enough, the boys get ready to light the candles on the cake. Left to right: Nathan, Hank, Sam and John. While on the right, we have no idea what in the world was said or happened to get this kind of look on Jim’s face! Wow!

Finally the cake was cut and while each person was being served a piece of the cake the children gave Nathan a birthday card they had made themselves. Again, he had to fight back the tears!

Around China in the Spring

We also wanted to share with you some of the beauty one can find in the mountains surrounding the Home of Hope in Gongyi. The following pictures were all taken on a short drive one afternoon in mid April. All of these were taken less than ten miles from the Home of Hope.

This picture was taken at a place that is a little bit like the National Parks in the States. When we first came to China one could visit here and hardly ever see another person which is quite a treat in China, home to over 1/3 the population of the world.

However and now, due to the middle class becoming somewhat more affluent and being able to buy cars, places like this are frequented more and more.. especially on the weekends. However, during the week one can still find a place to get away from the throngs of people, the noises and the smells and find a little quiet and time of relaxation.

Anytime we walk down almost any street in China, it is most common to hear people saying (almost non stop) “LaoWai, LaoWai” which means ‘foreigner, foreigner’. However, on the rare occasions when we can get away like this we don’t hear that and it is quite a relief.

The flowered trees this time of the year in China are really pretty. These are not wild however, as this area has been populated for thousands of years and one can find fruit trees growing ‘as if in the wild’ just about any place. Though maybe not cultivated now by any set person they were planted at some time or another by people in the past.

Of course temples, pagodas and other towers and design can be found just about anywhere. You drive down a road, go around a curve and there in front of you is something similar to the two pictures above. You can also see these types of things from the trains.

What we always enjoy is the magnificent mountains! Such a creation!

The first year!

Our children have been in our 1st grade elementary class for just about a year now. They study in English the first half of the day and then in Chinese the second half of the day.

Michelle Godard teaches the English and we have a special Chinese teacher on staff for the Chinese classes. The English classes follow the ACE program and the Chinese classes follow the standard Chinese school curriculum.

The other day Michelle had to be away for the morning and Nathan sat in for her. He was so surprised to hear Autumn and Isaac read to him in English. In the pictures below you can see them reading from their “Paces”.

Other Birthdays – Abby Joy Miao Yi

This is Abby Joy’s fifth birthday and she has been at the Home of Hope all of her five years. She was abandoned at a Buddhist convent way up in the Gongyi mountains and all of the Buddhist nuns there were in their late seventies so they asked us to take her and raise her. We willingly agreed to do so.

Abby Joy has had to surgeries, both for cleft lip and cleft palate issues and is a bright little girl full of happiness and also a lot of mischief!

Above left: So excited about her birthday! Above right: Abby Joy cuts her cake. In the top picture are Caleb, Gracie and Rose joining Abby Joy.

Home of Hope Number Three!

We have been given the approval to start our third orphanage in SanMenXia county. They named two places they preferred us to go to. One being YiMa and the other being MianChi.

After looking at both area we decided we liked the area of MianChi much better do the proximity of schools and hospitals so we began to look for land or old schools or factories we could utilize with minimum cost to set up Number Three. So far we have found two places. One is the picture shown above which is an old abandoned school much like the Gongyi facility was when we obtained it.

However, this location has very little land attached to it so it really is not what we really wanted for a permanent location.

Then we found the following:

Nothing firm yet but we really feel good about this place. (You can see a larger picture by clicking on the picture it’s self) We have not received a final price from the village that owns this property nor have we been given agreement by the government to locate at this specific place. But it does fill our needs perfectly.

It was used as a brick factory in the past but has been empty for several years. The existing building are structurally sound. There is electricity and there is a well on the property.

Please pray with us that everything will work out in this situation.

We hope you have enjoyed this update to the Home of Hope and if you would like to contribute to the lives of our children and the future children to find hope by coming into the Home of Hope you can do so on our donations page.

Thank You!

Nathan knew something was in the air but wasn’t sure what and then the children came over and told him it was time for his birthday party.

The above picture was the gift the children had arranged for their Ye Ye and even though they had made the picture that day at around lunch time they had managed to organize it without our knowing anything about it… Now that’s quite a chore since the picture was taken in front of our house. This is one of the rare occasions when all the children were home and even the college students managed to get home for the birthday festivities.

When we walked in, all the children were there, seated and obviously in a high spirit of celebration. It was really cute. As we looked around the dining room, now set up for a birthday party, it was obvious that the college age children were totally responsible for this and not some of the staff.

We noticed that the soda cans were arranged in a heart. Above left, the heart and above right, Sam and Hank with the soda cans.

Hank and Sam did the work of the ‘Masters of Ceremony’ – and did an excellent job with Hank speaking Chinese and Sam translating – and there were many speeches given by various children about what the Home of Hope meant to them.

Then Hank talked about how the college students were all away at college now and that the other children now needed to take up the role of being the example for the younger children. Hank went on to explain that even though he and the other six college students were away at school and after they graduated would be finding jobs and going out into society on their own, the Home of Hope would always be their home and all of the children would always be brothers and sisters to each other.

He then called the oldest child of each age group to the front and had them give a short speech to their individual age group about how they needed to continue the Home of Hope tradition of learning good character and doing well in school. How they all needed to study hard and prepare for going out into the society as individual success stories.. to be able to contribute to society rather than just be ‘takers’ from society. There were both tears and laughter making this birthday a very touching and moving experience.

First he called Jim (above left) to represent the high school students and then Gail (above right) to represent the middle school students.

Then little Tony came up and represented the primary school students. It is amazing what these children can say at times. It was all very touching.

Then they called Ye Ye (Nathan) to the front and presented him with his birthday gift… it was the above group picture all framed and ready for hanging on the wall.

Nathan was very surprised and was so happy to receive such a wonderful gift for his birthday.

Then it was time for the cake. The cake had “Happy Birthday – You are the light of our life” written on it.

Then Ye Ye said a few words and thanked all the children for the lovely birthday party and proceeded to tell them how he appreciated the beautiful words on the cake but the truth is that God was the light of our life and if it was not for God brining us all together none of this would have ever happened.

Earlier, the college students had asked to take Nathan out for his birthday so we all went out to eat (including Ben and Michelle Godard working at the Gongyi Home of Hope in training for managing Home of Hope number three to be opened soon). The above picture was taken at the restaurant and the children paid for the meal with their allowance money they had saved. Left to right, top to bottom is Hank, Sam, David, Julie, Logan, Holly, Nathan and Michelle Godard.

It is like these children really want to get the message through that they are not small children any longer and they really want to help in any way possible to make the Home of Hope a better and better place.

You the viewer can look at these pictures and enjoy them but how we wish you could look at the faces of the individual children with all the memories we have that span the last nine years as these ‘once little ones’ have grown and developed into the awesome young adults they have now become.

All in all it was a wonderful birthday for Nathan and it was just one more thing to reinforce the fact that all of this is really, really worth the effort. Not that the children prepare the birthday party on their own, but it is the idea behind it. The Home of Hope has truly become a large family with so much love and mutual appreciation at all the various age levels. A great and beautiful time!

Well Sam turned twenty this year and he bought the cake and gave his own party for all the other children and everyone really enjoyed it!

In the picture at the left and staying with a long term tradition here at the Home of Hope, Sam gave a speech. The children give their speech in both English and Chinese and by the time they reach Sam’s age most of them are fluent in both languages and are not timid about speaking in public.

Sam spoke about his life at the Home of Hope and the different things he has learned during his eight years with us.

He also encouraged his younger brothers and sisters to really pay attention to their studies because when they reached his age they would realize how important education was and also how difficult it was if they didn’t have a good foundation of study developed in their early years.

Henry and Hank (some of Hank’s room mates) then joined Sam for his formal birthday picture. Some of his other room mates were away at school or doing something else at the time so were not available for this picture.


Above left, Sam is blowing out his candles to the sound of applause from his brothers and sisters (they always clap when the candles are blown out) and on the right Sam is cutting his cake!

We had a good idea of what was going on (it was Nathan’s birthday) but we went over pretending we had no idea what was happening.

As we entered the dining room door all the children stood up and in unison said “Happy Birthday Ye Ye”.

This year it is difficult to get all the children together at one time, with some of them attending university and a few of the children attending High School at schools that require they dorm at the school during the week

When we have birthday parties we have a set routine we go through. First of all the birthday boy or girl is called to the front where their birthday cake is sitting on a table. Then we sing “Happy Birthday” and then the birthday person has to give a speech. Next he/she has pictures taken with his/her dorm mates and then the cake is cut and shared with everyone.

This night was no different. Hank was the master of ceremonies and he followed the normal routine to the “T”.

First Ye Ye had to give a speech… (above far left) The children asked to hear the story (again) about how the Home of Hope was started. Then Ye Ye blew out the candles (above center left.) Next a pictures was taken with Ye Ye’s room mates… (all the children and attending staff – below), then Ye Ye cut the cake and shared it with everyone!

Nathan was also given a large birthday card the children made themselves and each child had written something in the card along with signing his/her name.

Ye Ye choked-up a couple of times due to the memories of each child that came flooding into his mind as he read each little sentence the children had written.
It was a great evening and the night was capped off with all of the children wanted to play the game Hum Dum…

If you don’t know how the game “Hum Dum” is played, we appologize! It is too difficult to explain it in this format. We moved the tables out of the way and everyone who wanted to play sat in a circle and we played the game for over an hour.

What a great evening! Much laughter and an abundance of joy!

Oh… how old is Ye Ye? Well, since Ye Ye is the one who does this web site, that information is going to remain private!

On the right (above) the children are starting to decorate our annual Christmas tree.

The children all pitch in to decorate at Christmas. The ones with a talent for art and drawing draw all kinds of neat Christmas pictures on the black boards in our game / study room while others hang ornaments and others set up the tree.

We also have some birthdays during the Christmas Holidays. We had Mary and Caleb‘s birthdays together in the nursery. Above left is Mary checking out her new stuffed animal, while on the right, Caleb and Mary pose (as best they know how… ) for their Birthday picture.

Caleb is checking out his new car transport (above left), while Beau is checking out the taste of the Birthday cake. (above right)

Meantime, Chang Xiao Ping, one of the lead house mothers is checking out some of the new coats prior to wrapping them for the children’s Christmas.
The coats (one for every child) were a gift from a dear lady in the United States who faithfully supports the Home of Hope and the Home of Hope children.
What a blessing!

On Christmas Eve morning, Nathan made the comment that it would sure be nice if the grounds were cleaned up a little for our Christmas get together. Some of the children overheard him and in no time they were out raking and burning leaves. No one told them to do it…

Sam brought several of his university class mates home with him for Christmas. We were able to get a few of them together and take this picture. The children love to have visitors and since these were all young people they jumped in and helped with the clean up outside… then on to some basketball and ping pong! It was great to have them and made us all feel really warm inside since Sam wanted to “bring them home” with him.

Since our last web site update we have had several birthdays. Clockwise starting top left we have Henry He Long Qiang with roomates Hank (on the left) and Jerry; Julie Zhang Yan Yan (now nineteen and entering college this year); Seth Yang Xiao Ke; Michael Yang Wen Bo; Lydia Kang Lin Lin in the center with roomates (left to right) Rena, Heidi, Linda and Gail; Tim Tian Zheng Tu; Logan Zhang Xin Zhuan (also nineteen) and in the center of the group is a picture taken at Paul Yao You Bin’s birthday (Paul is on the left) shown with Nathan and Jim Yang Jin Duo. Nathan is telling Paul that Paul is now taller than Nathan is. How well we remember the first day we ever saw Paul. He barely came above Nathan’s waist back then! My how time flies!

Summer Work – For Pay!

Some of the older children, Sam, Hank, Julie, Holly and Tim asked Yie Yie (Nathan) if they could find a job during the summer this year. They said they were old enough now and really wanted to earn some money during the summer.
We try to paint the interior of the dorm building and the other buildings if possible each summer as by the end of winter the walls are showing the effects of having fifty plus children living there.

We told the children they could work right here if they wanted to, painting the inside of the buildings and they all jumped at the chance! It is almost finished as of this writing and it looks really good!

On the left is Julie Zhang Yan Yan. She is studying art in school so she was elected to do all the detail work. The taping of the windows and doors… door knobs… light switches and plugs then paint the places that took a lot of care so as not to get paint all over the adjacent items. She did a great job!

On the right is our “Handy Man” Tim Tian Zheng Tu… actually that is just what we call him. He follows Nathan around anytime he is not in school and even though he is still in middle school he can weld, do plumbing, fix minor electrical problems and much more. Between Nathan and Hai Tao (our true maintenance man) Tim is learning all he can and says he wants to stay at the Home of Hope when he finished High School and be the General Maintenance man for all the different Home of Hope’s in China.

In the back ground is Sam who graduated from High School this year and is preparing to enter college in the fall.

We painted the downstairs (the boy’s section of the dorm) an eggshell white with a 1 1/2 meter high band in baby blue at the bottom.

Upstairs, which is the girl’s section and also the nursery area, we used the same egg shell white with a very, very light pink band on the bottom.

To the left is Hank Cao Hai Kui who also graduated from high school this year and he too is preparing to enter college this fall.

Both Hank and Sam speak excellent English and so it was very easy for Nathan to give them detailed instructions on how he wanted everything done!

We felt this to be a great thing. We would have had to pay a contractor to come in and do the work as we normally do every year but this year the children who are working on this project earn their own money, are learning about having a work ethic and are helping to improve their own home!

On the right is Hai Tao our general, all purpose, all around…. EVERYTHING! He is our driver, driving the children to the doctor and other places as necessary; driving the house mothers to take the babies to the hospital; going out and negotiating good prices and buying many of the necessary things to keep a place like the Home of Hope operating on a daily basis and when not doing that he teaches the boys and does general maintenance work…

The neatest thing about Hai Tao is just what you see! That perpetual smile! He has been with us for over four years now and we have to say we really can’t remember a single time when he was not smiling!

She and Hank are the two oldest at the Home of Hope. Holly is behind Hank one year in school and hopes to go to College when she finishes High School. She is a Junior this year.

She was not too happy in this picture because we called her down to her birthday party and she had just washed her hair. She is at that age now where they pay more attention to their appearance.

Nathan is helping her by cutting her cake for her.

Holly is a great person and when she has time really helps out around the Home of Hope with the young children. She is very mature, thoughtful and a very responsible person! We are quite proud of Holly.

Hank also turned nineteen this year.

In this picture Hank is joined by his dorm mates, (left to right) Henry, Seth, Joey, Jerry and David.

Hank will be graduating from High School this year and wants to go to College.

We are currently looking for people to help sponsor this effort as getting in college in China is not that easy and is often rather expensive. If you would like to help sponsor some of these children’s advanced education needs you can do so by going to our donations page.

Tony Zhang Peng Cheng! Probably one of the most emotionally balanced little guys at the Home of Hope.

Tony is always polite and thoughtful of others and does an excellent job in school.

Tony came to the Home of Hope in June of 2005 and so this was his first birthday party.

He was a little nervous since all the children give little speeches after all the other children sing happy birthday to them.

We thought Tony would ask to be excused from making his speech but he went right into it as if he had been doing this sort of thing all his life!

He really enjoyed his birthday party!

As a foot note, even though these particular birthdays were celebrated in March some of the children’s birthdays were in February and even January. The late celebration is due to time constraints because of school schedules and such.

She and Hank are the two oldest at the Home of Hope. Holly is behind Hank one year in school and hopes to go to College when she finishes High School. She is a Junior this year.

She was not too happy in this picture because we called her down to her birthday party and she had just washed her hair. She is at that age now where they pay more attention to their appearance.

Nathan is helping her by cutting her cake for her.

Holly is a great person and when she has time really helps out around the Home of Hope with the young children. She is very mature, thoughtful and a very responsible person! We are quite proud of Holly.

In this picture Hank is joined by his dorm mates, (left to right) Henry, Seth, Joey, Jerry and David.

Hank will be graduating from High School this year and wants to go to College.

We are currently looking for people to help sponsor this effort as getting in college in China is not that easy and is often rather expensive. If you would like to help sponsor some of these children’s advanced education needs you can find out how to donate at our “donations” page.

Tony is always polite and thoughtful of others and does an excellent job in school.

Tony came to the Home of Hope in June of 2005 and so this was his first birthday party.

He was a little nervous since all the children give little speeches after all the other children sing happy birthday to them.

We thought Tony would ask to be excused from making his speech but he went right into it as if he had been doing this sort of thing all his life!

He really enjoyed his birthday party!

“June” truly did manage to get some of the birthday cake in her mouth. But as is traditionally custom here in China some of the cake has to be put on your friend’s and relative’s face. A birthday party is to be a time of fun and happiness and a minor cake fight is all part of the fun. On occasion they even catch “Yie Yie” (Grandpa Nathan) and get some cake smeared on his face as well.

“Rena” decided to hide behind a flower or planter to eat her piece of Birthday Cake. I don’t think it did much good because I seem to remember a short time after I took this picture she came up to me and showed me her face covered with pink, yellow and blue icing. It is amazing to see how these children have grown in stature and character during the time they have been here. “Rena” and her brother “Bryan” are a joy to have around with their mischievous yet tender hearted personalities. Always good for a laugh yet always ready to lend a helping hand when needed.

On the left, “Joey”, “Gail“, “Heidi” and “Rena” all wait for big brother “Seth” to give them their piece of his birthday cake. You can almost see in Joey’s eyes that he is planning on the exact spot where his piece of cake is going to land on “Seth”! Of course you have the two little ladies “Gail” and “Heidi” who simply won’t do those kind of things. That just isn’t lady like! But most of the children with a small exception of a few, do get into the “cake mess” as I call it.

“Luke” and “Michael” sure don’t have any problems with eating all of their cake. Both of them wanted second helpings so they weren’t about to waste their cake by putting it on another person’s face… Michael seems to be saying “It tastes just fine on my own face.. and that’s where I want all of it!” They are both in kindergarten now and doing very well in their preschool courses.