11th March 2014

Eons ago (what seems lile eons ago), we had a talk abt poor children who have no homes to go home to (and feel safe in) or have nobody to lookafter them. My older kid was visibly moved and wanted to give away all his earthly possessions immediately. The younger one was not so  convinced and held on to the opinion that he REALLY needed all his toys. 

I figured there would be plenty of opportunities later to build in empathy.. So i let it go. 

Months later, i (on a whim) submitted a photo of the boys eating cotton candy and looking damn pleased with themselves, naturally, to a contest held by Dutch Lady (titled #50brightkids). I hd no idea what was in store or what would happen (like i said, a whim). 

To my amazement, that picture was selected, and we won ourselves some milk powder (1.6 kg x 6) and vouchers. 

While we could probably keep the milk powder and save loads of money (its like a year's worth for us.. We dont drink that MUCH milk anymore), we thought hard about whether we needed it or not. 

The answer was, of course, no. 

To my surprise, i didnt need to do too much guiding and prompting (in fact, none!) to get the boys to think what they should do with it. 

"Lets give to poor children!" Said the older one. 

"like the childrens in the Home!" Said the younger one, who has trouble with plurals. 

And that was that. 

:) thankful for little boys who want to do good :)

And thank you Dutch Lady for the opportunity to do so! :)