He had me put many different colors in his hair. 
No shame for this boy, he wanted CRAZY. 
It was also my birthday. Hayden made me a homemade card. He drew it himself and wrote on it. As I read what he wrote on his own, I cried like a baby. At one point, he said "Momma don't be sad, I know I did not draw you good, but I tried." Oh if he only knew. He wrote that he prays for me Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Talk about being covered in prayer. I am so honored to be loved that way and to be given the chance to be his Momma. He also had on his card that he thanked God for letting me be his Momma. (I let him know quite frequently how much I thank God for choosing me to be his Momma too!) There is no doubt that my heart goes with this child EVERY MINUTE of EVERY DAY of his life.
We have gotten to go to so many neat places since he started school. This 3rd grade trip ranks right up there with the best of them. Part of that is probably because he chose to ride with me and not the bus so we got to talk and just hang out for the ride. The 3rd graders had been studying rocks and soil in class for science so the teachers arranged for them to go to the Crystal Mines and dig, dig, dig. You knew the little boys were going to love it but let me tell you the girls were in there just digging away too. 
I even saw Moms and Dads with BIG shovels (you know the kind I told Hayden were not allowed -- oops). He had so much fun. Of course, the fun stopped when he saw the climb back up to the van and the big bucket of "crystals" he had. And yes, he is spoiled so I carried the bucket back up the hill. HA 
I had too much fun listening to some of the other little boys bring their "crystals" over to Hayden and ask him if they were real. After hearing this a while, I whispered to one of the fellas that Hayden did not know anymore about them than he did. I promptly got back "Yes, he does, he really KNOWS". Not sure how he convinced them of that but I guess his powers of persuasion are hard at work at school. (Maybe we have a lawyer in the making. Oh I hope not!!!!)
