Watery Fun

We are in Salina KS overnight. We are staying in a hotel that has an indoor pool with a huge indoor curvy water slide. This is the first time Edward has ever been on a water slide of any type. HE LOVED IT!!! I rode down with him the 2 times, then I went first, then he came after I was in the water waiting to catch him. Then he went about 4 times by himself with me waiting to catch him at the bottom. Then we went 2 more times where I went first and then he came after I was in the water to catch him. Sorry didn't get pictures, camera not water friendly. Next time I will bring a water proof camera. He has so much fun. Tomorrow we will go to a train museum here in Salina, then we are head to Kansas City overnight so we can go to the Worlds of Fun Amusement Park there, then off to Topeka (maybe not a 100% sure on that one) overnight then home Monday morning in time for swimming lessons.

First Birthday Party Invite

Edward is so excited he got his first invite to a birthday party. He was invited to a party for another little boy here in town, that was on his blast ball team. It is this coming Monday. It is at 3pm, he has bowling league on Mondays too at 1pm so I set up for him to do a pre-bowl this Friday instead, so he can go to the party.

Thank Heaven's

Last night (kirk is out of town for the next few days on business), Edward ended up in my bed about 230 in the morning, saying he had a bad dream. About an hour later, I thought his side of the bed felt wet (mind you I can count on both my hands how many times he has had an accident since he was potty trained in Jan 06). He had an accident. He was rather upset about the whole situtation. I got up and changed the bedding hoping I had the mattress cover that had a water proof lining (I bought it so sippy cups that tend to leak wouldn't ruin our temprupetic mattress pad). Thankfully it was on our bed and the mattress and mattress pads were as dry as a bone. I gave him a hug and reminded him accidents happen to everyone. I wouldn't have been mad at him even if I had had the other mattress cover on. He's just a little boy and things like this will happen from time to time.

Update on Edward's Sleeping

I am proud to announce that Edward has been successfully sleeping in his bed 97% of the time from bedtime to sunrise, for the past 7 weeks. He is doing great and we have made even more changes to his bedtime routine. He now starts out in his bed, we read him 3 stories, kiss him and hug him goodnight, tuck him in, turn on his lullaby music and turn out the lights. He stays there and will sleep the whole night through unless he has a bad dream, then he comes to our bed. He must have been ready this time to sleep in his own bed because we didn't have the issues we had before with getting him to sleep in his bed.

Ummmmmmmm, Daddy!!!

Sebastian had knocked over Kirk's soda while scrounging from something that he thought was up on the TV tray to eat. Kirk said some expletives at Sebastian. Edward walked up to Kirk, and said "Ummmmm, Daddy you're suppose to say Oh Pickles, not naughty words."

Our Niece

It is so hard to believe that our niece Megan who was almost 3 1/2 years old when Kirk and I got married, will be graduating from High School tomorrow. Where in the World did the Time Go? We wish her well in life and in her college years, we are so proud of her. We wish we could be there to spend her special day with her. I hope that she knows that she will be in our thoughts and prayers tomorrow, as she walks into her High School as a Senior for the last time and walks out a woman, a High School Graduate.

Edward's Bowling

Edward had his second week of league today. His average so far is 79 (that was averaged out of last weeks two games...doesn't include todays games). He is now bowling with a 8lb ball. He got one strike last week. This week he got 3 spares and bowled, get this, a 103 the first game and a 74 the second one. He got an announcement over the intercom for everyone to hear. She said that Edward Thompson in the Bumpers League just bowled a 103 game. He was so excited to hear that. He is doing amazing this season, I hope that he keeps it up. He gets so excited when he does well. He does have team this year, with another little boy named William (who is also home schooled). Their team had the second highest combined game score last week. Not bad for a 2 4 yr olds. The name of their team is Speedy Rollers. Cute, huh?

My Awesome Weekend

We had an Awesome time! Friday night after we arrived we just stayed in. I had a fruit and cheese tray along with a small bottle of white wine in the room for when we arrived. So we enjoyed that when we got in. We had a separate sitting room with it's own 1/2 bath, mini bar & TV. There was a small balcony. However there wasn't really a view to see so we didn't use that. There were 2 double beds, a TV and full bathroom in the other bedroom portion of the suite. We ordered room service for dinner (which were so wonderful...she had chicken and I had steak) and played Here and Now Monopoly, while visiting....we also watched a little TV. We got up Saturday went to Inspirations Tea Room for lunch. This tearoom is owned by Christians. It is fabulous, we both have been there other times. I told the waitress that we were celebrating Trisha's Birthday. When she brought back our dessert (we were sharing, it was a Strawberry Shortcake) it had a candle in it. They also gave her a little gift back with some of their scones (yummmy) and a few teas. We wandered around their gift shop afterwards until we had to leaver for the spa. I have to say that I went to another spa last Feb and that spa has nothing on the one we went to. It was so relaxing, tranquil, and serene. The treatments that we had were just fabulous. We started with a Lavender Hand Luxury Treatment. We soaked our hands in this water that had a lavender fizzing marble in it, then they took our hands and massaged them with lavender lotion and then dipped them in paraffin wax, we sat there with our hands in the wax, covered with plastic bags and these towels that were sewn like huge mittens, while they did our feet. We had the Grape Peel Foot Treatment. Our feet were soaked in Champagne fizz. Then they were exfoliated with Grape Pedi Peel and Champagne Oil (it was a foot mask), then they put our feet in plastic bags and they blue slippers. They looked like Smurf booties. LOL!!! While our feet sat in these booties, they finished our hands. They removed the paraffin wax, and massaged our hands with lavender oils. Then they removed the booties and finished our feet. We were able to stay together during these two treatments, we visited and just had a great time. Then we were taken to separate rooms for our facials. We had Chocolate Champagne Facials. First we had to remove our tops including our bras and done the soft spa towel tops that snapped closed. Then we laid down on massage tables and covered with sheets. They started our facials with a facial cleansing with Chocolate milk (LOL....that is what they call what ever it is), that was followed with hot stones rubbed on the face, then removed with a steaming hot cloth massage. Next came Exfoliation with a Revitalizing Exfoliating Scrub, and another rub down with hot stones, then removed with another steaming hot cloth massage. Then the Chocolate Masque was applied. While that was being allowed to do it's thing. We received a Champagne and Rose Butter Oil Massaged to the hands, arms, shoulders, neck and scalp. The Chocolate Masque was removed with a steaming hot cloth massage after it was rubbed down with hot stones. Then we had ultra hemp moisturizer put on our faces followed by a cold stone rub down on the face to help with the redness. This was heavenly. We finished up the day at the spa with Chocolate Strawberry crepes and tea in the fireside room. When we checked out we were given some Ultra Hemp Moisturizer and Eye Pillows that you can heat or put in the freezer. We went shopping at Target afterwards, then back to the hotel. We decided that we were going to go to Brick Town for dinners at an awesome Mexican Restaurant called Abelous. We were just about to leave when my cell phone rang. It was Kirk. He was Frantically asking me where Edward and I go for walks. I was trying to figure out why he was so frantic about going for a walk and why it was important that he took Edward where we go. I kept asking why he wanted to know and was so frantic about it. Finally he tells me he can't find Edward anywhere. He explains that he hadn't seen or heard Edward in almost 30 minutes. That he had looked all over the house but he was no where to be found. That he had called the cops and that they were there searching the house too. He told me he had to go, leaving me hanging and not know much more of what was happening. I called my mom, my step mom and Jennifer to ask them to start praying that Edward was found. Trisha called her mom and did the same. I called Kirk back and asked if they had found him. He said no, that he was looking for something that Edward had been wearing for the scent sniffing dogs that they were bringing in. Our elderly neighbor was searching the alleys and streets for Edward. Kirk hangs up on me. I can tell he is frantic. I am trying to stay calm and not just jump in the van and fly home, thinking how long do I wait before I do so. I felt that Edward had just fallen asleep somewhere in the house like he does at times with me and that Kirk just couldn't see him. I wanted to give ample time for them to look and not have Kirk worrying about me driving frantically home. Kirk called back and I asked him if they had found him. He was saying no, then in the back ground I hear a cop say that they had found him. Relief filled me so much, and Kirk too, I could instantly hear it in his voice. Kirk asked where they found him at, Edward had gone and curled up in his big butterfly chair back in the little reading nook in the playroom and fallen asleep. This chair is full of stuffed animals. He had crawled under all of them (probably had been playing there and fell asleep unplanned), the only thing that was sticking out was his hair and a tiny portion of his head. They brought Edward to Kirk and I could hear Kirk squeezing the stuffing out of Edward. PTL That he was safe. I finally got the rest of the story. Kirk was trying to surprise me while I was gone with redoing our downstairs bathroom. Edward had been going back and forth, and then Kirk realized that Edward hadn't come around for about 20 to 30 minutes, it was awful quiet so he went looking for him. Couldn't find him and this freaked him because there had been a yard sale just a few houses down the road with lots of people coming and going in the neighborhood. So he called the cops after he was unsuccessful in locating Edward. He says now he feels like an idiot but I told him not too. He did the right thing, minutes are so important in finding a lost little one. After everything was calmed down, Trisha and I decided to still go to dinner. We hoped the downtown trolley (caught it unfortunately at the beginning of the route so we had to ride it the whole route...it was only a quarter though) to Brick Town. We had a great dinner at the Mexican Restaurant, went back to the hotel, rented a movie (Because I Said So with Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore) , order a midnight snack from room service and then went to sleep. We woke up Sunday morning, ordered breakfast from room service, packed up and left. She went to her aunts, I went shopping (had to get some things for father's day to make for Kirk), then I went to see the Wilkinson's (my first nanny family).....visited for almost 2 hours then came home. It was a nice weekend minus the missing Edward thing.

Temper, Temper, Temper

What are we going to do? I pray that this is just a phase but Edward has gotten a temper going on ever since he turned 4 last month. He has taken to hitting, biting, screaming so hard his face turns beat red (I can only imagine what that is doing to this little guys blood pressure level), chocking and clawing at us when we are trying to punish him or he is not getting his way. Does anyone have any suggestions? I just don't know where all this anger is coming from.

Husbands Sense of Humor

I asked Kirk to give me a check to transfere funds from his checking account to our main account and do you know what that silly man wrote on the memo portion of the check that he gave me to deposit while I am in OKC? He wrote: For Sexual Services Rendered. He says he refuses to write a new check. I wonder what our bank in OKC will think when they see that.

Finally Finished A Book

I finished Saving Levi by Lisa Misraje Bently yesterday, while Edward was in Kindermusik class. It was a very moving, touching book. I highly suggest it to everyone to read, especially if you are considering missionary work, adopting a special needs child (especially from a foreign country).

Will They Survive???

I keep wondering if my going away for a whole weekend is a great idea. I am not sure Edward and Kirk (or my house for that matter) will surive the weekend. I keep wondering if I should just cancel. I wont, I need to go but I know that I will be spending time worrying if they are killing each other. I guess you never can truly leave your family, can you?

Edward's 4yr Well Child Check-up

Edward had his 4 yr well child check up a few weeks ago. He measured in at 40 1/4 inches tall. He weighed in at 36lbs (at this rate, he will be riding in a booster seat until he can drive a car...lol!!!). He is where he should be in somethings and ahead in others. They tried to do an eye exam on him but it wasn't really very helpful. I am sure next year will be a better time for him to do it. He had his ears checked, they are good his right ear was a little off but she felt that, that could be due to fluid behind the ears due to allergies. He seems to have inherited that from me, poor kid. Sneezes like crazy some days. We have him on Claritin for Kids daily now. He seems much better.

Edward's Day

Today was Edward's first day Summer Bowling League. He has a team mate this session, which is great. Last 2 sessions he was the only one on his team. He scored a 73 his first game and a 69 his second game. He started off the very first frame of the session with a Strike. The 2 boys (Edward and his team mate, William) decided to name their team the Speedy Rollers. He also had his first day of his week long Kindermusik camp. He loved it. We go every morning this week, it is an early rise week for us. I am considering doing the Homeschooling Bowling League in the fall, William is homeschooled and they were a part of that league. She said it was great. They also had the cutest T-shirts for their league. That league is during the school year from Sept to April.

A Edward Funny on the way to the Zoo yesterday

Yesterday, while we were driving to the zoo for Kirk's company. Edward was sitting in the back of the van in his car seat behind his wagon (had to take one seat out to fit it), says to his daddy in a very stern tone of voice: "Daddy we're going to the zoo today! There are lots of animals there, so you need to stay with us and not get lost. If you get lost then you will be in LOTS of trouble."

Evel Knievel the next generation

I just found my son trying to roller skate down our stairs (luckily it wasn't the top of the staircase were I can't see him (wall in the way). I told him no and he took of his roller skates. He has those Little Tike Adjustable Roller Skates that you can put over their shoes. He loves them. LOL!!!! What will that boy try to do next? Everytime I turn around he is trying to do something that might hurt him, like jumping off the deck railing, climbing the fence, hanging over a railing and so forth. Oh the life of a little boy, always excitement!!!

The Amish Came To Live........

I stopped by Sonic for drinks and a light snack on my way back from the zoo, I had met Kirk and Edward at Kirks work this morning, so we had both vechiles. I needed mine because I had to transport Edward's Wagon for the zoo (one of those really cool ones with a canopy, complete with cupholds and a stashing place under one of the seats). Anyway, Kirk got home before Edward and I did. I get up to the back door and he greets me, in my mind I am thinking why does my husband look like an Amish man all of a sudden in the face. Did we convert and I didn't know about it? He was giong to shave, I guess. He had only shaved his mustache off but not his beard. He was looking for the cord that goes to his shaver. I promise he looked just like an Amish man. It was too much.

A Quiet Night

Last night Kirk took Edwared to stay overnight in a hotel just to give me a break, even though I am going out of town next weekend for a Girls Weekend. It was a great suprise. I rested some and cleaned some. We went to the zoo this morning with Kirk's work for a company picnic. Everyone is tired and grumpy now. Think I might see if I can go get Sir Whiney Pants to go lay down with me upstairs for a little bit.

What a Night

Last night was awful here in Newton Kansas. We had just laid down to go to sleep, when the lights all of a sudden went out. There was a very wicked thunderstorm a brewing. Well when the lights went out we lost the fans, the air conditioning. I must admit that I need the sound of these things to sleep not to mention the cool air because we have gotten to the humid hotness of the year around here. So with no air conditioning and fans, we had to open the window, which at least created a pretty cool breeze at times in the room. It took them forever to turn back on the electrity. It was almost 5 am before it came on, so needless to say it was a pretty bad nights sleep for both Kirk and I.

I say YOU GO GIRL

YouTube - A Fat Rant. If you are a overweight woman like me, check this out. I say you go girl! Those of us who are Plus Size have just as much right to look awesome in our clothes and have up to date things to wear as those who aren't plus size do. I can so associated to what Joy is saying in this clip.

Boys with Long Hair

I was watching ET (entertainment tonight) and saw a picture of Celine Dion and her 6 yr old son. I promise you if they hadn't mentioned that he was a boy, you would have thought he was a girl. His hair must be mid back length. Why oh why would a parent allow their sons to grow out their hair like a girls? No wonder we have people walking around with sexual identy problems. I would never allow Edward to grow his hair out like that. I am not as much appalled by boys who have long in your face hair that is shoulder length. I believe in keeping it nice and neat when it comes to boys (a little spike is okay). Yes, I do find it just as appalling when mom's cut their girls hair into short page boys and so forth, causing them to look like boys. I am understand though when it is for a medical reason or due to something like lice, those are issues that have to be dealt with as delicately as possible.

What to do??

I have an issues, that I am not sure how to deal with. Right now it is okay but here in a few weeks we might be back to the same issues. Let me explain. Edward started going to Children's Church and Sunday School at mid-April. There are 2 teachers (they alternate weeks) for his class (4 and 5 yr olds), one of them seems to have issues either with Edward or what little kids say in general, I am not 100% sure which yet. She has been leave for 2 weeks but should be back in about 2 to 3 weeks. The first week she had Edward in her class, she came to the door as soon as she saw us. She quite huffily and rudely, announced to us that we need to "Talk to our son". We asked why, she said because Edward said that a Tuba sounded like a Fart. For crying out loud he is a little boy and pretty much all little boys would say something like that. 2 weeks after that, she meets us again at the door, and tells us that Edward said that He wanted a baby brother or sister, that mommy was trying to get one in her tummy. She acted like this was offensive. She acted like he was talking out right about sex, he is a little boy, he doesn't even know what sex is. I told her that he was a little boy and didn't know what that meant, all he wants is a sibling. I forgot at the time because I was so upset that I had told Edward (who has been bugging me endlessly lately) that he needed to ask God for a sibling if he wanted one, that he wanted to pray about it. So, I am thinking that this topic of discussion came up when prayer requests were asked for. I went to the other teacher, but I still dread when this teacher comes back. What would you do in this situation? I would love any suggestions.

Mommy, Can We Chase the Ice Cream Man?

Today, I was out mowing the lawn. I was doing the lawn by the carport/garage first. Edward was riding his bike on the driveway area. He heard the music of the ice cream man. He came over to me, so I stopped mowing. He said "Mommy, Can We Chase the Ice Cream Man?". I told him that I didn't have any cash, he said you do to, in the car (we keep change in there from when we are given it back from buying something). So I told him if the Ice Cream Man was out front when we were up there for me to mow the front lawn, I would buy him an ice cream. He took this to mean that we were going to chase the Ice Cream man. He grabbed his bike and started running down the back alley with me following pushing the mower with me. Needless to say I was about half of the way done with the front yard before we saw the Ice Cream Man's Van. He was about 2 streets down from ours (we could see him). Edward went to the road (I was with him) and was waving him down, screaming "STOP HERE ICE CREAM MAN!!" It took everything I had not to bust up laughing right there in the street. Guess we will be seeing a lot of the ice cream man this summer since Edward seems to be able to hone in on the music that the Ice Cream Man plays, even in the house.

Such a little Gentleman!

Yesterday Edward and I went to the post office while we were doing errands. He saw some women with their arms full, and he went and held the door open for them. He was very polite and so sweet. I was so proud of my son in that very moment, I know that we are raising him well.

Backwards Underwear

This morning, I noticed that Edward had his underwear on backwards. I told them that the hole in the underwear needed to be in the front. Well he turned them around, and show me that the hole was in the front with pulling his penis out. I told him that that was exactly what the whole in the underwear was for, so that he didn't have to pull down his underwear to go pee. He said no, that he goes pee like this. He pulled his penis out over the top of his underwear, I said that that was okay too but they put in hole in the underwear so that you could do it that way too. I thought that this was the end of the conversation. NO!!! I picked up the phone to call Kirk to see what he wanted for dinner and when he might be home from his trip, Edward takes the phone from me. He doesn't say hi daddy, not I miss you.....just goes right into telling Kirk that He pees like this (showing daddy who is not even in the room, let alone the state but on the other end of the phone) and he doesn't want to use the hole to pee, he wont put his penis in the hole. Kirk has no clue what Edward is talking about other than peeing and something to do with a hole. I can't help myself, I am cracking up the whole time. Picturing what Kirk is thinking in his mind about this subject that Edward is being very adament about with him. Edward hands me back the phone, not good-bye daddy, not I will see you soon, just stops talking about peeing and the hole and hands the phone back to me. I asked Kirk if he had any idea what that was all about. Kirk said peeing in holes? I laughed and told him, well sorta. I explained the whole thing and then he understood. That child!!