Send In The Clowns

We took Edward to his first Circus (Shrine Circus) today. He absolutely loved it. He adored the clowns. We had a blast.

Paging Dr. Edward

Edward was pretending yesterday to be an astronaut (we had bought him a space suit last year at the fair from the local Cosmosphere), he wore the costume all afternoon, we had to convince him to take it off for bed last night (note that was night 5 in a row of sleeping in his own bed in his own room). About 20 minutes ago Edward came up to me with his doctor stuff. He informed me that I have a broken tummy ache. I proceeded to ask him all kinds of questions like where did he get his PHD at (he informed me at Burger King), if I needed to have a surgery, how long I had to keep my bandage on (the rest of my days he said). He said he was putting me to bed for all days. What an imagination.

Edwards Day

WOW! Edward was an eating machine today. He just doesn't seem to be able to satisfy his hunger. He must be going through a growing spurt....he needs to go through one. He has been hyper today, almost out of control at points. I asked him in Kindermusik class this morning to turn down his hyper-activity level just a smidge, he looked right at me and told me the dial was stuck. LOL!!! Where does he get this stuff? We have bowling tonight, hopefully he will be able to get some of this energy used. I think part of it is the weather that and daddy had to be out of town overnight last night....he tends to push things a little bit more with me when Daddy isn't here. I think it is because he misses his daddy so much during the day, that he looks forward to daddy coming home after work and when he doesn't for some reason it really seems to effect Edwards mood. Daddy will be home tonight but tired (had a very long day yesterday), so Edward might not get that Daddy attention he is craving until tomorrow after Daddy has had a chance to rest.

Evicted!!!

As some of you know we have been pretty much co-sleeping with Edward since he was born. I had had him in his own bed around 18 months, but after Kirk had his accident he brought Edward back into our bed because he could only sleep if his family was close by. Well Edward has pretty much been in our bed ever since. When we moved to this house and got him a Thomas The Tank Engine Toddler Bed, he slept in it for almost a month...then bounced right back into our bed. No matter what amount of bribing, types of encouragement and incentives that were given he refused to go back to sleeping in his own bed on a regular basis. I finally put my foot down and this past Monday evicted him from our bed. I have made it very clear to him that he was getting to be a big boy and big boys sleep in their own beds. We have started a new routine with him....he gets to come to our room before lights out and we read him a couple of stories, then I put him in his room in his bed. I turn on his lullabye music (unfortuantly his Lighting McQueen CD Radio doesnt have continous play on it) and let it play while I lay in his bed with him until he falls asleep. He has slept all through the night in his own bed the last few nights. We praise him in the morning for sleeping in his own bed and tell him what a big boy he is. Now it is not like if he were sick or got scared from a nightmare or something that we wouldn't allow him to sleep with us one or two nights but he needs to be sleeping in his own bed on a regular basis from now on. I will also be quiting slowly using a technique I saw on SuperNanny, laying in his bed with him to get him to sleep. I will work on that with him after his birthday, once Nana goes home. He should be comfortable and use to by then with sleeping in his own bed.

Another Edward Funny

Kirk took Edward to see Meet the Robinson's this past Saturday while I hid Easter Eggs and put together Easter Baskets. I guess there was a preview of a new movie coming out soon about Under Dog (an old cartoon some of us old foogies might remember from when we were kids). Anyway, Edward gets home....puts a leash on Storm, taking her outside....telling her to "Come On Super Dog!" Well he did this every day until yesterday. Yesterday he puts the leash on her and says "Come On Pyscho Dog!". I said to him "What did you just call her Edward?" He says, smiling at me "Pyscho Dog". I asked him "Where did you hear that at Edward?" He says to me, smiling again "You, Mommy!" Kids!!!

What He Should Have Worn for Easter

Due to extremely abnormal freezing temps on Easter, Edward was unable to wear the outfit that I had bought him for Easter (seen below in the pictures), he had to wear Jeans with a short sleeve yellow (with blue and white stripes) polo shirt, and a coat to church for Easter morning. Crazy weather!!!

Finding the Easter Baskets

Look what the Easter Bunny left for me and Daddy!!!!! Cool!

Egg Hunt

Unfortunatly it was way to cold outside for us to take Edward to the Easter Egg hunt on Friday night, due mainly to the fact that they (the rec center) still choose to hold it outside in the freezy cold. So we took the eggs that we dyed Friday night and I filled 18 plastic ones, hid them while Kirk and Edward were gone to a movie. When they got home Edward went into the playroom and hunted the eggs. He had fun, but I still feel that bad that he wasn't able to go to an actual egg hunt. Didn't want to risk him getting ill from the freezing temps. I did have to laugh though, everytime he came across a plastic egg, he had to open it up to see what was inside before he would go on to hunt for another egg. All the candy is put up now and he has to go through me to get some. Trying to limit sugar and junk intake.

Decorating Cookies

Our local Kitchen Store had a free Easter Cookie Decorating Activity for kids today. I took Edward and they let him decorate two cookies. He got to choose between egg shaped ones and bunny ones, he choose to do two egg shaped ones. He had a blast. He enjoyed doing it. Here are some pictures of him decorating his cookies.

EGGcellent

Edward loved dying his Easter Eggs tonight before we went to bed. Tomorrow daddy will take him for a few hours so mommy can deal with the Easter Basket and hiding the eggs in the house (too cold to do it outside) for him to find after they get back. Here is some pictures of him dying his eggs. I loved the dying kit we used this year, it was called Dunk An Egg, came with everything including the containers to hold the dye. Very easy clean-up. We only did 10 eggs (2 broke during the boiling process) this year, enough for our little family to enjoy some egg salad or deviled eggs later this week.

Please Mr. Postman!!!

Wow! Edward is beside himself. He got a card yesterday in the mail from his Godmother Jennifer with 2 dollars to buy an ice cream cone and today he received 3 packages. One from his Grandma Bev that had a Jesus Storybook Bible (for Easter and His Dedication), some grow capsules with sea animals (he is watching them grow right now....they will be cool for sponge painting) and a cool Puzzle card. He also received one from his Nana in a cool bag that was full with Peanut Butter M&Ms, an egg that had play dough with 2 Easter forms to shape it, a duck with bubbles and some Noah's Ark Playing Cards....oh and a dolphin shape grow me wash cloth. And last but defiantly not least he received a package from his other Godmother Trisha, she sent him some fun sheet foam animals to make (3 of them), 2 rubber duckies (one in an Easter Egg and the other dressed like a bunnie) and a baggie full of Dum Dum Suckers (he loves these). He was totally delighted and happy to be the center of attention with mail today. He says thank you all so very much!!!! He loved each thing and was so excited with everything.

Bath Challenge

LOL! Leave it to Edward. He is the hardest child to get into the tub, it isn't because he doesn't want to take a bath.....he is just to busy to take the time out from what he is doing to come take one. I have to laugh though because once we get him into the bath then we can't get him out usually because then he is to busy playing in there. Got to love that boy!

Amazing

It is simply amazing to me how much Edward's imagine has grown over the last year. He has a very active imagination. It is fun to sit and watch him play. He walks around pretending to talk on his wrist (like Diego does on his video watch). He pretends to talk to daddy (or Nana or Oma Du or Grandma Bev) on a phone, drive cars and trains, be a baby, be a parent, be a musician, be a super hero, ride in a boat or just about anything else he can come up with. He uses the dogs sometimes in his adventures. Especially Stormy, she has become his playmate at times.

Finalized Floor Pictures

Thought you would love to see how our floors came out. We absolutely love them. The first picture is after the stain and first 2 sealant coats have been put on. The last 2 pictures of the finalized Floors after the 3 and final sealant coat was put on and dried. We still haven't been able to move things back into the room completely as I have to apply felt strips to the bottom of almost everything. Will post another picture once everything is moved back into the room and it is put back together.

Can You Do That???

Yesterday in all the ciaos, Edward had gone up stairs. I didn't see that he had taken his portable DVD player with him. He decided to give it a little bath in the sink. Oie Vey!!! Needless to say it is ruined. Thankfully we have coverage on it and will be able to replace it. Kids!!!

They Call Him the Streak

I forgot to share this yesterday. When we got home from taking the dogs to the kennel. I was at the sink rinsing of Dora and her pony Cookie, when I turned around to ask Edward was something. He appears and he is completely naked from the waist down. Of course the floor guys are there. I guess he thought it was his home and he wanted to be comfortable, so why not take it all off. That boy!!!!

Let Me Show You How, Daddy!

TOO FUNNY not to share. We were having oreo cookies and milk for desert in the hotel room. Edward had picked the ones with the chocolate creme filling. Kirk asked what the chocolate filling was all about. I told him Edward had picked them out. Edward decides to chime in at this time. He says "Daddy, it's a cookie! You dunk it in the milk like this (showing Kirk how to dunk his cookie(please note he is using Kirk's cookie to show Kirk how to enjoy a cookie)), Daddy! Then you eat it like this (taking bite of the cookie)." Then he hands the cookie back to Kirk. LOL!!! To funny.

Like Father, Like Son

I must admit this is hilarious, or at least I think it is. Kirk tends to talk in his sleep from time to time, he will even bust up laughing. It's so funny, like he is truly enjoying his dreams. Well, I have noticed that Edward smiles in his sleep but not only that he too laughs and talks. This morning for example all of a sudden be blurts out "Walk The Reindeer". Between him and his daddy, it is a comical event during the night. Good think for the most part, I am still a pretty hard sleeper.....that is when I am able to get into a good sleep....which is rare lately.

Little Voice on the Other End of the Phone

Edward has taken up answering the phone. He now races to be the one who answers the phone when it rings. It is so cute. However it is time to teach him how to answer it properly. He seems to think that everyone who is calling is Daddy. LOL!!! He is just growing up so fast. He knows how to use the remote for the TV and will pause the show you are watching if he leaves the room (we have DVR's downstairs). He is just to much.

Welcome

This blog is just for family to read. It is a blog for grandma's, grandpa's, aunts, uncles, cousins and other wonderful family to read. We promise it will be very G rated and just a way to share with you about what is going on in the Thompson Family Household. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Funny

Okay I am warning you right up front that this has to do with a woman's time of the month and might be a little TMI for some folks.

Edward will not stay out of the bathroom (can't lock the doors...down stairs bath has a pocket door....no lock and no way to lock it or even hold it closed where he can't get in. Upstairs has a lock but whatever idiot painted the lock and we can't get it to work correctly, scared we might get locked in the bathroom. Old door with old lock, so wont take out because we want to keep our house as close to original as possible (it is almost 100 yrs old)) when I am in there. I usually don't care but I do when it is that time of the month (which with my PCOS isn't guaranteed to take place every month unless I am taking fertility meds). Anyways needless to say he has seen things like pads and tampons. Today while the men where downstairs dealing with the new washer and dryer, Edward was helping me get his lunch ready. He saw some used tea bags (round....no strings) on my tea bag hold. They were purplish red due to be pomogrant green tea. He says to me kinda loud, mommy why do you put these in your gyna. I thought he asked why I put them in my china, so I said to make tea honey. No he said, pointing to at me and asking again why do you put these in your gyna? I said oh no honey, those are to make tea. I left it at that. I didn't want to get into why women menstrate with my 3 almost 4 yr old. Sometimes he can ask the most inappropriate questions at the most inappropriate times. We don't hide things from him, we are very up front about everything but we do only answer accordingly to his age. We believe you have to be open about your body and why God made it the way he did, in order to give him a good self image about his body. I really can't stand it when I hear parents asking their children things like "does your wooo hooo hurt??" or "did you make a nice shuuu shuuu?" What is that all about? Why can't they just come out and ask directly what they are wanting to know. They are only causing confussion and teaching their children to be ashamed of how God made them. I think it is a crying shame.

Unique Sleeping Place

This is a picture of Edward, he fell asleep on his Thomas the Tank Engine Table last night. He had had a very busy day with his daddy. I woke up sick yesterday morning, so we didn't go to chuch. I have a hard time when it comes to sharing germs, I know I am suppose to teach Edward to share, but this is one thing I just can't seem to bring myself to teach him to share with others. :0)
Anyway after he got home from the park and picking up a floor cleaner, he came home played a little bit, then went up stairs...threw a fit.....and then it got exteremly quiet. I went up to check on him, sleeping on the table is where I found him. Just had to share.

Edward's Big News

Edward has some great news to share, he has 2 GodMother's. He has been waiting for over 4 yrs now (that includes the in womb time) for mommy and daddy to get around to deciding who will be blessed (and will bless Edward) with being his GodMother. I have asked my 2 Sisters at Heart (Jennifer and Trisha) to fill this role for Edward. I know these 2 ladies are the ones God has put in our lives to fill this role.

GODMOTHER

She gives Guidance, Prayers and Love to her Godchild.

She teaches through example the path of God above.

I am so blessed to know that God has given us these 2 special ladies in our lives to help share in the upbringing of Edward. I know that he will always have safe loving arms around him and women in his life who will love him unconditionally and get on their knees and pray for him every night.

Fun Friday

Today was a fun day. Edward and I went bowling this afternoon. He didn't have Kindermusik or Bowling League today due to Spring Break. So today I decided we would have a Mommy/Edward day. Edward bowled a high score of 68, which was great. We had a great time, we bowled, had pizza and rootbeer, then went to Kohl's and Linen & Things to do some shopping. I enjoyed just being with my son. It was a great time. Kirk is going to take him to his Parent Tots Gymnastics Class at the local Recreation Center tomorrow morning, so I can get some much needed house work done. Not sure if they will go somewhere else afterwards or not, but every free minute will help.

Edwards Dedication

Yesterday was Edwards Dedication at Church, it went well. We were so proud of him, especially after all the fussing he had done about not wanting to do it. He went up to the front though like a little champ and even let the pastor hold him during his prayer for Edward. We got so many compliments on how cute he looked in his little sailor suit and hat.