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.

Boys

Why oh why do little boys have to be so destructive? I love my son don't get me wrong. I just don't care for his sometimes destructive ways. I know that he doesn't do it on purpose, that he is just being explorative and a little boy. Just needed to vent and SCREAM.

Night Time Visitor

For some strange reason lately, we have been having a night time visitor in our bedroom. Edward gets up and comes crawls into our bed. This is not a huge deal but I don't sleep well when he sleeps with us. It was bad enough when we had a King size bed, but we had to buy a Queen size for this house because we couldn't get a King up the stairs, so it is even more unbearable. Got to love him though, he is so snuggly and loving.

Disaster Zone

I am not sure how it happens but I can clean the house from top to bottom, then just minutes later it is like a tornado flew through (under radar) the house. I know that in my house, the tornadoes names are Edward, Kirk, Storm, Bear and Sebastian for the most part. I would love for my house to stay clean just for one 24 hour period. That is all I am really asking for. Oh the insanity of it all!!!!!!!!!!!

Shhhhh!!!! NO TALKING!!!!

Edward is SO FUNNY!!! If Kirk and I are talking after we have laid down for bed. Edward will get fustrated with us. He will come into our room (all you see is his little figure because it is dark), and he tell us (holding his finger to his mouth) SHHHHHHHH!!! NO TALKING!!!! Sleep!! This cracks me up because, I have no clue where he got this from. We have never gone into his bedroom and told him that before.

No Halloween Celebrated Here

We don't celebrate Halloween in our house. We celebrate Fall/Harvest
This is our choice. We feel that Halloween is not a holiday, that we as Christians should celebrate. Yes, that means our son, doesn't get to go trick or treating but we don't feel that he is missing out on much. It is just so dangerous to go trick or treating anyways. He is old enough to understand that Halloween is a day (thanks to the fact that people do celebrate it and tend to decorate their homes (some not so tastefully)) that might look fun, but we are trying to give him our Christian values and see that it isn't a day that God would want us to celebrate. So since we kept seeing houses decorated for Halloween, and Edward wanted to decorate, we decorated for Fall/Harvest. We have a beautiful fake pumpkin that is engraved with a great saying: Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, on each side of that pumpking which is sitting on a couple of bricks to give it some height, is a scarecrow, a boy and a girl....they are cute not scary looking. So that you can't see the bricks we have 2 small potted mums in front of the bricks. On our 2nd step down are 3 more fake pumpkins. These ones look like real pumpkins. We bought them at Wal-Mart. No carvings in them. I had another big basket full of mums but they died in the warmer days that we had a few weeks ago. We had planted Marigolds in the front yard in the little wooden wheelbarrow left behind by the previous home owners, but we have a squirrel in the neighborhood who will not leave them alone, he keeps digging them up. I finally gave up. We have a beautiful fall wreath hanging by the front window, beside it is a fall pumpkin sign welcoming friends, and beneath that is a slate plaque with a basket of apples, that says happy harvest. So see we do decorate, we just choose to do it for Fall/Harvest not Halloween. For the most part Edward seems to understand that Halloween is a no no, but I think it might be a little harder to explain next year but God will help us with this. I have a few great books to refer to incase he has questions. Praise the Lord for those.

Booby Holder

The other day, Edward and I were in the store (Kohl's), we were buying some clothes for the fall and winter. I had just gotten done in the men's underwear department and we were heading towards the register, we just happen to walk past the women's lingerie department. Edward saw the bras. He says to me "Mommy do you need a booby holder?" I about fell over laughing. I said to him, "Do you mean a bra?" He say's "Yeah! A Bra, a booby holder."

Just Call Me Chatty Cathy Today

I bet you are wondering why in the world I have been so chatty today, just a bunch of little things to share today. Like the fact that Edward is being a stinker pot today. He has been in more trouble today than any other day. Boy, I can't wait for him to be a teenager....LOL, yes I can!!!!!!!! I pray that this is just a phase and nothing permanent with his attitude. Thank the heavens we live in the Bible belt where a firm but loving spanking on the behind isn't frowned upon or against the law. That is one good thing about not living in WA state. They don't even like you to look at your child(ren) wrong up there. I personally feel that a spanking when needed is an acceptable form of punishment. That being said though, I also believe that as children get older you need to let them talk, to think about what they have done. Give a chance for them to correct their error(s) before administering corporal punishment. I don't condone time out. I think it is a huge joke. 95% of children in my opinion (having been a live out nanny, day care worker, child care provider and now a SAHM) do not learn anything from time out. I believe that the form of punishment administered depends on the individual child. Different things work with different children. One size punishments do not fit all. How did I get on that subject, oh yeah....Edward being a stinker pot.

If Only.........

If only I could bottle Edward's energy, I would be such a great wife and mother. I would have the energy to get everything I need to get done in my day, plus have time for myself. Wow what a miracle that would be. He has so much energy, sometimes just watching him makes me tired. Why do we loose that energy as we get older, at a time when we truly need it?

Strange Little Boy

Edward is sometimes a little on the strange side. Like this morning, he had a jelly and butter sandwhich for breakfast on Whole Wheat Bread. Not strange but then he said he was still hungry and guess what he wanted to eat as a follow up to the sandwhich? SALAD!!! That is right, salad. He loves salad and almost all veggies. Not that I am complaining, I think it is great. BUT SALAD for BREAKFAST?????????? Of course you know I let him have it. So he had salad with salad spritzers (Red Wine Mist flavor) on it. To much!!! Side note he only had that dressing because his favorite (Light Done Right Raspberry Vingarette) was all gone.

A Giant in Munkin Land

I just have to share this and trust me it is going to take a lot to get this out, without me falling on the floor busting up in laughter. Edward has a new nighttime ritual. Please note Edward sleeps in a Toddler size Thomas the Tank Engine bed (the one with the toybox at the front and kind of looks like your actually sleeping in Thomas (all you would need to do is add the rest of the side walls and roof)). Edward now thinks that his daddy (6ft tall and well over 250lbs) must crawl into this bed with him and cuddle, sometimes for up to an hour. It takes all I have not to bust up laughing when I see Kirk trying to scrunch is large frame into the small bed. He has to curl up in the fetal position with his feet hanging over the edge. It is just to much. Edward has even had me scrunch myself into his little bed at times. Trust me I have to be more comfortable than Kirk in that tiny bed. God Bless Kirk's heart, he does it out of love for Edward. Edward just wants to be with his daddy, he misses him terribly during the day while Kirk is at work.

Love of my Life

I am simply in love with my son. He is a pure joy to watch grow. A miracle and a blessing from God. Without him in our lives, I could almost promise (especially with Kirk's accident) our marriage might not have lasted the last 2 years. He makes every day interesting and so full of wonder and suprise. Sure he can be a child, a boy and demanding, but trust me it is all worth it when the day comes to an end. His smiles, warm fuzzy hugs, soft sweet kisses and lovable "I Love You's".

We survived

Well we're back from oral surgery for Edward. He was a trooper and went with the nurses willingly....almost made me cry. They said he was awesome and that he didn't cry at all. He was done in just a matter of minutes. Waiting for them to take him back was the longest part of the whole ordeal. We arrived at 615am and were walking out the door by about 750am. He doesn't seemed phased by any of it...he is already being Edward. :0)

Wiggles Live

We (thanks to Kirk) were able to take Edward to see the Wiggles live tonight. He (and we) had a blast. It was fun and very active. If you ever get a chance to see them live, I suggest it highly. It is a delightful experience for the whole family. I will say that if you do go, take a long a rose (or two) for Dorothy the Dinosaur, a bone for Wags the Dog and a homemade signs about the Wiggles with your child(ren)s name(s) on it. This will make your experience all the better. I promise fun will be had by all.

Oral Surgery Tomorrow

Edward has his Oral Surgery tomorrow. I am nervous about my son being put under and having a surgical procedure done on him (even though I know it is just a small procedure). He is my baby and I want to be there with him during this but during the actual surgery....even before they put him under....we can't be with him. I know he is going to cry and scream, fight them to get to us. I just know it is going to break his heart and mine. Luckily for me Kirk, will be there with me. I don't think I could go through this alone. Will let you know how it went.