Some Thoughtful Moments

Twice this week in the car Evan has had some really thoughtful moments. I wanted to capture them here because I knew I would forget exactly what he said. Earlier this week we were headed home and Evan asked how many days it was to his birthday. I replied that it was 10 days away. He then said that we hadn't been to see Dr. M lately and that he missed him. I told him we would be going again just a few days after his birthday. He said that going there was not like going to the Dr. but like going to see friends. (Awwwhhh...) I told him that I was glad he felt that way. Then he said... "Mommy... Dr. McOmber is my hero." I told him that if he felt that way that the next time we were there he should tell him that. He went on to say "I don't want anyone else touching my heart other than Dr. McOmber - you know... him and Dr. Austin - they kinda saved my life." By now I'm glad he can't see my face as tears are welling up and I choke out... "your right buddy, they did." And he was done and started talking all about his day. Believe me... he talks your ear off. He tells me in detail everyday when I pick him up about everything. He is so funny. And sweet.
So... today, we are getting in the car to go to school and he is talking about one of his close friends Lucas because he is pretty sick the past day or so and knew that meant no weekend play time for them. Lucas' family adopted our Jameson a year and a half ago. Evan said that he doesn't really like babies but that Jameson has always been sweet and that he has always loved baby Jameson... just like a brother. He went on saying how some friends are family and some friends are friends and was naming the ones he calls family. By now we had gotten to school and he had climbed into the front seat so I could drop him off in the car rider line. He continues to talk about our friends and is just rubbing my arm. So sweet in thought about the people we call family. Again... I hugged him tight and gave him kisses (which he still loves and allows me to do even in the car rider line) and out the door he went. These thoughtful moments I'll cherish forever.




Pillow Fighting



Time for Rest!

Yellow Belt

Evan tested and was awarded his yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do this past weekend! He was so proud! He is really loving TKD. I had been taking him to lessons but I started a water aerobics class on TKD nights so Eric has been taking Evan. I have wanted to do something like that forever but I always feel so guilty going after work somewhere when I have already been gone all day. So, it's nice that Evan is busy with TKD while I'm doing that.
We had some snow. Enough to go sledding on! We went sledding everyday when we got home for 20 minutes or so. I should clarify that Eric and Evan went sledding and that Mommy stood from her bedroom window by the hent vent taking pictures! It pays off to have a big hill for a backyard on days like those.





My Dad turned 68 this past week. We are blessed to have him with us still. He was electrocuted 11 years ago with 15,000 volts at his job. I swear he has nine lives. He frustrates me to death but boy do I love him. Evan loves his Papaw!




My work moved locations after 11 years. I work at a big shipping company and we have several locations all over the city. I have been fortunate to work at one of the smaller more office like facilities for a long time. It was very convienant to run in and out. I'm at the airport now and there is lots of security getting in and tram rides to my office. The office itself isn't bad at all - just getting here that is a pain! I'm sure going to miss my old office...
I haven't started my Avonex (betaferon for MS) shots yet. I'm still working through insurance and pharmacy red tape. Once I do begin I will take the shot once a week on Friday evenings. Until my body adjust I'm warned that I could feel flu like symptoms for the first several months. I'm not looking forward to that. I keep telling everyone I'm going to be healthier than ever now that I know I have MS. I will start the shots, I've started water aerobics twice a week, I have lots of walking into my new office, I can't run out to lunch anymore, etc. etc. LOL.

Happy New Year!

That is what my neurologist said late Thursday after one of our many phone calls. I just laughed and said, "Happy New Year to you too!" My spinal tap came back as another confirmation that I have MS. I have now had every test you can possibly have and they have all come back positive for MS. Thankfully most of the tests are back and they have tested negative for everything else, so it is just MS I'm dealing with. The neuro suggest immediate treatement with an interferon drug to slow the progress. I have a telephone conference with him today and I'm sure we will be setting up an appointment to get this started. My husband is not looking forward to giving me an intramuscular injection once a week but, I'm not looking forward to getting one either.
I have gone through all emotions hearing this news. I think I'm at - let's just deal with it - at this point. I was so angry last Wed. and just wanted to throw all the material in the garbage and not answer the neuro's phone calls. I wanted to stay home and in bed, leave me alone. A friend called and tried to get me up and going - thank God for good friends. I declined and stayed in bed all day. Eric and I have both been off for the holidays and I'm thankful. He has done all the running for me and that helped me be able to rest. I have been so physically tired of dealing with this. My mind goes and goes but my body feels tired. My friend called again New Years Eve and told me we were coming over and we were going to have fun! We had an awesome time and it was so good for me to draw me out of my funk. She had gotten a new game called Quelf and it was hilarious to see my friend running around the kitchen trying to get us to guess that she was a cowboy riding an ostrich on a beach and her husband was a beached whale. I have video of me having to spend the entire evening speaking like an evangelical preacher. We went outside with the kiddos and banged pots and pans and threw confetti to ring in the new year. My Mom and my brother took me to see the Broadway show this past Sun. of my favorite movie, White Christmas and that was so much fun! So bring on 2010!

Christmas 2009

It's hard to believe Christmas is over and gone and 2010 is just days away. We had a blessed Christmas with family and friends. I Love Christmas - always makes our house look bare when we take down the tree and Christmas village. I told Eric that I think our house is made for Christmas... I just love it in the evening with the tree and village glowing. Evan wanted 2 things from Santa - a pogo stick and an air hockey table. Originally I had found a smaller air hockey table at Target but after attending a little boy's birthday party who had a mega daddy air hockey table Evan let us know that was the kind he wanted. Luckily Santa got a crazy deal and pulled through. Santa sent Evan an email video this year and that made Evan's eyes almost pop out of his head. Christmas morning Santa sent Evan on a Scavenger hunt to find his air hockey table and that was right up Evan's alley. My favorite gifts are the Shark floor steam cleaner and waterpik shower head. I love a clean house and a long shower! This year there was something new in Louisville to do at Christmas - http://www.louisvillemegacavern.com/pages/lights-under-louisville.php. We were excited and headed out with our BFF's. Two hours and $20 later I'm just glad we had friends with us so we can at least say we had a nice visit! Santa came through our neighborhood this year thanks to our local fire dept. That was AWESOME! I was so glad we were home and Evan even had some friends here so they got to share in that excitement too! We took Evan caroling for the first time this year. We went to a few nursing homes and the joy on the older peoples faces was priceless and Evan was a good sport and I believe felt good about the joy he was giving them. When saying prayers Christmas Eve Evan added "Happy Birthday Jesus." That made me smile... I hope we are never too busy to remember the real reason for the season. I've enjoyed Christmas and Evan's excitement. It's been a wonderful time and I'm sad to see it end.

I've dreaded tomorrow for a week now. Christmas ending meant the last of my test were a few days away. I've undergone most of the test already from the neuro and from the results of them he has confirmed a diagnosis of MS. The first meeting with the neuro did not raise many concerns and I was pretty sure nothing would come of the symptoms I've had the last few years. When the MRI came back with 11 lesions on my brain I cried for days. I'm mostly worried about not wanting to change (I know.) I want to be the Mom I am today still tomorrow and although I realize that more than likely I will be, I'm scared. I went through an electrical study and visual test a few weeks ago and they too came back abnormal too. These results haven't changed the way I feel (pretty normal) but hearing that diagnosis has definately been stressful. Guess what? Stress causes outbreaks of MS symptoms so that has been fun too... I'm stressed because I find out I have MS so I cause my legs to go numb because stress causes MS episodes. My symptoms started the Dec. after Evan was born with vertigo and then in 2007 and 2008 a period of leg numbness and some eye things that weren't explainable. I also started getting very very hot the last few years (early menopause?). Lately I've started having trouble getting up with my legs and bottoms of my feet hurting the first few seconds until I get moving. Come to find out all of these are MS symptoms. I go for my final test tomorrow. I'm dreading it. I'm having a spinal tap to confirm the diagnosis and to rule anything else out. Pray for me and for my neuro to know what medicine I need to slow the progression. I feel like I know lots about hearts (I don't but I feel like I do sometimes) but I'm clueless about MS so I have lots to learn.

Mommy needing your prayers...

There has been some surprising events that have taken place since my last post. I had promised some picture updates but, everytime I come here to post I can't think so I logoff. So instead of avoiding the blog because I don't know what to say, I'll just go ahead and say it. For the past several years I have experienced some health issues that could either be symptoms of their own little things or when all put together symptoms of something larger. Because of some family history and the urging of my family Dr. to take care of myself I scheduled an appointment with a neuro. Although there wasn't much fear that something would come back they went ahead and did some test to make sure. The test did come back with something and to confirm the diagnosis more test are needed. Since my insurance changes in Jan. (not for the better) we are trying to get all of these test done this month. These test start tomorrow and aren't going to be fun. Say a prayer for me...

Evan is clueless to my own medical issues right now and I plan to keep it that way. He just started Tae Kwon Do and LOVES it! Man are those practices loud... I hear "AY YAH" in my sleep.

We are all decorated for Christmas and Evan is very excited. Does anyone else have elf magic in their families traditions? A girl at work is doing this with her little girl and it seems so cute. I keep debating if Evan should ask for an Elf to visit us...
http://www.elf-magic.com/

Jump Rope for Heart

I'm going to have to break up this post into a few posts so as to keep them a little shorter! I've had the last week off and that did not equal extra blog time but I had a great week off with my little guy. I have pictures to share with each post - I promise!

The Friday before school was off for Thanksgiving break, Evan's school participated in Jump Rope for Heart. Evan brought home the little flyer that asked kids to jump for other kids whose hearts aren't perfect. The flyer asked you who you were jumping for, I just smiled and wrote in - "myself". AHA had the same little website set up as they do for the Heart Walk to raise money. Since I felt like I had just asked all family and friends to donate for the walk I didn't send emails out like crazy and just told grandparents and of course Munc. On Evan's website I put the same picture and story as I did for the walk to make it easy. One of Evan's heart buddies is also a school buddy and his Mom had set his little webpage up the same way. We talked about how awesome it was they were doing Jump Rope for Heart and that we should let the boys wear their heart walk Team Brave Hearts shirts the day they jumped. I was in the carpool line the next day and the vp came up to the car and asked that I pull into a parking place. She had a smile on her face so I figured my angel had done no wrong! I pulled in and the PE teacher came walking with Evan. They said they had heard Evan had had heart surgery (gasp - heard about it - you better have read that book I wrote when I registered him, LOL) and would I have a little something they could read to the school and show them Jump Rope for Heart helps kids just like them - kids even in their own school. I said of course... told them we had worked with AHA for the last 5 years and that Caleb was also a heart kid and they are on a team called Team Brave Hearts and they have little shirts that say I'm a Survivor... yada yada yada. They were thrilled we were willing to participate and Evan and Caleb were excited to be introduced to the school as Heart Heroes. Caleb's Mom and I worked together and made a flyer with some of their picture on it and a kid version story of their walk with heart defects. Caleb's Mom and I came to the Pep Rally with cameras and camcorder ready and proud smiles on our faces. The pep rally began with Jump Rope for Heart hoorays. The PE teacher was called up and said she wanted to share a story and read the flyer and then told the kids that these 2 Heart Heroes were Falcon students and they began to cheer. Evan and Caleb stood up and walked to the front with their little arms linked. We stood with tears streaming at how awesome it was that our school would recognize them in such a way. Evan and Caleb said that they got "big applause." I think they both felt very special! Isn't that awesome?!? Enjoy the picture of the Falcon Heart Heroes.

Cardio Appointment Update

Evan had a cardio appointment yesterday. I love that Evan loves to go there. He pictures it more going to visit friends than going to the Dr. That speaks for just how awesome our Dr. and his staff are. While doing the echo Dr. McOmber and Evan just talked and laughed trading Disney stories as he went the week after us. When he was done Evan asked Dr. McOmber if everything was great and he told him that the straw wasn't great - Evan asked him if it was broken and he told him absolutely not and that no cath was needed - Evan gave a big waahoo to this. Dr. McOmber told us that there has been no change since June. Since the pressures changed so quickly from April to June he expected them to continue to get worse and that isn't happening. We expected to be scheduled for a cath. on Christmas break but Dr. said that since there isn't a need for something to be done right now he didn't think it was time for a cath. He said that Evan's heart looks great, the donor valve isn't leaking one bit and his heart isn't enlarged. This pesky left pulmonary artery is always going to give us fits I guess. So we were told to have a wonderful holiday season and we could come back in Feb.! He did reassure us that if he thought Evan was going to need a cath in early 2010 he would go ahead now while he was on break but that, he didn't think that would happen. Evan has now gone 1 whole year without a cath, surgery or even a vent scan!

Have to share something funny that happened this morning. Last Fri. I went Christmas shopping and got some great deals. I put all the stuff in the very back of our Explorer and told Eric to make sure to move it to the basement and hide it when he got home. Eric has been working 16 hr. days and hasn't been home to move the stuff. I can't move it because Evan is always with me. That leads me to this morning...When I get into the car rider line at school, Evan always unbuckles and gets into the front passenger seat. Today when we got there he unbuckled but stayed in the back seat bouncing around and then I heard,
Evan - "OOOOHHHH, MOM - I SEE BENDAROOS!!!"
Thankfully his little friends birthday is Sat. and that is what we got him. I said, "Evan, get up here now, those are for Lucas."
Evan - "OOOHH MOMMY, I think I saw something big and it was black and red was it something Micky Mouse? You know I had Bendaroos on my list too... I really want Bendaroos - you didn't forget did you?"
Mommy - "I didn't forget but don't look back there anymore. There are things for you from Mommy and Daddy for Christmas. If you see them I will have to take them back."
Evan starts crying - "Mommy... I think I did see Pixos... please don't take it back."
Mommy - "Don't look again and I won't take anything back."
Evan - "Well then can you tell me if I saw Pixos and what else is back there? If you tell me I will tell you what I'm getting you for Christmas."
Mommy - "I don't want to know what I'm getting for Christmas and no I'm not telling you."
Evan - "Okay... I can't wait for Christmas. I've only been bad a few times for for the most part I've been really good."

The rest of the time he talked all about Santa and was so excited. I hate that he saw his gift but hopefully he isn't sure and it was so cute!

Enjoy a pic from Disney of my brother and Evan.

Prayers Needed

Lots of prayers are needed today for several friends and family.

Pray for Elijah who is in a cath right now http://www.babyporta.blogspot.com/

Pray for Stellan who is not doing well and needs to be stable for an emergency procedure to save his little life http://www.mycharmingkids.net/

My Aunt Gwen is not doing well and was admitted to a local hospital yesterday and is in ICU. They know she had a stroke earlier in the week and that she had not been giving herself her insulin shots. She is having seizures and vomiting. This Aunt is the grandma of my cousin I have asked prayer for before who is battling cancer. Please pray for the family.

Evan's cardiologist appointment is tomorrow. Pray for Evan's pressure to remain stable.

Disney

We had a magical 7 days at Disney! It was amazing… the parade and the fireworks every night… I felt like we got to see almost everything. I'm glad we spent 7 days. I don't think we would have enjoyed it as much and got to do as much as we did if we had spent less time. I also think anymore than 7 would be just too much. We were very tired when we got home on Sat. We all had our moments of "I've had enough of all of you" but… no fights and no issues. Evan wanted everything he saw so he had a few melt downs when he didn't get it. How strategic of Disney to put you in a store at each ride and show exit. Evan definately got his share of stuff although he might disagree... he wanted everything! What kid wouldn't?

On Sat. when we got there we went straight to Magic Kingdom and rode Buzz Lightyear (Evan's favorite the whole trip) and saw the parade and fireworks. The parade at Magic Kingdom is magical! It was one of my favorites. Before the parade began Evan met a little friend and the street was empty in preperation for the parade - Evan and his new little friend put on a complete show... they were so cute.

On Sun. we went to Animal Kingdom. Evan DID NOT like the ride Dinosaur. It was scary and although I thought my little guy would LOVE it, he didn't. From that point on he asked before every show and ride if it was going to be scary or not. We LOVED the shows at Animal Kingdom, Bugs Life, Lion King and Nemo. The Safari ride there was like we were in Africa - Loved that. Funny story that I was tempted not to share but... here goes. When Mamaw picked us up at the Airport on Sat. Evan exploded with stories to tell her... one of the first ones out of his mouth was this... "Mamaw, we went and saw a Bugs Life show and they had this ass bug and he shot ass at us." Eric and I were looking at each other like what the heck is he talking about and it hit me... there was an acid bug that Flik told not to shot acid at the humans... only my son.

On Mon. we went to Epcot. Soarin was the best!!! We all really enjoyed that. There was an interactive show there with Crush from Nemo and that was really neat too... in a how do they do that kinda way. Crush interacts with the audience differently at every show but it is a cartoon - I don't know - very cool! We all rode Test Track which is a race car and Evan screamed "RADICAL" through the whole ride. So funny... where did he get radical from? The fireworks show at Epcot is really cool and we went back Fri. night to do Soarin and see the fireworks again.

On Tue. we took a break and swam and played at the playground. After dinner Evan and I went trick or treating at Magic Kingdom. This is an extra charge and isn't included in our 7 day hopper pass. I would say it was worth it though. Evan and I had a great time doing Haunted Mansion at night. One of my best moments from Disney happened that night during the fireworks. Evan was standing in his stroller and I had it locked and was standing next to it holding on to him and he kept leaning over and kissing me on my cheek and telling me he loved me. I had tears in my eyes thinking how blessed I was to be sharing that moment with him.

On Wed. we spent the day at Magic Kingdom. Tomorrowland is Evan's favorite place here. He loves the Buzz ride and Stich ride. He also loved the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor comedy show. My brother and I got picked to be a "part" of the show - I had to yodel and my brother was "that guy" - that little girl is the cutest thing I've ever seen - except for that guy and pops up a picture of my brother on the screen. Evan kept patting Munc's arm saying he was sorry.. he thought they were making fun of him. It was hilarious. Of course we had to do It's a Small World, Dumbo, Peter Pan, Snow White and the tea cups! Evan did Splash Mountain and did not like that drop... again another scary ride. Evan loved driving me and Munc in the race cars!

On Thur. we spent the day at Hollywood Studios! This was one of Evan's favorites for sure! He got picked for Jedi Training to become a Jedi. There were a bunch of kids and the lady said that when the Jedi Master came out he would pick 10 so to jump up and down and scream. Evan jumped and screamed with the best of them but I was worried he wouldn't get pick. I believe he was the last one and when he looked over and said - that little boy with the Star Wars shirt - Evan's face became serious and up on stage he went. It was so cute. He was given a robe and a light saber. His face remained serious the entire time. After training Darth Vader came out and fought each of the kids and they had to use their training. When it was Evan's turn after the duel Darth Vader said the force was strong with this one and his Storm Troopers came up and the Jedi Master told Evan to use his force on them. This didn't happen to any other kid so of course this confirms to Evan that he is for real a Jedi Knight. He loved the Indiana Jones show, Stunt Car Show and Toy Story ride here.

On Fri. we went back to Magic Kingdom to Tomorrowland to do Evan's favorites again. We went back to our room at lunch to pack and Evan got some more swim time. At dinner time it was off to Epcot again for Soarin and fireworks.

We got up early Sat. for our flight home. If you go do the Magical Express... they handle your luggage and your transportation makes it very very nice. The plane ride was fine both to and from Disney. Right before we landed in Orlando Evan said he had to pee and he usually can hold it forever so I told him we would go as soon as we got off the plane that the seatbelt lights were already on. Next thing I knew I look over and he is crying saying he really really had to go. I asked the flight attendent if there was any way we could get up and he said not really but that he would turn his head and if we got up he wouldn't stop us. Evan and I jumped up and ran to the bathroom - he was still peeing when the wheels came out for us to land!
When we got home on Sat. we all went our separate ways and enjoyed quiet time and fell asleep by 8 and slept for 12 hours and then all stayed pretty quiet and doing our own thing Sun. We were glad to be home. Evan just wanted to play with his toys and that was fine with me!

We loved Disney and I'm so glad we got to experience it. I can't say I would want to go again anytime soon or every year on vacation. I think once and then maybe another time on down the road. I am glad we went when we did… Evan still found magic in everything and that is exactly what I hoped for.

Walt Disney World

Disney Bound!!!

We are boarding Evan's 1st plane ride tomorrow morning and landing in Disney tomorrow afternoon!!! We are soooo excited! I won't be able to post pictures here until I get back but will be putting pictures on my FB account. If you want me to add you as a friend so you can see the pics email me with your account name and I will add you!

Evan's Halloween Party

Happy 1 year Mendaversary Evan!!!

http://evanbraveheart.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html

I smiled through tears this morning when Evan bounced out of the car and ran into school thinking of what he was enduring one year ago today. So thankful...

Career Day 2009

As promised a picture of Evan and his heart buddy Caleb dressed up as Dr.'s for Career Day.

We are counting down days for Disney!!! Munc made Evan a paper chain for counting down and he remembers every morning to tear one off - it is so exciting seeing that paper chain get smaller and smaller.

We are also planning a small Halloween party at our house the weekend before we leave. Evan LOVES Halloween and this has been something he has asked to have for a long time.

I Love Fall!

Career Day

I feel like I've been horribly neglecting this blog. I have just been so busy. I have been checking in on all of my blog friends although sometimes I don't leave a message I'm still checking!
We had our 4th Annual Team Brave Hearts golf scramble last Sunday and it was very successful. We also had our annual bookfair with Usborne and Pampered Chef this past Thur. night. In between I've been working under lots of stress and taking Evan to school and helping with homework and not to often cooking dinner (I know, I know.) My work is changing so much - I know I'm going to miss the way things have been for the past 7 years. We sure have had it nice. :_(
Evan is still loving school. I'm so proud of him. I was really concerned with how the transition to elementary school would be for him and I was pleasantly surprised. Evan has also started counseling with a counselor that works with kids at the hospital where he had his surgeries. Evan has been very emotional since his surgery in October and very afraid to be alone at any time. I think he has done just awesome and was hesitant to voice these concerns but also didn't want to regret giving him an opportunity to talk to someone. More on this to come - we have only had 2 appointments.
Yesterday was Career Day at school. We found some kid scrubs and Evan became Evan MD Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeon! He looked so cute!!! His little heart friend that goes to school with him was also in full Dr. gear. His Mom took pictures of the two of them together so I'll post those once I get them. Enjoy the pictures of Evan yesterday before school!

Heart Walk

We are gearing up for our 5th Heart Walk. Our 4th Annual Team Brave Heart golf scramble is September 13th at Quail Chase Golf Club. If you would like to make an online donation you can do so at:



http://heartwalk.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=296536&lis=1&kntae296536=4E6C49EC2F874059936C745B02053AB4&supId=140845641

Star of the Month

I wish I had a little more time to update lately. My work has been crazy and very stressful. I really pray that things calm down soon.
Since school has started I changed my hours to be able to take Evan to school. I'm getting home later in the evening, so no updating then either. I'm thankful for the morning time Evan and I get though so changing my hours was worth it. My parents pick him up and he loves that since he isn't getting as much Mamaw and Papaw time as he is use to now that school is in session.
Talking about school... Evan LOVES it! I can't be more proud of him for getting up day after day ready for school. We worked very hard to prepare him for this and I think it paid off. I have to say though I really think the fact that he has an AWESOME teacher is a big part of his school success. We got so lucky to have one of Evan's BFF from preschools Mom as his teacher. She is the best and Evan just loves her. There is also some amazing people on the staff at his school and I'm excited to be involved with such a great place. He has gotten green everyday although they said he does like to talk... A LOT! He was awarded Star of the Month at school. He came home yesterday with a pin that said Star of the Month and was so excited to tell us that his picture was on the wall. This morning he asked if I would walk him in and take his picture. I'm so proud of him! My little man who is scared to be in a room by himself is at school and loving it.

Disney Approved!

Evan's cardio appointment once again showed no change! We are so thankful! The Dr. said he felt comfortable to approne our Disney trip scheduled for mid October. Evan and Dr. Mcomber did a high five to this news. Dr. said if he had to predict he would say they would do a cath around Christmas to attempt to stent the donor. I'm updating from my phone as my laptop is giving me a headache so... more details to come. Two months to Disney!!!

Cardio Appt.

Say a prayer... Evan's monthly cardiologist appointment is today at 4:00.

The Kissing Hand and School Days

Evan absolutely Loves Kindergarten! He is so excited when he wakes up and can't wait to get there. He has a crazy memory and tells us EVERYTHING that went on when we pick him up! It is so cute...
On morning #2 he asked if I wanted to take 2nd day pictures and I said sure. He was wearing his new tennis shoes and said they gave him magic powers. I told him to show them to me and I would take a picture of that. The pictures are of him doing cartwheels down our driveway!
Last night while in the bath he dumped all of his bath toys out. I reminded him that he would have to pick them all up when bathtime was over and he said okay. When it was time to get out he asked for help and I said no... he gave me this long speech about how I must not understand how hard school is and that his voice hurt from singing in Music, that his feet hurt from gym, his ears hurt from the teacher, his tummy hurt from his lunch, etc. I laughed and hugged his wet little self and helped him pick up - I'm a sucker. He was a sweetie after that - we read Will - God's Mighty Warrior and cuddled.
Around 5 this morning he woke me up and asked for my hand and I gave it to him and he kissed it. I closed it and told him I got his kiss and he said that I was supposed to put the kiss on my cheek. He climbed up into bed with us and went back to sleep. I asked his teacher if they had read a story or something about that and she said yes that it is called The Kissing Hand. What a cute story. http://www.teachingheart.net/kissinghandideas.html
His teacher told me that today they are going to make gingerbread men and while they were gone to lunch the gingerbread men were going to run away, LOL.
He called as soon as my Mom picked him up and said school was "great"!
"Mommy... we made gingerbread men today and while we were gone washing our hands they ran off.... we searched all over the school for them. There were clues... one wall had some icing on it where they had ran past it. We searched everywhere and then we all cried because we couldn't find them. When we got back to our classroom they magically were back!!!"