Mother's Day

For the last four years, Chris has asked me what I want for Mother's Day and every year I say the same thing; the afternoon off.  So far it has yet to happen.  Something crazy always happens that requires my attention. Here are the highlights of this year.

• I was forced given the privilege of speaking in church that day
• Cordon threw a world class temper tantrum, that involved screaming, throwing things and hitting. 
• Cordon decided to see what would happen when you throw a raw egg on the floor. 
• and the best was when I finally fell asleep for a quick nap, Chris came flying into the room and yelled "you have to call poison control." Eliza had broken the child lock off the cupboard under the sink and took a bite out of one of those dishwasher soap pouch's. She is fine

Chris' parents were able to be here for Mother's Day and of course that is always a plus to have them around.  It was rainy and muggy the whole time so we didn't get to do much exploring but the kids did get to enjoy spending lots of time with grandpa and grandma. 

Nana and New York

 Last week my mom came to town.  We did a lot of site seeing and playing.

 we went to the State Museum and harvested apples and checked out fake pigs.  

 We went to Monkey Joe's and enjoyed the bouncing and sliding.

We went to Chocolate World

 We did some pouting because we didn't want to go inside

 We decided the best toy was Nanas glasses

After a few days of running around like crazy, Chris and I left the kids with my mom and went to New York City for 3 days.  We took the train and spent the whole time running around as fast as we could to see as much as we could.

 We had dinner, and the most fantastic cheesecake at Rockefeller Center

 We saw Wicked.  I was a bit nervous that I wouldn't like it but it held up to the hype. Even Chris enjoyed it.

 Captain Jack Sparrow made out of legos. I want to meet the guy that has that job.

 FAO Schwarz was not as exciting as Tom Hanks made it look.

 We stopped for a little snack

 We saw this guy in Times Square

 We went to the new 9/11 memorial.  It was really beautifully done.  I think they did an amazing job on it.

 We went to the Empire State Building at midnight.  You're allowed to stay up that late when children aren't around to wake you up at 5 am.

 We posed in Central Park

These fake butterfly's were at FAO Schwarz. I thought they were the coolest thing, but not for$35

18 months

 Eliza has hit the all to important 18 months.  This of course means NURSERY!!!! She went for the first time last week.  She screamed her guts out for about 5 min then was fine. Now Chris and I have to re-learn how to sit through 2 hours of church. So here are a few fun facts about our little gal

She FINALLY learned how to walk 3 days shy of the 18 month mark.  That Myers watermelon head of hers kept throwing her balance off. 

She is a girly girl, she loves necklaces, she loves to admire herself after I do her hair, she loves purses and she is obsessed with shoes.

We call her La Lou or Lou's.  

Eliza loves to cuddle.  She gives the best hugs and loves to snuggle in someones lap to hear stories.

She and Cordon are starting to play more and become friends.  It's so fun to watch them together.  Plus it's a nice break for me.  I love that little gal but she can be really demanding of my time.  She is very social and always wants to interact with someone.

 Ignore my horrible baby voice in this video.

 

 

 

Can't Catch A Break

Why is the saying "when it rains it pours," so true?  Poor Eliza has had an eventful week. It started last Sunday with an quick trip down the stairs.  The good thing is Chris caught her.  The bad thing is she was at the top and he was on the bottom so she fell all the way down before Chris could get her.  Poor guy said that that was the worse thing he had ever seen. She was fine, just a little scared of course.

 The next day she woke up looking like this.  You know it's a bad eye infection when the Dr. is grossed out.  We got her on eye drops and she has been very cooperative with them.  She holds very still when I put them in. 

 On Wednesday we went to a friends house and she was playing with the wooden child's kitchen.  I looked over in time to see her pull it on top of herself.  As it came down the microwave door opened and got her right in the face.  She had a bloody nose, swollen lip and a good bruise on her cheek and forehead.  Fortunately, my friend is a RN so she sprang into action and checked Eliza all over. 

About 24 hours later the baby sitter was here and I was getting my hair done.  When I came back the baby sitter informed me that as Eliza was coming down the slide her foot caught and she was launched forward landing on her face.  Not only did it take a chunk of skin out on her nose but she landed on the goose egg she still had from the day before. 

Through all this she has still been smiling and very happy. 

FunShine

Last October, a few moms from church and I started a Co-op pre-school.  It's called FunShine and it is fantastic. For nine months worth of pre-school I paid what most people pay in one month to send their kids to pre-school.  It follows a typical pre-school curriculum so each month the kids learn a new number, letter, color and shape. Each month we get a new box full of activities and crafts.  The part that still blows my mind are the crafts.  Each craft comes with everything you need except crayons and glue.  They even send things like paper plates.  We have been rotating weeks and it's fun to teach and it's also fun to drop Cordon off for a couple hours. 

 One day we talked about real and imaginary.  We read little Red Riding Hood then made little baskets filled with goodies.  It's so simple but the kids love it and it gets the point across. 

Cordon came home from school today with a plate of green eggs and ham and a wocket in a pocket.  I think it's safe to say he talked about Dr. Seuss today. 

A Thompson Family Conversation

Cordon: "Dad, is this a booger?"

Chris: "why don't you taste it and find out." (he was on the ipad and not really listening to what Cordon had said)

Jannie: "CHRIS!!!"

Chris: "What?!?! (now fully understanding what he said) I was just kidding Cordon, we don't eat boogers, they are gross."

Cordon: "Ok........ I put it back in my nose."

Tis the Season

Chris had the last 2 weeks off for the Holidays and it was wonderful.  We did a lot of sitting around being lazy and a lot of Christmas stuff, so let me sum up.....

 We went to Bass Pro Shop to see Santa Clause and ride the Carousel.  Cordon had no fear of Santa this year.  He ran to him screaming "I want a basket ball game"

  

 The kids and Chris got the flu and spent 2 days sleeping. 

 We decorated

 Making and eating a gingerbread house.  

 

We made cookies for Santa.  Check out Cordons frosting job.  I think it's about an inch thick in the center. 

 With all the packages that came and went, Eliza decided she liked the taste of those biodegradable packing peanuts.  She would cram them in her mouth as fast as she could before someone caught her.

 

I won an ugly sweater contest.  I bought the hat and made the sweater.

 Eliza didn't want to open her presents on Christmas.  She just wanted to watch everyone else.  Cordon was loving every part of Christmas, opening presents and watching others open their presents.  

 A trumpet from mom and dad.  That sucker is a lot louder then I thought it would be, and of course it's his favorite gift he got. 

 

 We got a bone for Bud that is bigger then him.  He carried it around and licked it for two days.  He didn't eat it until Chris cut it in half. 

 

Chris decided the kids music education was seriously lacking and he introduced them to the finer things. 

 

First E.R Visit

Cordon was on the toilet (he's potty trained now yippe!!!) and suddenly yelled "mom, my tummy hurts." I blew him off and told him it was because he was hungry and dinner was going to be soon.  Then I heard a cough and a splat.  I quickly cleaned things up since we had company due any minute, but things very quickly went down hill from there.  Every 20 min he would throw up.  These weren't just a simple throw up then go about your day, these were full body spasms that would leave him sweating and gasping for air.  He had no other symptoms and between throwing up he was up playing and acting as though nothing happened.  Eventually it started to drain him and after another spell he collapsed on me and I couldn't wake him up.  That is something I hope to never experience again.  It wasn't until I stripped him down in a cold room that he finally opened his eyes again.  After talking to the pediatrician and more throw up I bundled him up and took him to the E.R.  Chris called a friend who dropped everything and came over to help with a blessing.  It is such a blessing to have the priesthood in our home and to have good friends that we can call on when needed.  We got to the E.R and the receptionist handed us a bucket and told us to wait.  Sitting in an ER waiting room, in the ghetto, at 11pm is quite the experience.  The guy next to us talked to himself and rocked back and forth the entire time we were there.  Fortunately we only had to wait about 30 min, which is good, because every time Cordon threw up in that bucket people would slowly inch away from us and at the time it was really bothering me.  I probably would have done the same thing, but I was stressed and worried and having people give you dirty looks and inch away was not what I needed right then.  Although, during one of Cordons spells a lady walked over and handed me a box of Kleenex to wipe his mouth.  I wanted to hug that women. It's amazing how far a simple act of kindness can go.

After checking him over, the Dr. decided to try some medicine first before they hooked him up to IV's, which I was glad about.  He threw up the first one but kept the second one down and it finally settled his stomach enough that he threw up every 45 min instead of every 20 and that was enough to keep him hydrated.  At 1 am he was still throwing up but doing better so I decided to take him home so he could sleep.  I slept on his floor that night and even though he squirmed and moaned and coughed the rest of the night he didn't throw up again.  

The pediatrician told me that if a child goes 8 hours without going to the bathroom then they are considered dehydrated and should get an IV.  He went 15 hours without going to the bathroom.  It took him a week until he was completely back to normal.  The first two days he watched movies or slept and had no energy.  He would try to get up to play with toys then just lay down until I came and carried him back to the couch.  It was so sad to see him like that.  Although, I did get some good cuddle time with him.  The Dr. thinks it was just some virus but the fact that he had no other symptoms and no one else got it, I think it was something he ate.  I'm so grateful to have my healthy boy back and for modern medicine, and insurance.

 He was very excited to be a 'patient' in a hospital and talk to all the Dr's and nurses.