So I have more than a million things to do but I wanted to take a quick break and decided I would blogg a few funny kid stories as a little stress relief. As for the move, things are coming together and I think it will all be ready by tomorrow night. We’ve deep cleaned everything that is staying here; i.e. walls, windows, shelfs, cabinets, etc. and tried to sort through all our belongings getting rid of what we’re not keeping. The house looks kind of sad with no pictures up and such but I suppose that is how it has to be. We want everything done in advance because we are really looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend with our fun visitors. If things sort out as planned tomorrow then the only thing left to do before the movers come will be to actually pack our suitcases. Yikes, I can’t believe it’s really happening! It all feels really overwhelming still and I am sad to say good bye to our friends but really excited about all the things to come. I just tell myself that our friends will come and visit sometime so it’s not really a good-bye and then I’m just excited and not sad. Hayden is really excited about the move but has had a few emotional moments about leaving and broke down crying about why can’t he just keep going to his old school. Luckily he’s has having a lot of play dates this week which are helping. Today he said to me “So, do you know what’s happening tomorrow?” I wasn’t sure what he was referring to so I said I didn’t know and he said “Grandma Barb and Papa are coming!” He’s obviously very excited!! He wanted to play x-box today so he asked to do a chore and settled on cleaning the bathroom sink. While he was cleaning he said “I want to clean this so it will look all nice and shiny for Grandma Barb and Papa’s arrival tomorrow.” It was pretty cute and I was shocked to hear him use the word “arrival.” Here are a few more stories:

Last week he came up to me and said “I’m not going to preschool anymore mom, I retired.”
He was rambling on about something and start talking about how he never forgets anything and is really smart. So then he starts saying a bunch of letters, ending by spelling his name and saying “I’m H-A-Y-D-E-N and that spells smart!!”

Hayden really likes to do sign language and he frequently uses charades to tell us things or spells out words with his finger in the air. He told Tom he wanted to play the X-Box 360 by writing the following in the air “3-6-D” Tom had to show him the x-box to convince him the real way to do it!

I don’t leave Danica out, she is doing really well although she is tired of us being so busy packing/cleaning and such. She has this awesome new thing where I can ask her if she wants to night-night and then we hold hands, walk back to her room, I put her in the crib and walk away and she just goes to sleep. It’s been working for her naps and bedtime for the last several days, it’s amazing and just what I need right now with being so busy. On the flip side she is starting to show some attitude and has tantrums once in a while where she will throw something, or cling to something and glare at you and such. It takes us by surprise so much it always just makes us laugh to watch her act that way because she is usually so quiet and passive!

Okay, last story. After family home evening we were playing the m&m game. Hayden added a new version where after the regular game he picks a number of m&m’s and we make one row in the middle of the table and we all roll for that row. Well this week it was a row of three and Hayden was the first to roll a three. We congratulated him on being a winner and he said “We’re all winners!” He gave an m&m to me, one to Tom and I expected him to just eat the last one but he bit it half and gave half to Danica. It was very cute! During the family home evening lesson we were each taking turns naming people that we love and all on his own Hayden thought to mention the “new baby”, it was very sweet. Speaking of the new baby, she is doing well. I had my last doctor’s appointment today and everything checked out great. I have my records to transfer to my new doctor in San Diego so hopefully everything will go smoothly. My doctor here is really hopeful that I won’t need another c-section and put several notes in my chart and told me to have my new doctor call him if there are any questions. I too hope that I don’t have another c-section!!
Okay, I’m off to clean under the kitchen sink...it’s pretty scary down there! Then perhaps I”ll go to bed! Tom is at the Indian’s game, it was in rain delay so I’m sure he’ll be home late!