January 30th, 2008
Tuesday night I was putting William to bed when he mentioned to me that a little girl, Maddy, at school loved him. I said, “Oh really?” He said, “yes. She took her love from Jordan and gave it to me.” Jordan is another little girl in his class. I asked him what he said back to Maddy. He explained that he loved her too. I was interested in figuring out the story behind this, so I continued my quizzing. “What do you love about Maddy?” His response was, “well Mommy. I just… anyone who loves me, I love them back.” At this point I was very pleased with my sweet son. I know I’ll have to look out in the future, but I was quite happy with his response.
The next morning Chris took the kids to school. It was a little chilly out, so they had to wear their jackets. As William was going into the school he took something out of his pocket and told Daddy that he had forgotten to give it to him the night before. Chris came home and told me William had received something at school that was a first and I would want to save it for his scrapbook. I could not believe it when I saw it. It’s an actual love note. A nice little circle cutout… on one side there is a wonderful drawing of a prince and princess. I just love the polka-dotted top hat the prince is wearing. On the back there are 2 stick figures. Both are holding heart balloons. There is an “M” with an arrow pointing to one and a “W” with an arrow pointing to the other. At the top is the kicker. “I (heart) You”.
I cannot believe it. He’ll be 5 in 2 weeks and has received his first love note. On a positive note, Maddy is a very sweet little girl. She has a little sister just like William does. I have attached the pictures below.
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January 2nd, 2008
Are we crazy? We decided to drive to Ohio instead of flying. The cost was about 1/4 of flying, but took about 3 times longer. Thanks to my lovely iPhone, I managed to take notes about our trip and a few pictures. Here is how our 3-day trip up there went:
Thursday, 12/20/07
4:30 – 5pm find lap desks @ hobby lobby
5-6 eat dinner at chic-fil-a
6pm finally on the road
6-6:30 watch grinch
6:30-7 color Santa’s workshop with colored pencils
7- 7:30 watch Ice Age (kept skipping, gave up)
7:30- watch Ice Age 2 (7:50 semi tire blew out tire 2 cars ahead of us)
9 stop to put on PJs @ get dessert (awesome rest stop)
9:20 watch Finding Nemo
10:05 stop in Greenville, TX (spend the night at LaQuinta… very nice!)
11pm everyone asleep
Friday, 12/21/07
6:40 am W wakes, C takes him down for b-fast, K & I sleep to 7:40,then get ready, eat & go to walmart for snacks
9:30 am on the road again
9:30-10:30 coloring with crayons & W travel bingo
10:30 watch Ratatouille
11:15 stop for gas in Texarkana, TX & walmart for snacks & walk
11:55 back on road & continue Ratatouille
12:21 enter Arkansas
1pm Ratatouille over, booked hotel, watch Frosty the Snowman & Rudolph Red-Nosed Reindeer
2pm stopped in Little Rock at Ryan’s for potty & lunch
2:45 back on road, watched rest of Rudolph, tried to convince kids to nap
3:30 William asleep, Katie having quiet time, reading
4:30 William up, coloring Xmas trees, enter Tennessee
7:30 katie asked potty stop
7:45 katie fell asleep
8:30 eat subway in Goodlettesville, TN
9:25 on road again, kids watching tv
9:45pm unfortunate news grandma essie passed away
Time change
11pm cst, Midnight local, check into HolidayInnExpress in Elizabethtown, KY
12:30 & 45 kids fall asleep
2am C asleep, S close
2:23 S hears train (was still awake anyway)
2:35 K fell out of “bed”, I tucked her back in
3am S goes to bed.
Saturday, 12/22/07
8:15 est wakeup, continental breakfast & get ready
10:30 on the road again, kids coloring with markers & watching Bug’s Life
11:30 stop for spankings & potty
12:30 enter Ohio, watch The Grinch
1pm listen to kid music
Lunch at waffle house
Katie 30 min nap
3 visit great gramma in Urbana
5 on the road again
8pm arrive!!!
Pizza & beer
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