I emailed Mom some of the kids' goings-ons today and thought some of you might like to hear their latest as well. Enjoy...
Josiah was cracking us up yesterday. He was doing a word search as these words came out of his mouth: "You know, there's just nothing like a good word search... nothing like it." I replied, "Yep. Word searches are good." What else was I going to say? He also wanted to know if there were 2 suns, one in the sky and one in the middle of the earth (hence the discussion on the core and layers, magma, volcanos, etc.). Then he wanted me to explain the pink International Date Line on our world map (that was a tough one to explain).
He told me on his own initiative last week that he really likes school. I was glad to hear it. He and Micah and I made 2 batches of homemade playdough this week (Mom's recipe). Si made green and Micah made blue. We accidentally doubled the amount of cooking oil in Micah's batch so it was a little slimy, but still worked.
I think Si wants to be Clark Kent for Halloween. This means wearing journalist looking clothes with his superman pajama top underneath a half unbuttoned shirt. I need to find an old 'press' hat for him. I already asked my Dad, but he doesn't have one anymore. Thought maybe Uncle Sam (our family's optometrist) might have some old horn-rimmed glasses he can use. Of course, he might change his mind between now and then.
He can be such an encourager. Upon viewing Micah's made-up LiteBrite masterpiece (on Chris' LiteBrite from childhood) Josiah exclaimed, "Micah, that is so wonderful!" That child...
Micah wants to be a cowboy for Halloween. He loves to dress up so much. He may be a KingSaul-SuperMicahBoy-CowboyMicah before it's all said and done. In case you have not heard, he likes to be 'somebody' nearly every day. He's always wearing a plastic bat ring or a couple of watches or his fish sunglasses from First Southern or maybe a cowboy hat and toting some guns. When we took Emerie to the doctor yesterday (104 fever turned out to be another double ear infection) Micah wore his purple SuperMicahBoy cape with his fish glasses which I thought was a nice touch. He was noticed by absolutely everyone to which he was completely oblivious. If someone asked him who he was he replied, "SuperMicahBoy, and my new shoes make me run FAST," like it was the most natural thing in the world to say such things to perfect strangers. By the way, he's had those shoes since last May (thanks, Dad) but still thinks they are new.
He got a certificate from preschool this week that said 'when it comes to counting to 10, Micah Ediger is a high flier'. I thought - '10? He's doing dot-to-dots that go over a hundred'. He's been learning to spell colors and is starting to tell me what 3 letter words say from time to time. This last week he sounded out 'moo' and 'fun'. I feel reading won't be too far behind. Probably right when he turns five like his brother. Yesterday was Drew's (our neighborhood kiddo) Mom's birthday. The neighborhood kids made a little 'party' for her in Drew's driveway. Micah came home and made a card for her and gave her one of his Aflac (quack-quack) ducks. I thanked God for such a sweet, generous child. That child...
Ok - I just came back from stopping Emerie from pulling clothes out of her brothers' dresser drawers. She is the most 'getting into stuff' child I've ever had for sure. This week alone I have cleaned crayon and / or pencil off of the following: the front and back of our bathroom door, the slanted ceiling in the boys' room (for this one she was in her pack and play by their dresser. She stood up, opened Si's top drawer, found a pencil, and colored the ceiling), the front door of the butcher block cabinet, the front doors of the entertainment center, the washing machine, her highchair and several tiles in the kitchen. Fortunately she also colored on some actual paper. The boys weren't interested in coloring until at least 2, but she asks for colors. It's hard to keep them out of her reach when both boys like to do activity / game books all the time or make up mazes and games. She can reach a few inches over the edge of the kitchen table, so it has been a challenge.
She also likes to 'help' a lot... 'help' take clean, folded clothes out of the basket, help empty dresser drawers or even entire dressers (hers), help pull the toilet paper out and shred it, etc.
Yesterday Si came into the bathroom while I was in the shower to ask me a question. Emerie followed him in. After they left and I came out of the shower, I noticed that the clothes I had laid out were scattered on the floor. I also noticed something was missing. Emerie has picked up things before, but when I didn't see it on the floor in my room, the kitchen or living room I started wondering what she had done with it. A few hours later I saw her tearing up a piece of bread and putting it in the kitchen trash. A light bulb went on. Lo and behold when I opened the trash - there was the missing item! That child... I'm starting to wonder what else she has thrown away. I hope she doesn't ever get a hold of my keys.
Chris and I had such a good time on Wednesday night. It was so nice as we had not been out since our anniversary in July and needed that time. It was a relaxing evening. I told him I thought that sitting at the concert was the most he or I had 'sat' in weeks!
Well, I guess that concludes all the antics of the Edigers for now. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did (most of the time :-) .
We went to Shawnee last night to trick-or-treat with Andrea's dad, Gary. It was so much fun! I don't think we had ever gone door-to-door trick-or-treating before with the kids. Normally, in Coffeyville, we would go to the annual church carnival & then take them around to several of our friend's houses to trick-or-treat. Josiah was Clark Kent, Micah was Cowboy Micah, and Emerie was Winnie the Pooh. We were surprised at how much Emerie took to the whole thing. I think after watching her brothers hit the first house she started telling her Poppy that she wanted to get down (as he was holding her) and she started walking toward the house! From that house one we would carry her, set her down as we approached the house & let her walk up with her pumpkin basket to get candy. I'm not sure, but I think she might have actually gotten more candy than her brothers (who could resist such a cute little girl?)! We had a lot of fun.
