No one told me I would be sad too!

My heart is absolutely broken.

Poor Kimball came home from school today and told me that his friend didn't want to sit by him. He said that he wanted to sit by another little boy and he thinks that his friend likes this other boy better. He was trying so hard to be brave and not cry. I suggested that he invite both of them to sit with him tomorrow. He said that he could and then he was quiet for a while and tears welled up in his eyes and he said, "Maybe he will sit by me at church." It was SO sad.

I can remember telling my mom about little friend issues and she always made suggestions about how to feel better or to reach out to them. I never knew that it makes a mother feel bad too. Kimball is just so sweet and yes, he is active and busy, but he is also kind and caring. He is really tenderhearted and it broke my heart to see that he had his feelings hurt. He kept telling me it was okay and that he was happy, but his little voice was quivering and his eyes were all teary. Poor brave little man.

This picture was taken at my sister's open house last weekend. I just thought it was sweet because he is holding Kael's hand.

Finally private

Phew! I can't tell you how good it feels to take the time to make my blog private!

For your mid-week laugh...

Before I let you get to the laughing, (jokes on me, BTW, and sorry no pics) I have to attend to business: So... I know it's been a month, but I am going to take the time to enter every one's emails in to make my blog private. I will be going private before the weekend is over. I feel like I am way out of touch because I haven't really checked blogs since I posted last. I have checked a few here and there, but I miss everyone!

Anyway, just a few funny tidbits before I go private:
-Kimball started school and when he came home, proceeded to talk incessantly until 3:30AM. (Ya, I had to call the doctor on that one) He was extremely concerned that the moon was not sharing the sky with the sun. He knew he could only go see "his" Mrs. Pierce when the sun came up and was frustrated that the night was taking so long. (Have you ever been six years old and stayed up for the entire night? I am sure it felt like an eternity to him!)He fell asleep somewhere around 4am and woke up at 7am. Nice. This leads to my next story...
-We had to complete a VIP booklet for Kimball to take back to school. One of the questions asked what three wishes he would make. He thought carefully and deliberately. He said, "A fishing boat, a shark toy, and for my last and final wish... it has to be the best... I wish for an alarm clock!" (WHAT SIX-YEAR-OLD WANTS AN ALARM CLOCK WHEN HE AUTOMATICALLY WAKES UP ANYWAY? Even after only three hours of sleep?)
-The day after our all night incident, I backed into a dumpster that was--IN MY DEFENSE!--in my blind spot and caused a pricey amount of damage to my Explorer.
-Also, that same day, Benson cut my hair just before I had to go to my sister's bridal shower. I believe he was going for the asymmetrical look. He said, "I ficka hair, Mom!" Yup, Benson... you fixed it alright.

That's it!!!

So, I have had a nagging feeling about making my blog private ever since I decided to leave it public a year ago. Today I heard a story about a mother who found out that her son's picture had been placed on a fraudulent adoption website. Needless to say, I about had a heart attack. Can you even imagine having you're child's picture posted as a child that needs to be adopted? This combined with a few other stories that I have heard (including one about a husband who thought his wife was having an affair because a stalker placed her photos on his blog), have made me decide that while there is risk even in going private, I think I would rather take the extra precaution.

I am not even sure that very many people read my blog anymore. That's fine. I guess I just want to be sure that pictures and stories of my boys are somewhat safe and that I might be a little more outspoken about a few things. (Not that I hold much back now, but believe me... I have held back!) 

Anyway, like I said, maybe no one checks my blog anymore since I have been really lax about keeping up, and really that is fine. But, if you do read my blog, and you would like to be invited... please leave a comment letting me know your email address. (Even if you think I have it, I might be dumb and forget). I am not sure how much time I am going to give this... maybe just a week? Maybe just a few days? I am not sure I want to wait for a long time to see who might come out of the woodworks!

 

Ox Park

So, I am really mad right now because I just typed up a little story about our week at Ox Park and Besnon pushed the Esc key on my computer and it totally deleted EVERYTHING! GRRR... So, I am going to let the pictures speak for themselves. Yes, the boys spent all kinds of time playing in the water. Yes, Benson climbed on to my dad and mom's camp trailer (three times actually). Yes, Kimball wanted to keep the fish as a pet and McKay wanted to eat it (it turned into quite the discussion, so I told them it was too skinny and to throw it back, I wasn't their favorite after that). Yes, they played with all sorts of bugs. And yes, even though we all took our turn with the stomach flu, we loved every minute of camping.

Kimball's words

I will try to add pictures and be better about keeping up, but for now I just wanted to write down a few more words to add to the Kimball Dictionary of the English Language:

Crunches: two supports used to help you after you have fallen on your bike and you can't walk right because your knee is hurt. (aka: crutches)

Directives: the list of words that comes in a new toy to teach you how to play with it. (aka: directions)

Goblin: a large cup used as an award or symbol (aka: goblet)

Inliens: creatures from outer-space (aka: aliens)

Stay tuned for more to surely come...

GARGLES anyone?

There is so much going on right now, I know I've posted about how our lives have been crazy lately, but things really have gotten even more intense. To forget the world and just relax away all the emotion and stress, there's always swimming!

The boys love to swim at my mom's. They are little fish and could swim all day every day. Every morning they ask if we are going to swim at Grammy's. They also love to swim with their "gargles." Kimball especially likes to look under the water and is always telling McKay to do different things under water so he can watch with his gargles.Here are a few more pictures from this evening's swim:

Benson is not afraid at all. The crazier the better. He likes his brother to dunk him under the water!

McKay says that swimming at Grammy's is the greatest thing ever!
Kimball is getting really good at swimming and holding his breath under water.
Dad makes a great swim gym! The boys love it when Josh gets in with them.

It is amazing what some gargles, a little water, and sunshine can do for a person!