Has Anyone Seen Charley?

We lost Charley, it was very sad. Yesterday we went to a Chinese food restruant in Havre, and I accidently opened the glass door into Hudson's face. I felt horrible, so I offered to buy him a 25cent toy from the machine in the Chinese Food place. It was a squishy pink pig that Hudson immediately named Charley, "No, mommy, it's a girl Charlie..." oh, my mistake... and played with her quite happily for about 30 minutes; talking to her, laughing at her jokes, and giving her all sorts of magical abilities...

Then we went to Ben Franklins, and Hudson was supposed to wait in the car with daddy, but Hudson had to go potty so daddy took him inside... Somewhere between the van and the bathroom Hudsons mittened little hand lost its grip on the squishy little pig and Charley was lost. We searched and searched but in the end, I had to say, "Sorry honey, Charley is gone."

I have never seen this child cry so hard in my life. As Grandpa was driving away, Hudson wailed, "Stop! Stop! Go back! We need to find Charley!" When bribed with all sorts of things I thought could replace Charley, hudson would cry, "I don't want ____, I want CHARLEY!"

I mean he only had it for a little while, but he was very attached. I felt so helpless and close to tears myself. I could do NOTHING to help him. I want to go back and pump quarters into the machine to buy a new one, but I can't afford to waste more money and we probably won't get back to the place for a while.

Grandma moore said, "Let's hope he forgets about it," b ut this morning when we climbed in the van to go to church Hudson's first question was, "Are we going back to get Charley now?"

:( Poor little kid...

New Year: I resolve... to keep trying my best.
And so far I've done pretty darn good.. Yesterday I cleaned the entire kitchen-- Deep cleaned! And it felt so good that I kept looking for excuses to go in there and bask in the freshly mopped floors and admire the cleared counterspace. I even cleaned out the fridge. Out with last year's left overs!... wait, that sounded alot worse than it acutally was! Anyway... I even took pictures, that's how nice it looks. I know, I'm a nerd... I also deep cleaned the bathroom, scrubbing around the base of the toilet, used elbow greese to clean the tub, and even washed the bathmats and mopped in there too. Call me crazy, but cleaning the bathroom is my favorite chore. You know why? Because it's so small that I get done fast and really feel like I've accomplished something. I am really feeling like I'm starting the new year right. But now, I'm left with the living room and dining room which are still being dominated by the Christmas tree, that I don't know where to take now that the season is over... :( Mean while I've got a long list of errands to run but it's blizzarding outside and I'm hesitant to leave the house... hmmmm...

I want to get everything in order before I have to go back to work... Sigh

This was one of my favorite moments from the break. I loved watching Hudson help Grandma Moore make overnight rolls. He was really excited to help and he did a pretty good job. The end result was yummy!

Here is Hudson and his gift from Santa, it's a huge train set. Also pictured, a gift from Grandpa and Grandma Moore, a seriously cool train table that Hudson will enjoy for years to come. :) We've reorganized his room so there is a special place for it! :)

Here is Hudson, aka Rudolf, in his Sunday suit... he's quite excited to go to Sunbeams. I am too, kindof, even though it means that he's such a big boy... :)

Yum! Candy Canes! (He got this one for a day with no potty accidents, even during nap and preschool!)

This is a song I've never heard before today...it makes me a little sad that Hudson knows things I haven't taught him... but it's a cute song so I'm not too broken up... it goes like this... "6 candy canes in a candy shop, red and white with sugar on top! Along came a boy with a penny one day, paid one penny and took one away! 5... ect... I love how he screams it ... this is the case against hyper active sugary christmas candy...