Woody

So, the story started when Jarom asked me if he could bring his little…”LITTLE”…Toy Story 3 lego figures (The bear, aliens, pig, and WOODY) to the park. We were going to play soccer so of course I said no because I didn’t want him to lose them. So, before we left I noticed that he had them in his pockets and I told him again that he couldn’t take them. Then he was about to put them on my bed so I told him not to because my bed isn’t a dumping zone. Those of you with boys can understand that! If there’s a spot without toys they for some reason think that they can play with their toys there…no matter where it is! I thought he was going to then go to his room or the playroom and put them there. Then we all went potty and Jarom hopped on his bike and Malachi and Eden got in the wagon (Eden in her carseat of course) and we left for the park.

On the way we saw a smart car (personally I think they’re dumb cars, but that’s just me) and Jarom was so fascinated with the car that he fell off the curb (no injuries, he fell very well)! I had to make a stop at a friend’s house and return a necklace I had barrowed and when we got there Jarom told my friends husband that he had his Toy Story toys in his pockets. Ok, he had one in each pocket of his sweatshirt and in his pants that had Velcro pockets. In my head I thought he’ll probably lose one but I didn’t do anything about it.

We then went across the street to the park and played soccer. We were playing for a little bit when he for some reason took out the toys in his sweatshirt and showed me and I put them in his pants pocket that velcroed shut. I thought he lost a coin from the pig but I didn’t know what he had brought and he didn’t notice. My son is by far the laziest soccer player I’ve ever seen!!!! I think we played for 5 minutes when he said he was sooooooooo tired and he fell to the ground on his back! So he drank some water and we went to the play ground.

All of a sudden of course right after I sat down he yells from the top of the slide, “MY WOODY TOY IS GONE!!!!!!!” In my head there is a mixture if regret and anger, so I immediately say, “Didn’t I tell you not to bring it? (This is the part where I felt like my mom, and I remembered as a child hearing it and hating it so much I swore never to say it…but of course I did..Here goes…)That’s what happens when you don’t listen to you mom!!!!” so I start mumbling things under my breath, and call them both down and made them go to the grass to look for it. Jarom runs to look. I lug the wagon and bike, and Malachi comes after he’s been threatened :) . It’s 5:10 and getting dark so I couldn’t let Malachi stay over there. We search as best we can and I’m praying in my head for help to find it. Then I decided to ask Jarom what we do for help. And I asked him who we should ask. He immediately said Heavenly Father and Jesus. So, He said a prayer and afterwards I heard him whispering as he was looking, “Heavenly Father please come down here and help me find my toy who is woody.” He was so sweet!!!! He told me they needed to come down here and help and I had to tell him they don’t literally come down they send the Holy Ghost. And I explained who that was. We looked for a bit and it was getting too dark and we had to go home. Then I told him maybe we can come tomorrow and look and he has to listen to his mommy and if he listens, stuff like that won’t happen.

Then I remembered that he had fallen on the way to the park so I told him it might have fallen out when we were on the way to the park and that made him feel better. And the whole time I was praying it was there. But, when we got to the spot where he fell it wasn’t there. I said maybe some kid from the park saw it and took it. Jarom said “Maybe the kid who steeled it will bring it to my house” I told him it’s not steeling if it’s in the street and you don’t have your name on it. he said “it’s to little to write my name on it.” then we got home and I made him pull his bike up the drive way and park it in the shed when suddenly he fell apart and started bawling “I WANT MY WOODY!!!!!! I WANT HIM!!!!!!” It was so sad. My heart melted. Les took him and helped him calmed down.

I felt the pain in my gut from when I would lose things as a child. But when you’re so little or young you don’t even know what to do. I still remember things I’ve lost and I still remember how I felt, but now I know what I should have done but it’s too late. I didn’t want that to happen to Jarom, I wanted to find that toy for him so he didn’t have to feel that way. I told Les I would go after dinner and look for it again. I started making dinner, and Jarom and Malachi started playing with their other toys and pretty much forgot about it. While I was waiting for dinner I was feeding Eden, I couldn’t think of anything else and I was trying to figure out what to do; if I should wait till after dinner or skip dinner or go in the morning or look around the house some more…and what if the landscapers came in the morning and mowed the lawn???? Woody would be destroyed!!! Les said he’d help in the morning at 6:30 but who would want to go out that early with a baby? So, I decided I’d go in the morning when there is light.

We were eating dinner and Jarom got himself a cup of water and Malachi said he was so thirsty so I told him to go upstairs and get his cup. Then he said he’s not thirsty (he didn’t want to get his cup). Then he told Jarom to go get his cup and Jarom said you just said you’re not thirsty. It was funny cause I was thinking the same thing! :) We all sat around the table and started eating. Then I went upstairs to get ready for bunco and as soon as I got ready Les yells, “you wouldn’t guess what Malachi brought to the table” and I immediately say “WOODY?!?!” totally thinking he’s messing with me and that it was probably something else (maybe a dead frog knowing our house!). But it was true, Malachi had found woody!!!!! It had fallen by the pool table and Malachi found him!!!! Woody hadn’t even left the house. YAY!!!! Malachi saved the day.
Jarom yelled out, "Thank you Heavenly Father." Then he said to Les, "Did Heavenly Father here me?" and he folded his arms and prayed again, "Dear Heavenly Father where did you find my Woody?" Then maybe Father came and put it while i was eating so i didn't see him." Then he thought for a while and said, "Maybe Heavenly Father through it back to our house." :)