Harry Potter mania

So glad that the movie AND book are finally out......the suspense was almost more then Tanner could handle!!!!!

He has taken his dad and sister to see the movie, then begged me to take him back, he was using the excuse 'you HAVE to see it mom' just so HE could see it again! LOL

We went to a Meijer Potter Party the night the book came out. The book came out at midnight, but we had already preordered the book, so while at the store, knowing the books were there....it was torture! When the finally brought the books out to where the long line had grown, it was wrapped in dark shrink wrap and they were NOT unveiling anything until the stroke of midnight but that wasn't good enough for Tanner! He made us walk by it so he could touch the pallet with the books on it! Then, some of the shrink wrap was torn and he actually got to see a bit of the cover and his little eyes went as big as 50 cent pieces! LOL

We finally came home and it was a restless night for him, just knowing he was going to be getting his book. He was glued to the mailbox just waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting. Finally, he saw the mail lady come around the corner and his little body went rigid! The mail lady handed him the mail and started to pull away......talk about total and I mean TOTAL devastation, there was NO book!!!! She drove just a bit, then hit the brakes and told him she had something else she over looked......it was his book! He could NOT get in the house fast enough to rip open that box and then just sat there rubbing the cover! LOL Good grief!!

He did so good once he started reading, not listening to anything on the news about the book, not reading anything in the paper about it, not anything on the radio or the Internet, he wanted to read it on his own to find out what happens. The very next day he went to his friends house and the mom is a big reading fan to and said right to Tanner 'so what do you think of Harry bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep *have to bleep just in case there are readers here who don't know the plot yet* This lady actually told him a MAJOR spoiler!! Probably one of the biggest ones and he was SO mad and upset! He couldn't believe it, I couldn't believe it!

He almost has the book read and he has started to slow down now that he is at the end, I think it is because this is the last of the series and he just doesn't want it to end.

We went to the Toys for Tots run and he and his sister Taylor went around in the parking lot asking for donations to shave Grumpy. They got $219!!! Taylor was actually a bit scared to start it off, but not Tanner.....he grabbed those clippers and went to town! He made a checker board on the back of Grumpy's head! LOL

This week it is going to be hot so he is looking forward to the pool water warming up so he can go swimming again.

Missouri

Hello! Missouri was a really cool place to go! My favorite thing that we did was stop at the arch. At first I was really scared to go on it, but then once we got going it wasn't bad. It was fun. When we got to the top, we had to walk up a set of really long steps, and then once we got to the top, I said "Cool!!!" We got to see the Rams Stadium, The Cardinals Stadium (it was raining, so we got to see them cover the field with the tarp:) and we got to see a helicopter land on a boat.

The hotels that we stayed at were fairly neat, and our first hotel, I got to sleep on a rollaway bed. That was the comfiest bed that I have slept on! It had an outdoor pool, a really good breakfast, and best of all, right next door, I was a guest (not really:(. The sign said "Speacial Guest, Rickey Lee Tanner! Welcome!" Darn it all! Our drive to pick up Major B. was about a half an hour drive, but when we went to our second hotel, it was supposed to be a 2 hour drive instead of a stinkin' 5 hour drive!! When we got to the 2 hotel, they said it was nessled in the Ozark Mountains, but I could bareley see them! The out side was like a wilderness lodge. After we got settled in, we all went down to meet in the lobby and all decided to go to "Aussie Jacks". Then when we got done and went back to the hotel and slept!