Happy Birthday Eric!
On Friday, January 9th, you turned 5 years old ... a whole hand! It's so hard for me to believe 5 years has gone by already. It seems like yesterday, they handed me to you in the hospital -- a tiny, soft, and beautiful baby. Today, you are a handsome, active and healthy boy. I praise God every day that I get to be your mom. And I praise him for the boy that he made you to be.
To celebrate your day we started in the morning with new Spiderman tattoos (not my idea, yours!) and a cool Lightning McQueen Ribbon that said "Birthday Champ." You walked into school with your arms out so your friends could see your tattoos, while you talked a mile a minute telling them all about your birthday. Later in the day, I brought homemade cupcakes to your school with red icing and black spiderwebs and spiders on top. We passed them out and everyone sang Happy Birthday to you! We came home and relaxed for a little while before going out to Red Robin for your Birthday dinner. Our friends, The Wallaces, came with us. You opened presents at the restaurant -- you received a Football Kicker Game from the Wallaces, Money from Granny and Grampa Smith, and an Alien Spacehip Martian Matter Alien Maker from your mom and dad. You will have more gifts to open through the weekend and a party at Mimi and Papa's house on Sunday (if it stops snowing!). After dinner the waitresses sang a cool birthday song to you and brought you balloons and an ice cream sundae. It was totally awesome ... as you like to say. I hope it was a special day for you to remember!
Today ... it snowed. And it has been glorious. We are cozy and snug inside, cleaning house and playing with new birthday and Christmas toys. I wish there were more days like this ... to just be content with where we are and what we have ... nowhere to go and nothing to buy and not much else that needs to be done. We have made lots of little aliens and then cut them up to see their gooey guts! Now that makes a mama proud!
I'll write more about tomorrow's party and maybe even have pictures ... if I remember the camera. It's a good thing I'm writing about Eric's childhood because I'm not very good at remembering to capture Kodak moments of it!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Change in the Air
A new year and some new changes ... for Eric!
On Monday night we took out the toddler bed and put a twin bed in Eric's room. He was so excited, he couldn't stand still. On Tuesday morning he said, "I had a good time in my bed last night, mom." I told him that was nice, but couldn't help thinking to myself that I never want to hear that phrase from my son again!
We also received news on Monday that Eric's pre-school is closing it's doors this month. We were very fortunate to able to get Eric in their sister center that is not closing. But it makes me sad to think of all the teachers and workers there that are so nice and are now are out of a job. Eric's teacher, Miss Denise, is one of the sweetest teachers ever. She is quiet, fun, disciplined, and does an extraordinary job with the 10 children in her class. Eric is going to miss her, and all his little friends that he sees everyday. And even though he would be leaving them all in June or August, it's somehow not the same right now.
He will start at his new school on Monday. I know he will do great, because he is so good about making new friends and being flexible. In fact, I will take a few lessons from him as well!
I'm so proud of him.
On Monday night we took out the toddler bed and put a twin bed in Eric's room. He was so excited, he couldn't stand still. On Tuesday morning he said, "I had a good time in my bed last night, mom." I told him that was nice, but couldn't help thinking to myself that I never want to hear that phrase from my son again!
We also received news on Monday that Eric's pre-school is closing it's doors this month. We were very fortunate to able to get Eric in their sister center that is not closing. But it makes me sad to think of all the teachers and workers there that are so nice and are now are out of a job. Eric's teacher, Miss Denise, is one of the sweetest teachers ever. She is quiet, fun, disciplined, and does an extraordinary job with the 10 children in her class. Eric is going to miss her, and all his little friends that he sees everyday. And even though he would be leaving them all in June or August, it's somehow not the same right now.
He will start at his new school on Monday. I know he will do great, because he is so good about making new friends and being flexible. In fact, I will take a few lessons from him as well!
I'm so proud of him.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
I love a new year ... a fresh start ... a blank piece of paper ... endless new possibilities!
Of course, like my son who fills pages upon pages of drawings and scribbles faster than he can think about what he wants to create, I am sure I will want a new piece of paper by about March.
But for now as I look at this clean slate in front of me, I am excited. I have great intentions, good plans, and a mind bent on perseverance. This is one of my most favorite things about January 1.
Please though -- just don't ask me about it in March, because I'll have no idea what you're talking about. And besides, come about March, springtime is approaching and isn't spring about Re-Birth and Re-creation? Starting over ...
I am so glad I have these opportunites to reflect on personal growth, and keep trying, and trying again, and again. I sure am a long way from getting it right, but I certainly do have good intentions and I do want to keep pressing on. I'm sure I keep learning, too (even if it's the same lessons more than once!). It just feels good to know that I have another chance.
And that's how I feel about my faith in Jesus. Jesus gave his life so that I have another chance ... in fact more than a chance ... a new life in him.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come!”
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
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