Boys will be Boys!!!

Yay, it's the weekend and the boys and I live for our Saturday mornings!  There is nothing like waking up w/ no where to go and nothing to do, but enjoy the day together.....Brenton will be done w/ the country club soon, man I can't wait, so Daddy will be able to join in on our weekend morning fun! 

Looking back on the past couple of days, Ethan had a rough Thursday & Friday at school.  I say rough, but for him, it doesn't even phase him it seems.  We started doing an activity w/ him (Miss Bowden's idea) that he will get bones and the more bones he gets, the more prizes he gets.  Well Thursday & Friday were bad.  Thursday NO bones and yesterday, 1!  Thursday, it was from the moment he walked in the door, I guess?  Anyway, he wouldn't listen, touching kids, talking, and pushed a boy down at recess b/c "he was looking for a fight"....OMG, inside I was laughing, b/c when I heard the story, it was true the little boy wouldn't leave him alone, kept throwing the rubber mulch at Ethan, and when Ethan told him to stop, he still continued.....so Ethan pushed him down!  Anyway, we had a conversation that he goes to the teacher in situations like this, and pushing is never the answer!!!  Friday, well that wasn't as bad as Thursday, but he still only got 1 bone!  Anyway, again talking, not listening, but this time the and a friend were throwing corn at lunch and I guess it was everywhere....Miss Bowden, was really disappointed and he had to sit at the "thinking table"....he didn't care for that!  In the grand scheme of things, I realize this is little and "boys will be boys" but honestly, he knows better!  We are working on it though and hopefully next week will be better?

this is the "bone" system!!! Week 1

Also this week we started something new and that was dropping Ethan off at school via, the car line!  He absolutely loved it and enjoys feeling like a "big kid"!!!!  Little does he know though, even though it seems like I drive away after he gets out, I actually just pull up and watch him in!  Trying my hardest to let him grow up, but I'm not ready to pull all the strings, yet!  I mean it was just 3 months ago that he needed me to hold his hand and walk him into his class!  Then a month later, we started parking the car and walking him to the front porch, to now the car line and I'm just supposed to drive away.....UGH, truly I wasn't ready, but he was and I knew Monday I had to let him try it!   I will always give him the space he needs to grow, even if it means, I have to figure out a way for him not to see me in the background.  =)  What can I say, I'm a mom and it's hard to let go!!!  Didn't I just bundle him up to come home for the first time!!!  Wow, 5 years has gone too fast!!!

growing up too fast!!

I've been dealing with a few emotions the past couple of months trying to make sure we are doing the best for Colin, ever since we had to change sitters for him 3 months ago....My feelings being faced w/ that sudden change was I didn't want family watching him while I worked, b/c I didn't want anyone to feel "obligated" to do it!  I felt, at the time, someone outside the family would be best to move forward with, but God just wasn't steering us that way and actually showed us that family was the "perfect" answer after all!!!!...We see big differences in Colin every single day! Anyway, yesterday, my sister Amanda sent me a picture and it was the clarity I needed......instantly, I knew Colin was right where he needed to be!!!  Blessings really do come disguised sometimes and I thank God for such a loving family to help us raise him!

Colin + Jamisyn = Buddies