I'm not looking forward to this afternoon. I have to go pick up Small Son from Preschool and take him for his Kindergarten Well Check. He is going to have to have 3 immunizations today, as well as being thoroughly checked out. Poor little dude. I hate the shots more than the kidlets do I think. I promised him a chocolate dipped ice cream cone from Dairy Queen as a reward. I'm then bringing him back to work with me for the rest of the work day which he is totally excited about, he loves coming to work with me.
When I got him dressed this morning, in his newest jeans (less than 3 months old) I realized very quickly that they were high-waters. They looked like Capri's. How does this happen. We measured him last night, and he has grown 1 1/2 inches in the last 3 1/2 months. I am going to have to buy this kid an entire new wardrobe. I am stuck buying name brand jeans because he is so skinny and the normal cheap jeans are always too big for him around the waist.
I can't believe my baby is going to start kindergarten in less than a month. I don't know where the time flew away too. I was looking at baby pictures of him, and I remember it all so clearly. He was such a sweet baby, and I was ecstatic to have him. I felt like the luckiest person in the world, and I still do.
I really am having a "missing my boy" day today. He is just such a sweet boy, absolutely wonderful, loving, bright and sunny. He is a night owl like me. He loves music like me. He loves waking up in the middle of the night and watching old movies on TV with me, which maybe I shouldn't let him do, but the cuddle factor is too much for me to resist.
He is a "noticer." He knows how to make you feel good. Yesterday I came down after getting ready for work, and he looked right at me and said, "mommy, you are beautiful". I don't know where he learned that, not from his dad for sure. He will love on his sister to no end, even after he has punched her or she has bitten him. They adore each other and want to be with each other all the time.
Today I'm trying to focus on the good things in my life, the positive things, the things that give me inspiration to move ahead.
Last night, our neighbor girls offered to baby-sit for free as part of their church service project, so hubby and I went out to dinner sans kids. Although it didn't feel like a date or anything, we had a nice peaceful time, and did a little talking. He got me a gift certificate for my birthday to a really nice hotel, so I could have a day and night "off", and I was able to get that scheduled today. All in all, I think I'm managing to get a little "me" time in, which is certainly helping me to ground myself a bit more.
Peace,
OC
I want to focus on the positve things too. I hope we can both do that.
ReplyDeleteI've had an entire week of "me" time and I am pretty much used to sleeping in. But..yes, I miss my girls.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you are feeling a bit more peaceful lately.
How sweet is that - your son sounds like a great kid. It's pretty amazing how quickly they go from babies to kindergarden. Even though I don't have any of my own, I am simply amazed at how fast my great-nephew and great-niece are growing.
ReplyDeleteWe have to learn to,
ReplyDeleteaccept where we are as we move towards something else.
We have to remember to
be grateful for what we have.
We have to remember to be
happy and find happiness each day, each moment.
It's difficult as hell to do but it sounds like you are doing those things.
peace-
janet