My Son

I got a call yesterday afternoon that I have been waiting on for months. A spot finally opened up at the preschool I wanted Jacob to attend! The teacher called excited to tell me the news, as she was also Madison's teacher and has known Jacob since he as little.

I was so excited to get the call, I was having trouble deciding what to do with my boy if preschool wasn't an option. He is such a smart little man, and he loves to play with other kids. However, he is a bit shy, and a classroom environment is something new to him. I think it is just what he needs. He is so excited for school. He cried so many times last year as Madison got on the bus. He really wanted to go too.

I was watching the kids run through the sprinkler this morning and thinking how much he has grown up. He is the middle child, and has every trait that comes with being the middle child. We are in the thick of serious training with him right now, and it tends to be discouraging and disheartening. It is days like today though, when I sit back and watch him running and playing in the water that I realize just how far he has come, how sweet he is, how gentle he is with his siblings, and how very very much I love him.

It is bittersweet signing him up for preschool. I can't believe he is old enough. I also can't believe I will have two kids in school next year. Time is going by so fast. I still so vividly remember the day he was born and my mom was crying as the doctors proclaimed "it's a boy!" She wiped the tears from my eyes and said "it's a boy honey, we have a son!" That is a memory, I will never, ever forget. She was so proud.....

So for today I am enjoying my kids during the summer when I have them all day, here with me, all to myself. Some days are longer than others, but He grants me strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.