Today marks the official start of the Hutson's summer. I'M NOT READY!
Reason: If it starts, it will end. When it ends, our baby will be in kindergarten. I'M NOT READY! I do concede that he will be ready for kindergarten. Hayden asked me to teach him to read earlier in the spring. We started "mommy school" where we work on handwriting, phonemic awareness, sight words and next week, what Hayden has been waiting for, reading. He is doing really well (thanks in large part to his wonderful pre-k teacher, Abbie Atkinson). Even with all his progress, I'm not ready to let go. He's still our baby. He still climbs in our lap and wants to cuddle or rock rock. How can he be old enough to be in big, big school? The reality is that he is old enough and I have to let go.
However, I am ready to fill our days with bubbles, bike rides, trips to the zoo, swimming at the pool and lots of play dates. I plan on art projects and taking a page for my friend Jamie's book, shaving cream painting (due to my OCD need to be clean, it WILL be an outdoor activity only). I am determined to treasure every moment of this all too short summer with both of our boys.
Larry and I went through a Bible Study series by Ed Young with our previous church. Ed Young said the goal of parenting is to teach and train your children to leave.
Teach: And these words which I command you today shall be in your hear; you shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you rise up. Deuteronomy 6:6-7
Train: Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6
Leave: For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 2:24
I know that kindergarten at the "big, big school" will be a wonderful adventure for Hayden. He's going to make so many new friends and make an impression on the world around him. I will let him go. But, someone would you please remind me of that come August 24th. Oh, and please send me some Kleenex!
More about Thomas on the next blog. He's hilarious.
Lots of love,
Larry, Kori, Hayden and Thomas
