Thoughts....

Hard to believe that the little boy I walked into kindergarten just "yesterday" will be walking out of school for the last time tomorrow. Where did that little boy go with the big brown eyes and impish grin? Someone replaced him with a man of 6' and 180 lbs with facial hair! Still the big brown eyes, and an impish grin....but still a man...where has the time gone? It seemed like yesterday I was asking JCD what to do with a boy who refuses to "do school" and he said "nip it in the bud!" I thought easy for you to say....you don't have to fight the battles every day...but we persevered, and after MANY years, he decided school was not bad and that actually it's kinda fun when you try because the teachers like you more and you get along better with your parents.

If you would have asked my son when he was 5 who his hero was, I'm sure he would say "Daddy!" Bob could do anything in his eyes. A few weeks ago his English teacher asked him to write a paper about who his hero was. His answer "Dad" and he wrote a beautiful tribute to a guy who is just doing his best to raise kids who love God and love their family.

So, we are busy readying the house for the big graduation party. Tonight we washed windows and the siding on the front of the house. In between cleaning spurts I furiously work on his lifetime scrapbook to have ready by Sunday afternoon. :-) Bob has been working on cleaning up the yard...tomorrow we put in some more flowers and pull the ever ending supply of weeds and put down the woodchips along the sidewalk.

The seniors have a tradition of driving something crazy to school the last day...among other senior pranks...so my city boy is borrowing a country boy's tractor to drive to his last day of school...I hope he behaves himself the rest of the day and doesn't end up in huge amounts of trouble! I want him to have fun...but not too much!

Well, I guess thats about it for now....I don't write often...I should...it could be very theraputic. :-)

bye now!