This weekend we had the Star Wars extravaganza party for him. We decided to head to the splash pad to keep cool and let the kids have fun in the water and apparently everyone else in all creation had the same idea because it was PACKED! Regardless of that, Sam had a great time with family and a few friends. Here is a picture of him enjoying some of the yummy Storm Trooper cake made by none other than my mom.
(A.K.A Healthy cake entreprenuer)
I am now starting to feel a little bit of the anxiety people talk about when their kids start school. Tomorrow will be the first day of August and exactly 26 days from then Samuel will become a Kindergarten student!
I had a taste of dropping off and missing my boy yesterday. I took him to a local Church hosting a VBS for the week. I had been looking forward to him attending and enjoying learning about Jesus while having fun, he was also looking forward to it. The first day was on his actual birthday and so I took him. He immediately was asked to join the worship team and vanished before my eyes into the building ready to have fun, worship and whatever else. I didn't get to say goodbye! I felt a small lump begin in my throat and I just kept calm and acted like I was okay but I really inside was going to have a mini stroke!
I missed him the second he went into the building and I knew he would have fun and be safe most importantly but I literally felt like a piece of me was ripped off.
I think only a mom would understand that horrendous feeling. I just prayed and asked God to give me peace and to help Samuel enjoy VBS and have fun. When I picked him up at 8:30!!!! (Longest 3 hours of my life) he was so excited and of course wound up and full of smiles. I knew he had a great time but I kept thinking about when he starts school.
What am I going to do without my boy? even Samara who tends to not be so nice to her brother was missing him and kept asking me if it was 8:30pm yet. I looked at her and said "Girl, we need to get used to missing him because pretty soon he will be at school." ahhhh.....okay I know millions of mom's survive the first day of Kindergarten, but seriously what mom's DON'T Cry on the first day? I will be ready tissues in the car and hoping to get lot's of hugs from hubby. (he doesn't get it sometimes).
As I was talking to my mom about how I felt she said that we as mom's grow with our kids. It made me think about how painful it was to leave my baby, my boy, my treasure. It made me realize that mom's get growing pains too.
I hope this summer lasts forever..................
