As a mother of 4 boys this book has a special place in my heart. I was given a copy by my girlfriends one year as a b-day present when they found out I hadn't heard about it. It is such a good depiction of a boys life! Every time I know someone is pregnant with a boy I want to give them a copy!
I can't believe it but our (oldest) "baby" is going to be in 9th grade!! Wow, high school! I sat there and watched him "graduate" from 8th grade today. It was bitter sweet to watch him close this chapter of his life. He has come a long way since Pre-K. I felt a slew of emotions, from happy to sad to excited etc.. At first I was thinking I didn't really like the concept of 8th grade graduation. I felt like when you graduate, you graduate, but as I pondered about it I decided that it is something special, to start this new chapter that lies ahead. We have gone from being excited about show and tell, to making him wear his glasses, to staying up late working on projects that I hoped I would I mean he would get a good grade on, to not wanting him to play football because I was afraid he would get hurt, only to have him break his arm at school playing soccer, to being so glad that he can finally get contacts, to going to his first dance and having crushes on girls, to conversations as to when it's an appropriate age to have a girlfriend and "when can I get braces?". I can't imagine what the next 4 years will bring!
I knew it was going to be hard to sit through the ceremony without getting teary. Let's face it, every time he graduate's from something or has a musical program I am usually going through postpartum so it doesn't take much more than music to start, before I am trying to hold back the tears! I can't imagine how it will be when he goes on his mission! I have already caught myself saying that I am really going to miss him when he is gone and he still has almost 5 years before he leaves! - But I know it will fly by, just like the last 14 years have flown by. Today was another reminder for me to enjoy and savor the time I have with my kids.
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