I am in total disbelief that my sweet freckle faced boy is turning 8 tomorrow! I mean, I knew this day was coming, it is the number that comes after 7 :) but how did it get here so fast??? I honestly still think of myself as an energetic 22 yr old (okay I'm not really that energetic anymore and I sure didn't have these flabby abbys at 22, haha I like that!) Still, I don't feel old enough for him to be 8. Geesh that's half way to 16! I am so not ready for this!
Tim let him mow part of the yard today. He felt really big. I know that's maybe not a huge deal but it made me a little sad. I grew up on a farm so I'm sure by his age I was driving a tractor and raking hay. Just kidding! I still don't do those things,but its not that far off for a country kid. And we are getting him a .22 for his birthday- shhhh! don't tell yet! I can't believe I agreed to that so easily. You'll shoot your eye out!! oh wait that's a BB gun, this is a .22.!!!! So much worse and another sure sign of being a country boy. Don't get me wrong, I want him to grow up. It's just that I feel him slipping through my fingers much too fast and I don't want to waste a single moment.
We've been studying about the children of Israel wandering in the wilderness in our adult Sunday School class. This past Sunday I found myself thinking about the mothers who knew they would not enter the Promised Land with their children. I'm sure some of them were bitter or maybe just saddened by this. I feel certain though that some of them must have become very focused by this knowledge. They knew they had no more than 40 years to train their children and grandchildren in the ways of God. To teach them to live a life dependent upon Him. Should have been easy enough, seeing as how they were totally dependent on Him in the wilderness, right?
Anyway it got me to thinking that I should have that same kind of focus with my children. I have such a short amount of time to spend with them while they still think I'm cool and I wonder how much of that time I am wasting. I know I'm a good mom (don't ask my kids today, today they think I'm mean :) but am I really doing what God wants me to do with my kids during this precious time I have with them? Not sure to be honest but its something I am going to give some serious thought to!
On a lighter note we are getting ready for Caleb's Razorback themed birthday party this weekend! I love a good party and its perfect timing for a Hog party! lol! Love my piggies even when the going gets rough. Some days its not so hard to be humble when your an Arkansas Razorback fan :) Proud to be a Hog and always will be (I paid large sums of money to be a Hog- mainly in parking tickets- so I feel some obligation to be a fan, well that and I just love them anyway!)
I am also finally going to update my work list. Spring break came and my normal sewing schedule kind of fell apart! I feel like I've been wandering in the wilderness a bit myself without a real direction. But I'm getting back on track- The new This Little Piggy Booth is up and running at "Back in the Day" Antique Market in Lincoln. It is fabulous and hope everyone has a chance to go check it out. So as soon as I get this Birthday bash finished up I will get back to work! Thank you to my patient customers!! Lots of new cute things this spring and can't wait to get to work on some square dance skirts and dresses. Head full of ideas and sewing room full of fabric- good combination, so stay tuned.
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