No big surprise here, but they have been 5 for over a week (at the time I STARTED this post). One of the downfalls of our little piece of paradise is that we get extremely poor internet service no matter what we've tried. So I need LOTS of time to sit and post anymore. But back to the big kids. They are 5. Officially not in toddlerhood anymore. Officially old. Officially going to be in kindergarten, KINDERGARTEN PEOPLE!!!! I feel like I say this every time, but every time it's true, where did the year go? (I blinked and they've been 5 for a MONTH! oops) It feels like yesterday I was doing the 3 year old preschool walk of shame the morning school started getting their stuff back because I just couldn't send them to 3 year old preschool. They already have 1 full year of school under their belt. And Isaiah is old enough to be in 3 year old preschool come fall (But he won't). So you may ask what I've been doing this summer, failing at keeping them little, that's what I've been doing. (a month later, still failing.) Josiah Josiah Thomas Freidhof. Where do I even start. Four to five for you and Kaitlin was big. You guys conquered preschool. You were scared to stay, cried most mornings begging me to "hang in the office" for a few weeks. What you didn't see was me loosing my shit in the truck leaving you like that, you sure know how to break my heart. BUT I knew you LIKED preschool you just wished I'd hang out in the office all day. You loved your teacher Miss Ries and the aide Mrs. Ashely. There wasn't much you didn't like about school except when I made you take hot lunch because you never knew what was for lunch. Even if I read the menu to you, you were not trusting of it because a few times they switched the sides and that just didn't fly in your book! This past year you guys lost two important people in your lives. Uncle Tim who you guys had wrapped around your little fingers. You loved him to the moon and back and ask to stop and "See Uncle Timmy" every time we pass the cemetery in town. Rochelle gave you an old Coo coo Clock she had found in the garage because you had been begging for one so you could "see how it works" (Grandma Fricke has one and you are fascinated by it). Uncle Tim would have been smiling down and laughing watching you take that thing apart, one piece at a time and then asking for help putting it back together. Sorry to say I'm not that good and it's still in pieces. Your Great Grandma Freidhof passed away. You always say she spoiled you when you went over there and even though she is gone you still refer to the farm as "Great Grandmas". You are a problem solver. You see something you want to do but can't; instead of giving up or asking a grownup to do it you try to figure it out yourself. The picture above, there is a birds nest in that tree and you are trying to get it so you can see it. Your curiosity about killed me when you told Isaiah to come help you get the ladder to put on top of the dog kennel. Because maybe with that AND the pitch fork you could reach it. I'm going to have to keep my eye on you!!!! This spring 3rd dog (mama cat) had kittens. This is the first year they made it. You LOVE these stupid cats (I am a faithful lover of BARN CATS, meaning cats who stay in the barn and prefer zero human contact). You named them all. You tamed them all. You bring them in my house! Not cool dude. You are the reason I now sit at the camp fire at night after you are in bed with a kitten in my lap. (have I mentioned I hate cats) KaitlinKaitlin, Kait, Kaiters, Kaiterbug, Girlies..... For each name you have a personality to go along with it. You are the sassiest, most stubborn, bossiest, most loving, big hearted, mother hen little girl I know. You have the biggest heart. You make it your mission to make people happy, quiet tensions between your brothers and do the right thing. A lot of times after I have already told you to do/not to do something you come up to me and say in your most grown up, composed way "Mom, I am not saying this to be mean or talk back but..." When did you become so old? You love to dance, sing, draw, take pictures, and pose for pictures. You have so much creativity in your tiny little body I'm not sure where it all came from or how it fits in there! You are enrolled in dance again. Last time we ended up pulling you out, you are excited for it again this year. New town, new dance studio (Glass see through door to see mom!), new teacher (who seems really great with the little kids) we have high hopes. Just yesterday we were in the truck and you were making up songs about Unicorns on mountains and what they could see from up there. When you were in-between songs you asked when you could start taking singing lessons. And then you asked if you could have singing dance lessons. I. LOVE. YOUR. SPIRIT! In 3 short weeks you guys start Kindergarten. I'll cry. Probably in front of you. And probably before the day actually arrives. Life changes so quickly when you have kids. Why do you have to grow up so damn quickly? (Josiah when I tell you to stop getting old, you look at me and say "But that means I can't eat and if I don't eat I'll die" you got me there dude.)
Writing this post and pulling pictures from my thousands of pictures brought back so many memories and now I'm crying. KINDERGARTEN PEOPLE AND THEY ARE OLD!!!! The phase of babies and little people is over. Isaiah may be 3 but he isn't REALLY 3, he is an old man at heart. Loving what has been, looking forward for what's to come. Blow me away in the next 335 days kids, always do your best and be yourself. I love YOU just the way you are.
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