Before bath last night, Jon decided to draw some pictures and hang them with tape on his wall – just like his brother Parker had done. He walked out of his room with this drawing and said “this is mommy”. I was amazed at what I saw! Such a good artist at 2.5 (yesterday, Jan 19th, he turned 2.5 years old!).
We took the boys to the Pumpkin City pumpkin patch. First year we have been there and I have to say that we were impressed with the setup. Sure it was a bit expensive, but the kids had a great time. Plenty of pumpkins, carnival rides, and other distractions for the little ones.
Well the day finally arrived. Parker was up at 6 putting on his uniform for the game. He was very excited and proud to finally go to “his” game as opposed to an event his older brother was participating in.
At this age, the kids spend about half an hour running through drills before actually playing a game. The games consist of 3-on3 for 5 minute intervals. Parker did fantastic. He was certainly one of (if not the) fastest on the field. Looking forward to the rest of the season.
The other night Parker turned to Lena and I, red faced and clutching his throat. I don’t think I need to go into the details as to how that made us feel. But we “freaked”. The good news was he was able to cry and sort of talk so I knew his airway was not completely obstructed. After a moment he seemed fine and we asked him what had happened. We got his confession that he swallowed “some coins”. Fortunately it was a single penny and he added that “it hurt a little after I swallowed it”. That must have been during the whole throat clutching episode.
We took him to the local ER where they took the X-ray. The penny had already moved to his lower intestine so nothing more to worry about really. The tongue…that’s classic Parker.
Parker is so happy when he gets to play tennis – just look at the happiness in his face – pure joy even though I think it was over 90 degrees that day.
Kids find pure joy in the littlest things, live in the moment, don’t hold grudges…..I know us adults have responsibilities, but shouldn’t we be able to do the same – we should try and learn from our kids that it’s about the moment, the moment that you have this very second. Life is way too short to be missing out on those special moments because we’re too worried about the past…and the future.
The other day I dropped Parker off at school. The drop off didn’t go very well…..he cried when I was about to leave and held onto me. The teacher had to come over and get him so I could leave. Those kind of drop offs are ohhh so hard, even though I know the minute I leave he is perfectly fine. But all us moms know how hard it can be……..
When I picked Parker up from school, I asked him:
“why did you cry when I left this morning”
Parker said -
“mom, it sucks when you leave”
I think that pretty much summed it up. I didn’t even say anything about the “bad word” because sometimes in life using “bad words” may be the only way to describe something.
Love you buddy.
My son has finally overcome his fear of Jumpy Jumps! He just decided on Sunday that he was not scared anymore and went on every single jumpy jump, including the big slide 
He didn’t even acknowledge me anymore after his fear was gone….he used to have to have me by his side the entire time (and didn’t want me to go on anything either). Bring on the Pump it Up parties!!! We are very proud of you Parker.
