...to the phrase "ball and chain"
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
kindergarten crushes (dedicated to kirk williams...wherever you are)
The kids are growing up. There's no question about that. But some things...Chad and I are just not ready for. Like this conversation at dinner last night.
Me: Why don't you tell Daddy what you told me in the car today after school.
Aiden: No.
Chad: It's ok. You can tell me anything. What is it?
Aiden: Oh fine. I have a boyfriend now.
Chad (color draining from face): You do? Who?
Aiden: Dylan.
Me: Was it your idea for him to be your boyfriend, or his?
Aiden: I asked him if he wanted to be my boyfriend and he said no...because he already had another girlfriend. But then, he said that he broke up with his girlfriend and wanted to date me.
* at this point, colton spewed water out of his mouth laughing and chad and i had to put our heads down...due to a mixture of shock and awe. after chad and i composed ourselves and quieted the boys, the conversation continued.
Me: Where did you hear the phrase "he wants to date me?"
Aiden: I don't know.
Chad: What do you like about Dylan?
Aiden: His hair and his eyes.
* both boys lost it again and aiden burst into tears. chad told them to pull it together or they would be sent from the table. chase then piped in.
Chase: One time, a girl in my class asked me if I wanted to go on a date with her. I said, "okay. aaaawwwk....wwaaarrrd."
* at that, chad lost it while i was still trying to console aiden. i assured her that there was nothing to be embarrassed about and that it was ok. then we had a long talk about how the good thing about kindergarten was that you can have a bunch of friends that were girls and a bunch of friends that were boys and that you don't start having boyfriends or girlfriends until high school. i can honestly say that i wasn't ready for that conversation with my sweet pea. today, i got to talk to her teacher, where i learned that there were some other kids in the class that had some older friends and siblings and that they were talking about such things. this made me feel a little better. i just knew it couldn't have been my little baby girl coming up with all these ideas. i did ask for her to be moved, though. i wouldn't want chad to have to have words with some kid on the playground inbetween the slide and the monkey bars. seriously.
however i am reminded of kirk williams...a little boy who professed his love for me in mrs. grimes' kindergarten class in 1980. he even sang to me every day. "I can't believe I'm out here on her front porch in this swing...just a swingin..."
maybe the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree afterall. although...i'm certain he didn't ever say he wanted to "date" me.
Me: Why don't you tell Daddy what you told me in the car today after school.
Aiden: No.
Chad: It's ok. You can tell me anything. What is it?
Aiden: Oh fine. I have a boyfriend now.
Chad (color draining from face): You do? Who?
Aiden: Dylan.
Me: Was it your idea for him to be your boyfriend, or his?
Aiden: I asked him if he wanted to be my boyfriend and he said no...because he already had another girlfriend. But then, he said that he broke up with his girlfriend and wanted to date me.
* at this point, colton spewed water out of his mouth laughing and chad and i had to put our heads down...due to a mixture of shock and awe. after chad and i composed ourselves and quieted the boys, the conversation continued.
Me: Where did you hear the phrase "he wants to date me?"
Aiden: I don't know.
Chad: What do you like about Dylan?
Aiden: His hair and his eyes.
* both boys lost it again and aiden burst into tears. chad told them to pull it together or they would be sent from the table. chase then piped in.
Chase: One time, a girl in my class asked me if I wanted to go on a date with her. I said, "okay. aaaawwwk....wwaaarrrd."
* at that, chad lost it while i was still trying to console aiden. i assured her that there was nothing to be embarrassed about and that it was ok. then we had a long talk about how the good thing about kindergarten was that you can have a bunch of friends that were girls and a bunch of friends that were boys and that you don't start having boyfriends or girlfriends until high school. i can honestly say that i wasn't ready for that conversation with my sweet pea. today, i got to talk to her teacher, where i learned that there were some other kids in the class that had some older friends and siblings and that they were talking about such things. this made me feel a little better. i just knew it couldn't have been my little baby girl coming up with all these ideas. i did ask for her to be moved, though. i wouldn't want chad to have to have words with some kid on the playground inbetween the slide and the monkey bars. seriously.
however i am reminded of kirk williams...a little boy who professed his love for me in mrs. grimes' kindergarten class in 1980. he even sang to me every day. "I can't believe I'm out here on her front porch in this swing...just a swingin..."
maybe the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree afterall. although...i'm certain he didn't ever say he wanted to "date" me.
Friday, October 08, 2010
I Knew You Before You Were Born
dear annslee james,
the promise of you started long before you were born. i remember, clearly, writing your name when your brothers were just a toddler and a baby. we were all at the beach in charleston with friends. one night, we were playing with the magnadoodle. randomly, i wrote...
colton
chase
aiden
annslee
that was when the hope of two girls...sisters...was born.
i quietly began hoping and praying that God would give us daughters for your daddy and i, and sisters for the boys. after aiden was born, i rejoiced in a dream coming true and half of my hope was made real. when aiden was 1...4 and a half years before you were born, i came home from target with 4 children's plates. there was a blue one for colton. there was a green one for chase. there was a pink one for aiden. daddy asked me who the purple one was for...and i replied, "we can't forget about annslee."
these plates were stacked neatly in the cabinet, and every time i used the blue, green, and pink one, i saw your purple one; a promise of you...quietly waiting for you...just like me.
i knew you were coming. God whispered your name to me, just like he had that night at the beach. He knew you before you were born.
In those years before you were born, i hoped, and longed, and dreamed and prayed for you.
and i waited.
and when i thought that i couldn't wait any longer, God formed you and knitted you together perfectly, and he gave you to me. quietly and carefully, he tucked you in. i knew. i knew you were coming.
we all rejoiced and prepared and awaited you. God made my hope complete. you made my hope and my dream real.
colton
chase
aiden
annslee
sweet annslee james...
i knew you before you were born.
happy 1st birthday, my doll.
*
Father God, I will never tire of thanking you for giving me my dream.
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