What does {4.5} look like for Jay?
Frustration
Joy
Concentration
Love
Limits
Testing
Learning
Growing
He's understanding so much more...
Which leads to even more questions.
And wondering
"How far can I go?"
And the need for parental consistency increases.
Then he sees:
This is how far
Not an inch further
Sometimes mommy and daddy get really tired
And the need for constancy in the consistency wears them down...
But they see that for Jay, at {4.5} they must make the lines very clear
This is okay
This is not
Boundaries speaking love to this {4.5} year old
In three weeks Jay will enter a new stage in life
One that involves preschool
Teachers
Playmates
Learning
Time away from mommy
Like he has never had
Bittersweet...
He loves feeling his baby brother kick
He waits
And asks
"When is he coming out of there?"
Every day
And he observes
"Baby Malachi is sure getting big mom - I really think he needs to come out!"
And we smile
He loves airplanes
Like really obsessed loves
He loves rockets
H
e has inherited his mommy's love of sweets....
Always "can I have ice cream?"
"Can I have a cookie?"
"Can we make donuts"
But he also loves fresh fruits and veggies
Loving Grandma and Grandpa's numerous fresh garden treats
He loves to swim and completed level one in the red cross Learn to Swim program this summer
We are so proud of him
He also seems to have gotten mommy's love of creativity
Always asking for glue
And tape
And markers
And ribbon
And paper
And embellishments
Making so many masterpieces
But trumping all other loves
Is the hero love
The biggest love right now...
Daddy
If daddy is near, Jay will be less than 2 inches from him
Touching him somehow
His hand through the carpenter strap on daddy's shorts
Or holding daddy's pinky finger
Or daddy's hand
Or wrapped around daddy's leg
If daddy finishes supper and leaves the table
Jay is suddenly done with his and running to catch up
And Jay is starting to really get that there is an even higher authority than mommy and daddy
And that Jesus is loving and kind
And that love is offered to him
And we pray and wait
For more understanding to come...
Oh the way he looks when he comes in to our room with excuse after excuse after excuse
Not to go to bed
That cute "trying not to smile" smile...
Oh this love...
This is {4.5} for Jay
He is {4.5} today
4 comments:
Precious.
Happy 4.5!!!
That was beautiful ;)
Wendi,
Thank you for your comment. I'm so glad I was able to come by for a visit. What a beautiful family! Five boys huh? You are blessed. :) I'll bet you have a wild house! ha! I've had 6 boys and 3 girls. My three little boys are Jedi's, Indiana Jones, pirates, Spiderman ... anyone with swords, light sabers, webs, etc.
I'm so sorry to hear that you had to say goodbye early to one of your sweet babies. Praise God we'll see our children again - and live with them FOREVER! What blessed hope!
Your K certainly is a miracle! (Like every one of our children huh?) Wow, amazing.
I'm so happy to meet you and look forward to getting to know you better.
Blessings to you, my new friend.
Lynnette
Dancing Barefoot on Weathered Ground
So sweet........"meeting" you for the first time. Very nice blog!
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