Breaking away.......

Whoever dreamed that a 6 year old would be breaking away from his mother already!!! Not me!! Yesterday was 4-H Conservation Day and we were going fishing at Mr. Richard's Lake behind his home. So I pack our cooler with water and a couple of drinks, get our rod and reels together, had bought a new fishing license for me the day before and night crawlers, got our sunscreen and a bucket to sit on and woke Jess up, later than usual, cause we had the day "off" to play together! I tell him we are going fishing and then in the afternoon we can go swimming or do whatever he wants! He looks at me and says, "Mamma, I really want to go to Taekwando." What?? "Son, did I tell you they were giving prizes?" Really? Well I really want to go to Taekwando. Mmmmm, well how about we go fishing, then I'll take you to Taekwando for the rest of the day????? Well by this time he got to playing with his Star Wars rod and reel and say, well okay. GREAT!!! We head out.........and on the way he says, "Mamma, I just really want to go to Taekwando and not go fishing, okay?"

Now don't get me wrong, I work during the day and I'm THRILLED that he loves it at Taekwando, but I LOVE to fish and share time with my boy too!!! But what can you do? Just one of God's little lessons that children do not REALLY belong to us and that they are breaking away a little everyday. This is the plan and this normal. But I sure was sad to be losing my fishing buddy at such an early age!!! LOL!!!!

Jess started Summer Sports Camp at Astin's Martial Arts center last Friday-so he also learns martial arts-Sunday evening while at Mazzio's eating he jumps out in front of one of my friends, Cissy Clark, whom he doesn't know-assumes a martial arts stance-swishes his arms around and looks up at her and say, "I've got skills!!!" She and I are still laughing about it!!!! Ahhhh!!! Life with Jess!