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How cute is he! Noah has been waiting and waiting to be 4 so he can take Taekwondo like his older brothers!! And the day finally arrived. One day after he turned 4 he went to his first class! He was so excited all day! He kept asking, "now can I put on my uniform!?!" He was so proud of himself when he put it on! When we got to class all of his excitement quickly changed and he froze * Stiff * at the door. I couldn't believe it - he was suddenly so nervous. After a few words of encouragement from his big brother Isaiah (who helps teach in the class) he walked in very s-l-o-w-l-y, squeezing my hand with all of his strength. I held out 'our' hands to Isaiah and he quickly transfered his tight, little, grip. He shyly walked up to his 'spot' in line and looked around. I stood there quietly watching him, and I know he's only 4, but I went down memory lane. I was thinking about his 4 wonderful years. On the outside I was smiling from ear to ear, every time he'd look back my way. On the inside I was wiping away my tears * thinking about how big he's getting, thinking about how fast time really does go by. After he did all his warm-ups he turned and said, and I quote, "can you go sit out on the blue bench?" On the outside I gave him two thumbs up and smiled excitedly as I exited the room to go watch with the other parents through the glass window. On the inside, I was wiping away tears that my little guy, in his own way, told me basically * Mom - I'm good. You can go now. I do have to say, with a huge smile, that every time he did something - a kick, a block, a punch - he excitedly looked at me and waved!! AND when class was over he ran out of the room and jumped into my arms and as I was saying, "I'm so proud of you! You did so good!!" he was rubbing my cheek saying, "did you see me Mama ?!? I did real good!!" On the outside I was grinning ear to ear ** on the inside I was wiping away tears of love and joy!
Blessings, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On a side note: As you can see I've changed my template -- again. I started out with the sunflower and I loved it but when I loaded my pic it went kooky and I still can't get it to load right. So I loaded the silly coffee * I thought it was funny but everytime I clicked 'view blog' it just didn't feel like me, I'm really not that bright of a person, I'm more mellow -- the colors in my house are all earth tones. Then I loaded the crayons and I don't know if it's just my mood today or what but when I saw it this morning I just knew I neededo change it. So I've spent some time going over all the different templates and I kept coming back to this one. It reminds me of my early childhood. It also speaks volumes to my heart -- I would absolutely love to wake up every morning to this outside my kitchen window. I've always dreamed (and still do) of having a beautiful, old farmhouse, with a cow, chickens, and pigs.....just the thought makes me smile. |
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